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Rob Reiner and wife found dead at their LA home
Authorities have opened a homicide investigation after the couple were found dead in their home on Sunday
The lost Ace Frehley interview, the year's best new gear and 2025's guitarists of the year – only in the new Guitar World
Includes a tribute to Space Ace and our guide to the biggest guitar news of the year, plus Nuno Bettencourt, 40 years of PRS Guitars and our first official transcription of Young Man Blues from Live at Leeds
Marshall has launched Spinal Tap amps that go to Infinity – here’s how ‘the loudest amp ever made’ came together
After starring in Spinal Tap II, the special-edition JVM410H brings a 40-year collaboration in the making full circle
From David Bowie going rogue to George Harrison x Paul Simon, EVH and SRV – the 50 greatest guitar moments in SNL history
Saturday Night Live has presented some of pop-culture's most iconic moments in musical history. We document its legacy in guitar
Scott Reeder on the last days of Kyuss, QOTSA and what he told James Hetfield after that Metallica audition
The veteran bassist enthuses about his Spinal Trap tribute album, his part in a James Hetfield lyric session and the heady days of desert rock
11 real-life Spinal Tap moments from bass playing royalty
Bass legends Victor Wooten, Thundercat, Duff McKagan and more share their own moments of outrage, downright stupidity and absolute genius
![1991, a historic moment for electric guitar as Joe Satriani [pictured in a ball cap] jammed onstage with Spinal Tap, who are pictured here with Nigel Tufnel on the far left with a T-style, Derek Smalls in a yellow T-shirt with a headless bass, while a pouting David St. Hubbins cradles a Les Paul.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9jG3kJPyDZPNsUVv7e3CYP-840-80.jpg.webp)
How Joe Satriani became Spinal Tap’s unofficial guitar supplier for the loudest movie of the year
Satch and the Tap are old friends. And if you look closely, you might just catch Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins playing his Ibanez signature models in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Spinal Tap play Big Bottom on Jimmy Kimmel with Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat
David St. Hubbins led a legion of bassists out onto the Jimmy Kimmel stage for a rendition of Spinal Tap’s 1984 track
Nigel Tufnel on the return of Spinal Tap – with Marshall amps that go to infinity, new custom guitars, and a point to prove
In a stupendously rare interview, Tufnel ruminates about birds, gear, Blind Bubba Cheeks and celebrity guests, and finds that it's true about what they say, blessed are the cheesemakers indeed
