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Daron Malakian on how System of a Down ended up recording their first new music in 15 years – and what the future holds for the alt-metal icons

By Amit Sharma

In this GW exclusive, Malakian discusses his surprising guitar heroes, how he wrote Chop Suey!, and why he’s never practiced a day in his life

10 best guitar tuners 2020: chromatic, polyphonic and strobe guitar tuners

By Chris Bird

Find the best guitar tuner whatever your budget with our top picks from the likes of Boss, Korg, TC Electronic and D’Addario

Dave Martone tells the story behind his lead role on Nickelback's surprise shred-heavy cover of The Devil Went Down to Georgia

By Sam Roche

“It was refreshing to have the chance to shred in a pop song that's played on the radio – it's almost like it isn't allowed anymore!”

Dominic Fike: “When Rick Rubin heard the demos, he said it felt like I was speaking through the guitar”

By Amit Sharma

The Floridian six-stringer talks championing Fender's new American Professional II series, and the theory-free approach to his new album, What Could Possibly Go Wrong

17 of the best Christmas gifts for guitar players: the ultimate guide to gifts for guitarists

By Amit Sharma, Chris Corfield

Surprise the guitarist in your life this Christmas with the best guitars, accessories and gadgets for every budget

Best headphones for guitar amps 2020: practice in peace with the best guitar amp headphones

By Amit Sharma

From studio cans to noise cancelling headphones – and even headphones that are the amp – check out the best headphones for guitarists, from Boss, Audio-Technica, Sennheiser and more

Declan McKenna: “Guitars are just planks of wood, but they help us translate the most difficult aspects of life”

By Matt Parker

We chat with the UK singer-songwriter about the gear and themes behind his enrapturing new album Zeros, and being dubbed the 'voice of a generation'

Jasmine Star: “TikTok makes me more creative... I have to get the point across in from 15 seconds to a minute“

By Adam Kovac

Stevie Ray Vaughan, country, K-Pop, hip-hop – Star has soloed over it all on her way to TikTok viral fame

[L-R] Scott Ian and Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle's Trey Spruance and Scott Ian: “We’ve made the best thrash album of 1986 that nobody ever heard!“

By Amit Sharma

How the genre-defying avant-garde metal veterans came to enlist Anthrax's thrash pioneer to re-record their debut album, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo, 34 years later

Omar Apollo: “I got obsessed with it as a kid. I’d go to sleep with my guitar, which would be on my bed as much as I was!”

By Amit Sharma

The R&B wunderkind on his love of Prince, learning guitar from jazz cats and his guest-rich debut album, Apolonio

Why 2020 marks a new golden age for Fender

By Jonathan Horsley

How the world’s biggest guitar company takes the guitar world’s most-loved instruments and remakes them anew

Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III, Grian Chatten, Tom Coll from Fontaines DC perform at Le Bataclan on November 10, 2019 in Paris, France.

Fontaines D.C.: ”We’re not great musicians but we can play a three-chord song and give it some welly”

By Jonny Scaramanga

Carlos O'Connell and Conor Curley detail their unorthodox pedalboards, scuzzy tones and why they recorded A Hero’s Death twice

[L-R] Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley of America

Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell look back at America's remarkable 50-year career

By James Wood

The pair discuss their love of acoustic guitars, working with Beatles producer George Martin, and the band's 50th anniversary box set, Half Century

The 10 best pedalboard power supplies 2020: overhaul your pedals with our recommended power supplies

The 10 best pedalboard power supplies 2020: improve your pedalboard with our recommended power supplies

By Michael Astley-Brown

Get your guitar effects sounding their best with our pick of the best pedalboard power supplies on the market today

The best Stratocasters 2020: expert advice on the best Fender Strats around

The best Stratocasters 2020: how to find the perfect Fender Strat for you

By Amit Sharma

The best Strats for every budget and playing style

IDLES: "We always dreamed of having such huge setups… we get giddy every time we look at our guitar rigs!"

By Jonny Scaramanga

Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan talk balancing simple guitar lines with tons of gear, injecting hip-hop into guitar music and how their pedalboards got quite so enormous…

Cory Wong on 10 key tracks from his extraordinary run of funk guitar albums

By Chris Bird

The contemporary funk master has recorded six albums in one year. Here, he outlines his musical journey in 10 tracks...

Zach Myers: “Brent told an audience of 2,500 people that we were making a double album… it was the first I'd heard about it!”

By James Wood

One half of new duo and Shinedown offshoot Smith & Myers on the pair's mammoth debut album, and what's next for the Billboard chart-topping hard-rockers

Nile Rodgers: “Bernard Edwards hated my sound with a big fat jazzy guitar… he talked me into buying a Strat!”

By Amit Sharma

The godfather of funk guitar talks his enormous collection, growing up in New York's studio session scene and how Fender's Acoustasonic Stratocaster is stoking his creative fire