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Guitar World
K.K. Downing
The former Judas Priest guitarist honors his fellow Brummies
5 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Jake E. Lee
\"Tom Morello said, 'I can't see this going on without Jake E. Lee in there somewhere'
5 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Xotic AC Booster V2
XOTIC’S RANGE OF AC and RC Booster pedals has solidly earned their status as bona fide classics in the stompbox canon. And as a testament to their enduring popularity, they’re still common and essential staples on many professional and studio guitarists' pedalboards.
3 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Scott Ian
“I've been flipping out. It's hard to believe it's real”
4 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
FADE TO PART 2 THE SUPPORTING CAST
Back to the Beginning performers Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, Adam Jones, K.K. Downing, Lzzy Hale, Scott Ian and more talk Sabbath, Iommi and what it's like getting random texts from musical director Tom Morello
10+ min |
August 2025
Guitar World
SOUND CHECK
PRS HAS DULY noted in their announcement of the new Archon Classic amplifier head that it is not a reissue of the original Archon amp, which PRS introduced 12 years ago in 2013.
3 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
"THE FISH (SCHINDLERIA PRAEMATURIS)"
CHRIS SQUIRE IS one of the most innovative and distinctive bassists in rock history, revered for crafting tasteful, intricate melodic lines that perfectly complemented Yes’ ambitious arrangements, and also for aggressively attacking his roundwound strings with a heavy pick and cranking an early-Sixties four-string Rickenbacker through a Marshall Super Bass tube amp to achieve a bright yet deep and growly tone.
1 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Warm Audio Fen-Tone WA-FT ribbon microphone
EVEN THE MOST modest home studio should have a decent variety of microphones at its disposal. The proliferation of high-quality, inexpensive condenser and dynamic mics introduced over the last few decades has helped aspiring engineers reach this goal somewhat. However, many studios still lack a ribbon microphone, which is a versatile mic for capturing great sounding recordings in numerous applications, particularly miking guitar cabinets.
2 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Goose Is Cookin'
GOOSE HAS BEEN the fastest-rising act in the jam band universe over the past few years and is poised for blast-off with the release of their fourth studio album, Everything Must Go.
7 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Jerry Cantrell
How Alice in Chains hit it off with Ozzy back in '91
4 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
DIGITECH WH-1 WHAMMY 1989-94 CATEGORY: EFFECT PEDALS
THE ORIGINAL DIGITECH WH-1 Whammy pedal is a great example of thinking outside of the box, literally.
2 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Zakk Wylde
\"Maybe it'll come down to 'Let's just do \"Free Bird\" for two hours!\"
4 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
FADE TO BLACK PART 1: THE LAST HURRAH
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward walk us through 57 years of Sabbath history — from the very beginning to Back to the Beginning, the band's history-making farewell bash in Birmingham, England, this July 5
10+ min |
August 2025
Guitar World
LOST CLASSICS: Bob Marley & the Wailers
GUITARIST JUNIOR MARVIN TAKES US INSIDE THE MAKING OF MARLEY'S PERPETUALLY UNDER-THE-RADAR 1979 ALBUM, SURVIVAL
5 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
IN MEMORY OF John Sykes
REMEMBERING THE POWERHOUSE ROCK JOURNEYMAN WHO BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO WHITESNAKE AND THIN LIZZY.
4 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
D.K. Harrell
THE TUBE-COOKIN', LOUISIANA-BRED GUITARIST BRINGS THE SIZZLE TO TALKIN' HEAVY, HIS NEW ALBUM OF DELTA-MEETS-CHICAGO BLUES
2 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
FADE TO BLACK PART 3: SATAN, LAUGHING, SPREADS HIS WINGS!
The complete history of Black Sabbath, lineup by lineup, album by riff-heavy album
10+ min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Scott Holiday
Rival Sons, Sabbath’s 2026-17 tour openers, return to the scene of the crime
5 min |
August 2025
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John Page
Signature The DL
4 min |
August 2025
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Blues Worth Keeping
WIDELY HAILED AS ONE OF IRELAND'S BRIGHTEST EMERGING STARS, 18-YEAR-OLD MUIREANN BRADLEY IS PROUD TO CHAMPION MUSIC THAT'S NEARLY A CENTURY OLD
4 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Fender Player II Modified Telecaster SH
TELE PLAYERS HAVE modified their Telecasters by installing a humbucking pickup in the neck position since the late Sixties, when rock, blues and country guitarists decided they needed beefier tones from their neck position settings but still wanted the Tele's distinctive twang from the bridge settings. Keith Richards popularized this setup during the early Seventies with his modified 1954 Tele nicknamed Micawber, and Fender even got in on the act when they introduced the Telecaster Custom in 1972.
2 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
CREED BRATTON
From living it up in the Summer of Love to starring in NBC's The Office, the former Grass Roots guitarist has had a career like no other.
9 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
The Harrison/Ford Experience
BLUES/JAZZ MAESTRO ROBBEN FORD ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF TOURING WITH GEORGE HARRISON IN THE FALL OF 1974
4 min |
August 2025
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MY PEDALBOARD STEVE STEVENS
WHAT BILLY IDOL'S DIEHARD GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN
2 min |
August 2025
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Jake E. Lee
“Tom Morello said, ‘I can't see this going on without Jake E. Lee in there somewhere’
6 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
Bill Kelliher
The Mastodon man's brief – but probably very helpful! – exchange with Tony Iommi
4 min |
August 2025
Guitar World
SONGS FROM THE WOOD
Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre — who recently reconnected with his acoustic side — revisits some choice moments in Tull history, including his “Aqualung” solo, \"Steel Monkey\" and that weird Grammy win
10+ min |
August 2025
Guitar World
MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS: Billy Duffy
THE TRIO OF AXES THAT HAVE MEANT THE MOST THE VENERABLE CULT GUITARIST
5 min |
August 2025
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Ben Lechuga
AS A RECENT CONVERT TO FRETLESS ELECTRICS, THE CHILEAN GUITARIST IS NOW OPENING MUSICAL DOORS HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED
2 min |
August 2025
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A Thing of Beauty
TETRARCH'S DIAMOND ROWE AND JOSH FORE TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE VETERAN METALERS' LATEST, THE UGLY SIDE OF ME - AND WHY DIAMOND'S MOM'S OPINIONS WEIGH SO HEAVILY WITH THE BAND
8 min |