“It was like watching a Polaroid develop": An oral history of Stevie Ray Vaughan's earliest days on the road By Alan Paul, Andy Aledort Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, Vaughan's former bandmates and more recall the development of one of the greatest guitarists of all time
Play better than ever with these 5 essential guitar warm-up exercises By Stéphane Wrembel Gypsy jazz guitar master Stéphane Wrembel offers some terrific exercises that will help you develop fret-hand strength
Joe Bonamassa: "It’s easy to play marginally good blues. It’s very difficult to play great blues" By Richard Bienstock The best living blues guitarist - as voted by you - shares soloing advice and the inside scoop on his next album
Learn to supercharge your blues solos by seamlessly switching between major and minor pentatonic scales By Andy Aledort All of the greatest blues and rock guitarists - such as T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix - routinely incorporated this technique into their solos
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram: “I can’t be the kid wonder forever” By Alan Paul Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram is the future of the blues. Here, he discusses his fiery debut album
The Underground Thieves' Nick Perri on ignoring directives from Eddie Van Halen, and why he's more satisfied with his tone than ever before By Jeff Kitts The former Silvertide man discusses his new band, and how he learned to stop worrying and love a simple guitar rig
Take your improvisation to the next level by listening to your own playing and reacting to it By Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa offers some phenomenal spontaneous soloing strategies
10 things you didn't know about Stevie Ray Vaughan By Damian Fanelli, Andy Aledort Think you know everything there is to know about the late, great SRV? Read on!
The Allman Betts Band: "This is really about our chapter, and we’re still writing it" By Alan Paul Devon Allman, Duane Betts and Johnny Stachela discuss how they carry the Allman Brothers torch, while forging their own impressive sonic path
Review: Way Huge's Smalls Conspiracy Theory Professional Overdrive is a full-bodied and rich overdrive pedal By Paul Riario This pedal's smooth, mid-harmonic complexity sets it apart from other K-clones
Make your compositions soar using augmented climb progressions By Jimmy Brown How to inject a sense of drama into your songwriting
Review: The Gibson Les Paul Modern is the Les Paul you’ve been waiting for By Chris Gill This is a true modern update that delivers classic Les Paul sounds, a significantly expanded palette of tones and the fast playability that today’s players demand
Carmen Vandenberg: "It’s definitely Jimi’s fault that I became obsessed with playing guitar" By Guitar World Staff Find out what the former Jeff Beck guitarist has been listening to as of late
Dear Guitar Hero: Danny Johnson discusses his time with Alcatrazz, Aerosmith, Steppenwolf, Alice Cooper and more By Joe Lalaina Danny Johnson has more amazing rock 'n' roll stories than just about anyone in the business. Read some of them here
Review: MXR's Carbon Copy Mini is a sonic beast of an analog delay By Paul Riario The CC Mini is unparalleled if you need to nail wide slapback echo or sail on cascading waves of wet delay that spills over on each note
