Bass Player
Beginners' Lesson
Step away from theory for a minute, says beginners’ guru Steve Lawson. This month, we’re learning how to learn... with a looper
10 min |
July 2020
Guitar Player
ROCKET SCIENCE
GIBSON’S FUTURISTIC FLYING V WAS ON A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY UNTIL A FEW INVENTIVE GUITARISTS PROPELLED IT TO ASTRONOMICAL SUCCESS — AND VALUE. WE EXAMINE A HIGHLY DESIRABLE 1969 EXAMPLE.
9 min |
June 2020
Guitar World
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
10+ min |
July 2020
Guitar World
GREEN MACHINE
The fascinating connection between Kirk Hammett, Peter Green, Gary Moore, Fleetwood Mac and a singular 1959 GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD CALLED GREENY
10+ min |
July 2020
Guitar World
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
10+ min |
July 2020
Guitar World
On the Hunt with the Black Pumas
MEET THE BLACK PUMAS’ ADRIAN QUESADA AND ERIC BURTON — AN UNLIKELY PAIRING THAT WORKED OUT UNBELIEVABLY WELL
7 min |
July 2020
Guitar World
Mass Effect
LINE 6 POD GO
4 min |
July 2020
Guitar World
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
8 min |
July 2020
Guitar World
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?
8 min |
July 2020
Guitar World
Lyrics? We Don't Need No Lyrics!
From the shadows to the surrealist: a history of instrumental rock
10+ min |
July 2020
Guitar World
Air Guitar
BOSS WAZA-AIR
3 min |
July 2020
Guitar World
Bigger Brothers
John and TJ Osborne – Aka Brothers Osborne – offer up an exclusive preview of their upcoming "bigger, louder and more exciting" new album
4 min |
July 2020
Bass Player
ASHDOWN Grail and Saint
Amp-makers Ashdown step into bass guitar world, with this Dan Lakin-designed range of workhorse instruments. Phil Mann steps up for a test
3 min |
June 2020
Bass Player
BASS OF TOMORROW
GHS Strings have helped to shape the sound of the world’s bass players since 1964. Hywel Davies asks Jon Moody, one of the company’s top minds, what the future holds
2 min |
June 2020
Bass Player
IBANEZ SR2405W-BTL
Mike Brooks gets up close and personal with this sensibly-priced head-turner
3 min |
June 2020
Bass Player
DARKGLASS Microtubes X Ultra
The latest pedal from Darkglass is another mighty Microtubes. Let’s rock, suggests Brooks
2 min |
June 2020
Bass Player
STONE UNTURNED
Is there a bigger band on the planet in terms of cultural impact, commercial stature, and sheer heritage than the Rolling Stones? Darryl Jones looks back at the path that led him to the very, very top
10+ min |
June 2020
Bass Player
HAMSTEAD Subspace Intergalactic Driver
Ready to go Intergalactic? The Editor readies his (moon) boot
2 min |
June 2020
Bass Player
Immediate Lee
The great Lee Sklar, veteran of literally countless sessions, returns with a new project, the Immediate Family. “I’m your gardener!” he tells us...
7 min |
June 2020
Bass Player
Wedding Rites
My Dying Bride play heavy—but ‘romantic’—metal. Lena Abé is tasked with delivering the lowest of the low end, she tells us...
4 min |
June 2020
Bass Player
TRICKFISH Bullhead 1K Amp and TF-112 Cabinet
There’s a new kid on the amplification block and it’s making serious waves. Mike Brooks takes a dip with the Trickfish
3 min |
June 2020
Bass Player
Royal Rumble
Gibson’s head of Product Development, Mat Koehler, and Fender historian, Terry Foster, explain how the two industry titans battled it out over the electric bass in the early days—and changed the course of popular music in the process…
10+ min |
June 2020
Guitar World
Lillie Mae
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH THE ENIGMATIC NASHVILLE SPITFIRE — ON THE HEELS OF HER NEW ALBUM, OTHER GIRLS
2 min |
June 2020
Guitar World
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.
10 min |
June 2020
Guitar World
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…
9 min |
June 2020
Guitar World
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
6 min |
June 2020
Guitar World
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.
3 min |
June 2020
Guitar World
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
6 min |
June 2020
Guitar World
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
10+ min |
June 2020
Guitar World
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.
10 min |