Meet the Plextrum, a new hinged guitar pick promising the "optimal angle" for strumming By Richard Bienstock Patent-pending design allows the tongue to glide over the strings with 20 degrees of movement
Sick Riffs: Caroline Jones teaches you the slide-tastic main lick of Tough Guys (Remix) By Sam Roche The attitude-driven country track is taken from the singer-songwriter's latest EP, Chasin' Me
Josh Homme says he's open to playing with legendary stoner rockers Kyuss again By Richard Bienstock “I have thought about this, especially in the last few years, to do something special,” the Queens of the Stone Age frontman says
IK Multimedia releases feature-rich, ultra-compact Axe I/O Solo guitar interface By Richard Bienstock Advanced tone-shaping capabilities and premium guitar recording tools in a smaller, more affordable package
Figures deploy a clutch of earth-shattering riffs in this exclusive playthrough premiere By Sam Roche Guitarists Paul Callow and Josh Gibson rip through Underpaid Machinery
Desktop amps go boutique with the launch of Bad Cat’s tube-driven Paw By Michael Astley-Brown $799 combo boasts built-in speakers, and can drive cabs, too
Dance Gavin Dance's Will Swan: "I don’t want to sound like Liam Neeson here, but I really do have a specific set of skills!" By Amit Sharma The pedal-keen six-stringer on feel over theory, his love for Kiesel guitars and the making of eclectic new album, Afterburner
This handmade Strat-style guitar is raising money for music venues at risk of closure By Richard Bienstock Proceeds from the sale of the instrument built by luthier Ashley Cox will benefit the Music Venue Trust
Best guitar picks 2020: find the right plectrums for you By Jonathan Horsley Our guide to the best picks for bass, acoustic and electric guitar
John Mayer joins Tom Misch for a super-smooth NPR Tiny Desk jam By Richard Bienstock The neo-soul pair performed Misch’s Nightrider via video link
Sick Riffs: Alex Wilson teaches you the odd-time swagger of sleepmakeswaves' pyramids By Sam Roche With alternating time signatures - and altered tuning - this riff derives musical ideas from outside the norm
Reverb raises selling fee from 3.5% to 5% By Richard Bienstock Online gear marketplace promises to increase investments in “marketing, customer support and seller tools”
Gibson is offering a $59k reward for the return of lost 1959-1960 shipping ledgers By Richard Bienstock The ledgers “contain the serial numbers for the most valuable guitars in history,” says CMO Cesar Gueikian
5 tips to help you release more music, more often By Udi Glaser As guitarists, we're excellent at writing riffs - but finishing entire songs? That's another story...
Joe Satriani reflects on his greatest guitar moments so far in this classic 1995 interview By Mordechai Kleidermacher From Surfing with the Alien to Summer Song, Satch takes a look back at some of his most shred-tastic tracks and extraordinary guitar achievements
Gibson opposes Collings headstock trademark registration By Michael Astley-Brown Guitar giant cites “likelihood of confusion” with its own designs
The secrets behind Steve Jones' tone on the Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK By Chris Gill Find out how the punk rocker achieved his fiery sound on this raucous anti-establishment anthem
Watch Guitar World’s Paul Riario test-drive the versatile PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo electric guitar By Richard Bienstock New model blends acoustic and electric sounds, with discrete volume controls and output jacks for a wide range of tonal options
Floyd Rose celebrates 40th anniversary with limited-edition double-locking tremolo system By Richard Bienstock New trem offered in a variety of colors, with titanium insert blocks, stainless steel hardware and ruby red fine tuner screws
How to write guitar solos: 10 essential tips By Ron Zabrocki Catapult your lead lines into the stratosphere with these tried-and-tested compositional tricks
