Refused

SWEDISH POST-HARDCORE MASTERS FIND THE FUNK, THE PUNK AND THEIR VERY ESSENCE ON THEIR LATEST RELEASE, WAR MUSIC

Life of Agony

GUITARIST JOEY ZAMPELLA TALKS MELODIC SOLOS, HIS UNUSUAL APPROACH TO RECORDING AND THE SOUND OF SCARS, THE VENERABLE ALT-METALLERS’ COMPELLING SEQUEL TO THEIR 1993 DEBUT, RIVER RUNS RED

Emmanuel's Labors

ON THE BEST OF TOMMYSONGS, ACOUSTIC WIZARD TOMMY EMMANUEL REVISITS — AND REINTERPRETS — SOME OF HIS FAVORITE COMPOSITIONS (AND THROWS IN A HANDFUL OF FUTURE CLASSICS)

5 Questions with Konvent Guitarist Sara Nørregaard

FANS AND CRITICS have called Konvent’s Puritan Masochism the doom metal highlight of 2020, an instant classic and/or pretty much everything in between.

100 Things every Guitarist Should Know

Lean back, get comfy and soak up 18 pages' worth of sound advice from GW's editors and columnists, not to mention Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Misha Mansoor, Joe Bonamassa, Tom Morello, Mark Tremonti, John 5, Jim Root, Ben Harper, Eddie Van Halen and more.

LEADER OF THE MAC

Among the many stars of London’s mid-Sixties blues scene, one guitarist outshone and outplayed them all — PETER GREEN. Here, in interviews with John Mayall, Mike Vernon, Green’s former bandmates and the “Man of the World” himself, WE TELL THE STORY OF HOW FLEETWOOD MAC WERE BORN

GREEN MACHINE

The fascinating connection between Kirk Hammett, Peter Green, Gary Moore, Fleetwood Mac and a singular 1959 GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD CALLED GREENY

God Couple

With their prodigious performances on LAMB OF GOD’s new self-titled full-length, Mark Morton and Willie Adler remind us all why they are ranked among the most formidable guitar tandems in metal history

On the Hunt with the Black Pumas

MEET THE BLACK PUMAS’ ADRIAN QUESADA AND ERIC BURTON — AN UNLIKELY PAIRING THAT WORKED OUT UNBELIEVABLY WELL

Mass Effect

LINE 6 POD GO

Rock Brigade

IN HONOR OF DEF LEPPARD’S IMPRESSIVE NEW BOX SET, THE EARLY YEARS 79-81, JOE ELLIOTT AND PHIL COLLEN DISCUSS THE BAND’S FIRST TWO ALBUMS — ON THROUGH THE NIGHT AND HIGH ‘N’ DRY — AND EARLY GUITARISTS PETE WILLIS AND STEVE CLARK

Tales from the Deep

LOUIS HARDY AND MAX HARPER TALK 27 MILES UNDERWATER, THE SECOND OUTING BY U.K. HARDCORE SQUAD HIGHER POWER. BUT WAIT — ARE THEY REALLY HARDCORE?

Lillie Mae

FIVE QUESTIONS WITH THE ENIGMATIC NASHVILLE SPITFIRE — ON THE HEELS OF HER NEW ALBUM, OTHER GIRLS

THINGS A YOUTUBE GUITAR HERO SAYS

THINGS THE KING OF GUITAR YOUTUBE DOESN’T CARE IF YOU DON’T LIKE HIS CHANNEL. A decade after JARED DINES first joined the streaming platform, he’s got more than he ever could have expected: more than 2.7 million followers, more than half a billion total views, onstage guest spots with some of modern rock’s biggest bands and a huge network of friends and collaborators.

ROBERT CRAY

This Georgia-born axe-slinger’s style and Strat tone are instantly recognizable. He’s recorded with Eric Clapton, performed with a who’s who of blues legends, from Stevie Ray Vaughan to B.B. King to Hubert Sumlin, and he just released a funky new album called That’s What I Heard? But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

Power to the “People”

THE 1975’S ADAM HANN DISHES ON THE UK POP-MEISTERS’ “FIRST PROPER ROCK SONG” AND HIS “SECRET WEAPON,” AN EBMM JOHN PETRUCCI SIGNATURE MODEL

Periphery Vision: PEAVEY INVECTIVE MH

THE PEAVEY INVECTIVE.120, designed with considerable input from Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor, is one of the most exciting amp heads to come along in the last few years.

let there be Sunlight

ENTOMBED GUITARIST UFFE CEDERLUND AND SUNLIGHT STUDIOS’ RECORDING WIZARD TOMAS SKOGSBERG LOOK BACK ON THE BIRTH OF SWEDISH DEATH METAL AND THE SUNLIGHT SOUND

You have to be spontaneous, and that requires confidence, which allows you to change directions on a whim

Rowdy rave-ups, poignant ballads, reggae rhythms and a touch of Nigel Tufnel. Joe Satriani takes you inside his aptly titled new album, Shapeshifting

LOST & FOUND

Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean and Robert DeLeo take you inside Perdida, a lush, densely layered, complex record that pushes the boundaries of what an “acoustic album” can be.

BUILT FOR SPEED

MEET MARTIN’S GAME-CHANGING NEW ROAD SERIES SC-13E – a sleek, loaded and affordable acoustic cutaway designed for electric guitarists

THE WIZARD OF OZZY

How 29-year-old ANDREW WATT — Post Malone producer and former California Breed guitarist — got an ailing OZZY OSBOURNE off the couch and into the studio to make Ordinary Man, a “life-saving” new album that co-stars Tom Morello, Slash, Duff McKagan and Chad Smith

Still Noisy After All These Years

FORMER SONIC YOUTH BASSIST/VOCALIST/GUITARIST KIM WILSON BREAKS DOWN HER SOLO DEBUT, A TRULY WILD RIDE CALLED NO HOME RECORD

Salvaged Sweetness

TAYLOR GUITARS BUILDER’S EDITION 324CE

Olivia Jean

FROM GARAGE BATS TO NIGHT OWLS, THIS QUIRKY ROCK ’N’ ROLLER’S NEW ALBUM IS PACKED WITH ANIMAL MAGNETISM — NOT TO MENTION SOME DANGEROUSLY CATCHY RIFFS

HIGH WATTAGE

ANDREW WATT details his Ordinary Man gear — and that time he took some feedback-related feedback from Tony Iommi

Deeper Horizons

PRS SE HOLLOWBODY STANDARD

BIG GUNS

SLASH AND GIBSON’S CESAR GUEIKIAN TALK US THROUGH THE COMPANY’S UNPRECEDENTED NEW SLASH COLLECTION OF SIGNATURE GUITARS, FEATURING LES PAULS IN APPETITE BURST, NOVEMBER BURST, VERMILLION BURST AND ANACONDA BURST — PLUS (FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER) TWO SLASH J-45 ACOUSTICS

BEHIND THERE'S ONE EVERY HELL OF A FAMOUS GUITAR TECH GUITARIST…

GUITAR TECHS WHOSE CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYERS INCLUDE METALLICA’S JAMES HETFIELD, MEGADETH’S DAVE MUSTAINE AND RUSH’S ALEX LIFESON — PLUS THE OFFSPRING, WHITESNAKE, ADELE, SLAYER, HOLE, JOURNEY, DEF LEPPARD, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA AND SCORES MORE — DISCUSS THE INS AND OUTS OF THE JOB, SURVIVAL ON THE ROAD AND LIFE 20 FEET AWAY FROM STARDOM

Andy Gill (1956-2020)

REMEMBERING GANG OF FOUR’S POST-PUNK GUITAR ICON