Guitar World Magazine - March 2025

In this issue

JOHNNY MARR - Just in time for NAMM, the Smiths legend has a pair of new Martin signature models — but there’s an octave-G twist...
HERE COME THE SONS - Meet six guitar heroes who followed in their dads’ footsteps, escaped their family legacy and forged paths of their own.
JEFF BECK - Everything you need to know about the upcoming auction of the late legend’s guitars — plus the making of Blow by Blow.

Surf Noir

STOMPING GARAGE AND SURF SOUNDS COLLIDE ON JD MCPHERSON'S LATEST LONG PLAYER, NITE OWLS

3 mins

Deep Sea Diver

PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS SEATTLE BAND — WHETHER OR NOT JESSICA DOBSON IS PLAYING SMOKING LEADS ATOP HER EYE-CATCHING “GUITAR SOLO BOX”

2 mins

Queen Diamond

TETRARCH CO-FOUNDER DIAMOND ROWE DISCUSSESHER HISTORY-MAKING SIGNATURE JACKSON PRO SERIES GUITAR.\"AND IT ALL COMES FROM JUST BEING DIAMOND\"

5 mins

IF GUITAR GOD IS A WOMAN

With renewed confidence and a slew of new guitar-forward songs, Larkin Poe's Rebecca and Megan Lovell are upping the ante of their blues-rock sound once again on seventh album Bloom

7 mins

MAGNIFICENT

Tearing up the blueprint with an octave G string, Johnny Marr's new seven-string Martin signature model is a distillation of all the British icon's most rebellious opinions on acoustic (and yes, there's also a six-string version)

8 mins

TAKE NO PRISONERS

In this exclusive excerpt from Dreaming Japanese, Marty Friedman's new autobiography (co-written by frequent GW contributor Jon Wiederhorn), the ace guitarist details his auditions with Ozzy, Megadeth and - what's this about Madonna?

8 mins

SONS OF ANARCHY

IN YEARS PAST, when we journalists started an interview by asking, \"Who inspired you to pick up the guitar?\" the answer was often some combination of Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen.

10+ mins

Out For Blood

Alice in Chains mainstay Jerry Cantrell explains why (and how) he swerved into “a much more aggressive lane” for his new solo outing, I Want Blood. Plus Al hysteria, misplaced G&L guitars and Jeff Beck’s bag...

10+ mins

The Ultimate Guitar Shop

Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the legendary guitarist’s entire career from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp

10+ mins

Blown Away

Jeff Beck's landmark Blow by Blow dramatically transformed the future for instrumental electric guitar music. Fifty years later, it still remains an inspirational force

10+ mins

TC Electronic Plethora X1 TonePrint Loader

JUDGING BY THE abundance of effects that the TC Electronic Plethora X1 TonePrint Loader makes available to guitarists, it is obvious that TC knows what it means to have a plethora. Just the same, if having too much of a good thing brings you joy, then TC Electronic's Plethora will bring much delight with its many desirable and stellar-sounding effects - each offering a wealth of options.

3 mins

Xotic XSS Super S-Style electric guitar

AS FUNNY AS this sounds, when a brand sends me a new guitar model outfitted with only one pickup, I say to myself, “That’s bold.” Releasing a spartan guitar like the Xotic XSS Super S-Style seems like such a throwback to a time when a guy with the initials EVH changed the entire guitar-world landscape by playing guitar with a solitary humbucker and making every guitarist around the globe realize that might be all we need.

3 mins

Caparison Dellinger-JSM V2

WAY BACK IN the dark ages (a.k.a. the Eighties), there were two distinct types of guitar shredders who occupied opposite sides of the spectrum: the hard rock player whose weapon of choice was a super Strat versus the country picker who inevitably opted for a Telecaster.

2 mins

Tallon Electric "The Noise"

UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN living under a rock, you’ll know that collaborative pedals between artists and manufacturers are all the rage now.

3 mins

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For more than 31 years, Guitar World has served as North America's leading publication for rock guitarists, providing unique instructional content, exclusive photography and interviews with the genre's leading celebrity guitarists. Each month, Guitar World offers lessons that help players refine their craft, in-depth reviews of the latest guitars, amplifiers and effects, current happenings from around the rock scene, celebrity columnists and one-on-one conversations with artists ranging from iconic superstars to the young guns of today.