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Watch Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen Play "I Saw Her Standing There" at Madison...

Watch Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen Play "I Saw Her Standing There" at Madison Square Garden Friday night, September 15, Paul McCartney played the first...

Tony Bacon Announces New Book, 'Electric Guitars: Design and Invention'

Tony Bacon Announces New Book, 'Electric Guitars: Design and Invention' In his new book—Electric Guitars: Design and Invention—The Groundbreaking Innovations That Shaped the Modern Instrument—respected guitar...

Cort Guitars Introduces GB75JH Electric Bass

Cort Guitars Introduces GB75JH Electric Bass Cort has introduced its new GB75JH electric bass guitar. From the company: This new addition to the GB7 series meets...

Four Things to Consider When Buying Your Next Guitar

Four Things to Consider When Buying Your Next Guitar Almost every guitar player I know enjoys adding instruments to their stable. We have an emotional...

How to Seamlessly Play Arpeggios Over Three Octaves

How to Seamlessly Play Arpeggios Over Three Octaves In this lesson we are going to take simple three note arpeggios and learn how to play...

Joe Satriani Announces New Album, 'What Happens Next,' 2018 G3 Tour With John Petrucci,...

Joe Satriani Announces New Album, 'What Happens Next,' 2018 G3 Tour With John Petrucci, Phil Collen Joe Satriani is back in the game. The legendary guitarist...

George Harrison and Gary Moore Play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in 1992

George Harrison and Gary Moore Play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in 1992 George Harrison wasn't exactly a fan of being "on the road." After the...

Alastair Greene Unveils “Dream Train” Music Video

Alastair Greene Unveils “Dream Train” Music Video Alastair Greene has premiered the music video for his song, “Dream Train”, the title track from his upcoming...

Sammy Hagar: Van Halen Reunion a "Dead Horse"

Sammy Hagar: Van Halen Reunion a "Dead Horse" Earlier this year, Sammy Hagar—while mostly casting doubt over the potential of a Van Halen reunion—kept the...

Al Joseph Says "Betcha Can't Play This" Blazing Lick

Al Joseph Says "Betcha Can't Play This" Blazing Lick A couple weeks ago, we premiered a dazzling "Betcha Can't Play This" from up-and-coming progressive metal...

The White Buffalo Premieres "Robbery"

The White Buffalo Premieres "Robbery" The White Buffalo is slated to release his new album, Darkest Darks, Darkest Lights, on October 6 via Unison Music...

How to Develop Appealing Metal Riffs and Solo Ideas Using One String

How to Develop Appealing Metal Riffs and Solo Ideas Using One String When writing songs, you can develop solo ideas as well as signature riffs...

St Vincent’s shocker from Music Man

St Vincent’s shocker from Music Man Ernie Ball Music Man is producing an extremely limited run of special edition signature St Vincent models to celebrate...

Watch Lars Ulrich's Full Interview With Dave Grohl on Beats 1 Radio

Watch Lars Ulrich's Full Interview With Dave Grohl on Beats 1 Radio Today, Lars Ulrich released the first half of his 90-minute interview with Foo...

Foreigner's Original Lineup to Reunite for Two Shows

Foreigner's Original Lineup to Reunite for Two Shows Every surviving original member of Foreigner will perform together onstage for the final two shows of the...

Stream Tuesday’s Interview with Mike Stern Right Here

Stream Tuesday’s Interview with Mike Stern Right Here BackStory Events and Guitar World invite you to join us for the live stream of our exclusive...

Ernie Ball Music Man and St. Vincent Announce ’MASSEDUCTION’ Limited Edition Series

Ernie Ball Music Man and St. Vincent Announce ’MASSEDUCTION’ Limited Edition Series Ernie Ball Music Man is proud to announce a limited edition signature guitar...

Watch Frank Palangi’s “Set Me Free” Music Video

Watch Frank Palangi’s “Set Me Free” Music Video New York-based hard rock artist Frank Palangi recently debuted his latest music video, “Set Me Free.” With gritty,...

New Riff Axelerator Marty Friedman Lesson Pack Raises Funds for Jason Becker

New Riff Axelerator Marty Friedman Lesson Pack Raises Funds for Jason Becker Riff Axelerator has unveiled a new Marty Friedman lesson pack, aiming to raise...

Review: D'Angelico Guitars Deluxe Series EXL-1 and SS

Review: D'Angelico Guitars Deluxe Series EXL-1 and SS A few guitar companies have used the term “deluxe” rather haphazardly in the past for instruments that...

Tired of the Same Blues Licks? Spice It Up with Some Eastern Fusion, Part...

Tired of the Same Blues Licks? Spice It Up with Some Eastern Fusion, Part 1 Tired of the same old blues licks in the pentatonic...

Nikki Lane Premieres "Send the Sun" Music Video

Nikki Lane Premieres "Send the Sun" Music Video Nikki Lane, a Nashville-based songstress who straddles that gritty, pedal-steelin' line betwixt country, Americana and roots rock,...

Gene Simmons Announces $2,000, 38-Pound Box Set

Gene Simmons Announces $2,000, 38-Pound Box Set Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has announced a $2,000, 38-pound box set called The Vault. And yes, it's quite...

JAM Pedals Unveil LucyDreamer Supreme

JAM Pedals Unveil LucyDreamer Supreme JAM Pedals have announced the release of the LucyDreamer Supreme, the new flagship 2-in-1 OD/Boost. The pedal features JAM's most transparent...

The Biggest Lies You’ve Been Told About Music Theory

The Biggest Lies You’ve Been Told About Music Theory We often make excuses as to why we don't need to do something, even if, deep...