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The Guitar That Prince Left Behind

The Guitar That Prince Left Behind In 2007, Prince announced that he’d be in residence at London’s 02 Arena for 21 days to promote his...

Using Tapping for Scale Runs

Using Tapping for Scale Runs Most of us will have already encountered the repeating tapped triads popularized by Eddie Van Halen. But an often-overlooked approach is...

EastWest and Fishman Launch New Line of Virtual Instruments for MIDI Guitarists

EastWest and Fishman Launch New Line of Virtual Instruments for MIDI Guitarists EastWest has teamed up with Fishman to develop a series of virtual instruments...

Guest Starrs: The Top Five Guitar Moments on Ringo Starr Songs

Guest Starrs: The Top Five Guitar Moments on Ringo Starr Songs Former Beatle Ringo Starr turns 77 today, July 7, 2017. I figured I'd celebrate this...

Watch Paul Riario Demo the New HeadRush Pedalboard

Watch Paul Riario Demo the New HeadRush Pedalboard Earlier this year, HeadRush, an innovative new manufacturer of next-generation guitar products, announced its first product, the HeadRush...

Guns N' Roses' Richard Fortus Selects SoloDallas EX Tower on 2017 World Tour

Guns N' Roses' Richard Fortus Selects SoloDallas EX Tower on 2017 World Tour In another milestone for the emerging Southern California music gear company SoloDallas,...

Musicians Institute Launches Online Courses Taught by Music Legends

Musicians Institute Launches Online Courses Taught by Music Legends The prestigious Musicians Institute, established in 1977 in LA and built on the idea that musicians...

Music Man offers Limited Luke

Music Man offers Limited Luke Ernie Ball Music Man has a new Luke III Ball Family Reserve, the latest evolution in the design process started...

Tone up launches stainless saddles

Tone up launches stainless saddles Slovenia’s Sever Innovations has launched a range of replacement stainless steel electric guitar string saddles from its Tone Up range...

Fender Play: Fender Introduces New Digital Learning Program

Fender Play: Fender Introduces New Digital Learning Program Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today announced the launch of Fender Play, a first of its kind...

Build Your Own Battery-Operated Tweed Amp

Build Your Own Battery-Operated Tweed Amp I built this great-looking (and sounding) battery-driven guitar amp in just a few hours after work last week. It’s...

Blues-Rock Phenom Chris Buck Talks Jamming with Slash and What’s on Tap for Buck...

Blues-Rock Phenom Chris Buck Talks Jamming with Slash and What’s on Tap for Buck & Evans When Guitar World rings rising blues-rock talent Chris Buck,...

Blues-Rock Phenom Chris Buck Talks Jamming with Slash and What’s on Tap for Buck...

Blues-Rock Phenom Chris Buck Talks Jamming with Slash and What’s on Tap for Buck & Evans When Guitar World rings rising blues-rock talent Chris Buck,...

Dave Mustaine Names His Favorite Metallica Song (That He Wrote)

Dave Mustaine Names His Favorite Metallica Song (That He Wrote) In a recent-ish interview with LA Weekly, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine was asked which of the...

Watch Jeff Beck Play a Stripped-Down Version of "A Day in the Life"

Watch Jeff Beck Play a Stripped-Down Version of "A Day in the Life" Below, check out a video that recently made its way to the...

Seven Chords That Require Only Two Fingers to Play

Seven Chords That Require Only Two Fingers to Play Darrell Braun, whose videos have been featured on GuitarWorld.com several times, has just posted a new one;...

United We Rock: REO Speedwagon's Dave Amato Talks Monster Summer Tour with Styx and...

United We Rock: REO Speedwagon's Dave Amato Talks Monster Summer Tour with Styx and Don Felder This summer’s United We Rock Tour features three juggernauts...

How to Play the Lead in All That Remains' "Pernicious"

How to Play the Lead in All That Remains' "Pernicious" When constructing my guitar solos, I try to maintain a broad view of the melody...

Review: GTC Sound Innovations Revpad

Review: GTC Sound Innovations Revpad PLATINUM AWARD Although the very first XY pad controllers introduced more than 20 years ago were built into keyboard synthesizers and subsequent...

Meet a One-of-a-Kind Gibson Les Paul Inspired by Vivian Campbell

Meet a One-of-a-Kind Gibson Les Paul Inspired by Vivian Campbell This year, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, VH1 Save The Music partnered with the Gibson...

Epiphone Presents Limited Edition James Bay "1966" Century Model

Epiphone Presents Limited Edition James Bay "1966" Century Model Epiphone is proud to present the new Limited Edition James Bay "1966" Century archtop Outfit, inspired...

Watch Eddie Van Halen Play Ritchie Blackmore Riffs

Watch Eddie Van Halen Play Ritchie Blackmore Riffs YouTube's Ritchie Blackmore Channel has been posting a good deal of interesting new content lately. One of...

Foo Fighters Debut New Song, "Dirty Water"

Foo Fighters Debut New Song, "Dirty Water" One of the upcoming releases rock fans are particularly looking forward to is Concrete and Gold, the new studio effort...

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Credits Soundgarden As Inspiration for "Enter Sandman" Riff

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Credits Soundgarden As Inspiration for "Enter Sandman" Riff It turns out one of Metallica's most popular guitar riffs owes a little something...

Why (and How) We Should Learn Joe Satriani's Guitar Habits

Why (and How) We Should Learn Joe Satriani's Guitar Habits Joe Satriani is my favorite living guitar player, so this edition of my “Habits of…”...