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Clapham moves to Source

Clapham moves to Source Michael Clapham, who we reported earlier this week had left Tangleweood, has joined Source Distribution, as Area Sales Manager, Midlands Clapham brings...

Ovation – back home at last

Ovation – back home at last Ovation guitar production has finally returned to the USA, following the opening of a production unit in Hartford, Connecticut....

New VGS offers CITES-free nylon string alternative

New VGS offers CITES-free nylon string alternative Finding tonewoods that do not come under the increasingly restrictive CITES agreement is the goal of many guitar...

Iain Young joins Tanglewood's field sales team

Iain Young joins Tanglewood's field sales team Young joins Tanglewood Guitars with extensive commercial management experience in...

Iain Young joins Tanglewood

Iain Young joins Tanglewood Iain Young has joined Tanglewood’s sale team, replacing Michael Chapman, looking after retail accounts in the Midlands and West of England. The...

Neil Young and Promise of the Real Premiere "Children of Destiny" Music Video

Neil Young and Promise of the Real Premiere "Children of Destiny" Music Video Neil Young and Promise of the Real—Lukas Nelson's band—recently recorded a new...

IK Multimedia iRig Pro I/O Mobile Audio/MIDI Interface Now Shipping

IK Multimedia iRig Pro I/O Mobile Audio/MIDI Interface Now Shipping IK Multimedia is proud to announce iRig Pro I/O, the pocket-sized mobile audio/MIDI interface for...

Dan Auerbach is Having Fun Building His Own Personal Empire in Nashville

Dan Auerbach is Having Fun Building His Own Personal Empire in Nashville “The reason I first wanted to play guitar is because my family played...

The Final Interview: Allan Holdsworth Talks SynthAxes, Jaw-Dropping Solos and More

The Final Interview: Allan Holdsworth Talks SynthAxes, Jaw-Dropping Solos and More On April 15, 2017, just days after completing his final interview with Guitar World...

Yngwie Malmsteen Pays Tribute to the World's First Shredder, Niccolo Paganini

Yngwie Malmsteen Pays Tribute to the World's First Shredder, Niccolo Paganini Here's a classic Guitar World lesson for you. Enjoy! Of all my musical influences, classical...

Chris Hillman Announces New Album, 'Bidin' My Time'

Chris Hillman Announces New Album, 'Bidin' My Time' When we spoke to Chris Hillman in the spring of 2016, we asked if he had a new...

Guitar Village and Ivor Mairants become first two dealers to stock Fibonacci Guitars

Guitar Village and Ivor Mairants become first two dealers to stock Fibonacci Guitars Surrey’s Guitar Village and...

Marty Friedman Premieres New Song, “Whiteworm”

Marty Friedman Premieres New Song, “Whiteworm” As we've reported, former Cacophony and Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman will release his new album, Wall of Sound, August 4 via Prosthetic Records. The album was...

Stentor takes on Jupiter

Stentor takes on Jupiter Stentor has announced it is taking on distribution of the brass and woodwind brands Jupiter and XO for the UK and...

Seymour Duncan releases PowerStage 700

Seymour Duncan releases PowerStage 700 Seymour Duncan is following the launch of its PowerStage 170 power amp with a beefier version launched today, the PowerStage...

Forgotten Guitar: Yngwie Malmsteen Plays Drums, Sitar and an ES-335 in Rare Footage

Forgotten Guitar: Yngwie Malmsteen Plays Drums, Sitar and an ES-335 in Rare Footage Aside from that time he played an Aria Flying V (for about...

Play Like Yngwie Malmsteen: How to Master the "Sevens" Mechanic

Play Like Yngwie Malmsteen: How to Master the "Sevens" Mechanic In this instructional video, guitarist Troy Grady investigates one of the unusual asymmetrical groupings of...

Adding the Major Third to Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scale Phrases

Adding the Major Third to Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scale Phrases The scales most often used for soloing in rock, blues, country and much popular...

Review: Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 HH HT M Ash Guitar

Review: Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 HH HT M Ash Guitar PLATINUM AWARD I’ve always been a huge fan of Charvel Guitars for their unapologetically...

Eerie Arpeggios: Using Movable Addb2 Shapes to Create Haunting Lead Lines

Eerie Arpeggios: Using Movable Addb2 Shapes to Create Haunting Lead Lines Taking an ominous detour from last month’s regal-sounding add-2 arpeggios and “French horn fifths,”...

Martin Guitar to Debut D-18 Jason Isbell Signature Model at Summer NAMM

Martin Guitar to Debut D-18 Jason Isbell Signature Model at Summer NAMM Martin Guitar will unveil Jason Isbell’s signature D-18, designed by the Grammy-winning artist...

Martin Guitar to Debut Re-Engineered D-28, New Signature Models and More

Martin Guitar to Debut Re-Engineered D-28, New Signature Models and More At this year's Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, Martin Guitar will introduce a re-imagined...

Technicolors' Brennan Smiley Teams Up with Atlas String Quartet on "Trouble"

Technicolors' Brennan Smiley Teams Up with Atlas String Quartet on "Trouble" Today we bring you the exclusive premiere of a new video by the Technicolors,...

Messing Up on Guitar (and Why It Doesn’t Matter)

Messing Up on Guitar (and Why It Doesn’t Matter) Sometimes when we’re ripping some licks on guitar, we can get caught in our own heads...

Nita Strauss: Something Female Guitarists Seem to Be Lacking

Nita Strauss: Something Female Guitarists Seem to Be Lacking As we reported this spring, Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss recently branched off with a new...