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Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck Perform "Layla"

Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck Perform "Layla" 35 years ago, a series of shows called the ARMS Charity Concerts were held....

How the Stars Aligned for A Perfect Circle and Their New Album, 'Eat the...

How the Stars Aligned for A Perfect Circle and Their New Album, 'Eat the Elephant' A Perfect Circle (from left): Maynard James Keenan,...

How to Buy the Best Guitar

How to Buy the Best Guitar In this video, Guitar World and The Music Zoo—a truly top-notch music store in Long Island, New...

10 Tips to Boost Your Practice Session

10 Tips to Boost Your Practice Session Many guitar players often struggle to find time—or simply feel the need to be inspired in...

Review: Danelectro '59XT Guitar

Review: Danelectro '59XT Guitar When it comes to guitars with the perfect combination of cool styling, righteous tones and amazing value, Danelectro has...

Expand Your Soloing Vocabulary with the Half-Whole Symmetrical Diminished Scale

Expand Your Soloing Vocabulary with the Half-Whole Symmetrical Diminished Scale Last month, I discussed ways for guitar players to expand their improvising vocabulary....

Hear Gus G's New Song, "Mr. Manson"

Hear Gus G's New Song, "Mr. Manson" Gus G has premiered a new song, "Mr. Manson." You can check out its lyric video...

Eric Clapton's 10 Best Guitar Moments

Eric Clapton's 10 Best Guitar Moments There was a time when the name Eric Clapton meant one thing and one thing only: guitar...

Slayer Announce 'Repentless' Collector's Vinyl Box Set

Slayer Announce 'Repentless' Collector's Vinyl Box Set Slayer have announced a special edition Repentless collector's vinyl box set. The limited edition set will...

The Secrets Behind Brian Setzer's Guitar Sound on Stray Cats' "Rock This Town"

The Secrets Behind Brian Setzer's Guitar Sound on Stray Cats' "Rock This Town" Stray Cats’ Brian Setzer performs in the U.K. in the early Eighties.When...

Fender Telecaster from Bob Dylan's 1966 "Electric" Tour Going Up for Auction

Fender Telecaster from Bob Dylan's 1966 "Electric" Tour Going Up for Auction Julien's Auctions has announced that the 1965 Fender Telecaster that Bob...

The Secrets Behind Brian Setzer's Guitar Sound on Stray Cats' "Rock This Town"

The Secrets Behind Brian Setzer's Guitar Sound on Stray Cats' "Rock This Town" Stray Cats’ Brian Setzer performs in the U.K. in the early Eighties.When...

Fender Telecaster from Bob Dylan's 1966 "Electric" Tour Going Up for Auction

Fender Telecaster from Bob Dylan's 1966 "Electric" Tour Going Up for Auction Julien's Auctions has announced that the 1965 Fender Telecaster that Bob...

Electro-Harmonix Debuts its Own Dealer Portal, E-Commerce Website

Electro-Harmonix Debuts its Own Dealer Portal, E-Commerce Website Following its decision to cut ties with Amazon last year, Electro-Harmonix has opened up its...

Tapper's Delight: 20 Challenging Tapping Licks

Tapper's Delight: 20 Challenging Tapping Licks Fretboard tapping has earned a bad name in certain sectors of the guitar community. Some players dismiss...

Jesse Dayton Premieres New Song, "Hurtin' Behind the Pine Curtain"

Jesse Dayton Premieres New Song, "Hurtin' Behind the Pine Curtain" If Jesse Dayton's name doesn't ring a bell, don't worry. Chances are pretty...

Combining Pentatonics with Tapping

Combining Pentatonics with Tapping In this lesson, I’ll be taking the most common pentatonic positions and showing you how to string them together to create...

Watch Gretchen Menn Demo Arobas Music Guitar Pro 7

Watch Gretchen Menn Demo Arobas Music Guitar Pro 7 As her recent masterwork Abandon All Hope brilliantly illustrates, Gretchen Menn is a total...

The Oddly Fascinating Pairing of Two Completely Unrelated Triads

The Oddly Fascinating Pairing of Two Completely Unrelated Triads Last month, I presented a neat formula for generating two unusual and exotic hexatonic (six-note) scales....

Fingerstyle Arrangement of "Comfortably Numb" Shot with Guitar-Mounted Camera

Fingerstyle Arrangement of "Comfortably Numb" Shot with Guitar-Mounted Camera Below, check out a video of guitarist Thomas Leeb performing a solo acoustic-fingerstyle arrangement of Pink...

The Hollywood Vampires Announce 2018 Tour

The Hollywood Vampires Announce 2018 Tour Hollywood Vampires—the supergroup featuring Alice Cooper, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and actor Johnny Depp—have announced a number...

Angus Young Plays AC/DC's "High Voltage" on Acoustic Guitar

Angus Young Plays AC/DC's "High Voltage" on Acoustic Guitar Below, check out a very interesting clip of AC/DC's Angus Young—sitting with a well-worn...

Fender and Joe Bonamassa Announce ‘59 Twin-Amp JB Edition

Fender and Joe Bonamassa Announce ‘59 Twin-Amp JB Edition Fender and Joe Bonamassa have teamed up to unveil the new ‘59 Twin-Amp JB...

For Tube Goldberg, Turning Vintage Radios and Movie Projectors Into Fire-Breathing Amps Is All...

For Tube Goldberg, Turning Vintage Radios and Movie Projectors Into Fire-Breathing Amps Is All in a Day's Work If you ever find yourself...

Three Essential Jazz Guitar Chord Soloing Lines

Three Essential Jazz Guitar Chord Soloing Lines While learning chord shapes is important, studying classic jazz guitar chord lines is the next step in turning...