Heart's Nancy Wilson to Debut New Side Project at 5th Annual Rock Against MS...
Heart's Nancy Wilson to Debut New Side Project at 5th Annual Rock Against MS Benefit
Richie Kotzen has joined the ever-growing lineup for the 5th...
Steve Vai Shares His Private Guitar Collection
Steve Vai Shares His Private Guitar Collection
When Steve Vai appeared on the cover of the September 2016 issue of Guitar World to discuss his latest...
Dave Mustaine's Attempts at Singing "A Tout Le Monde" in Japanese Were "Pretty Horrific"
Dave Mustaine's Attempts at Singing "A Tout Le Monde" in Japanese Were "Pretty Horrific"
In a recent interview with WRIF, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine revealed that French...
The Almighty Riff: Suggestions for Stimulating Musical Creativity
The Almighty Riff: Suggestions for Stimulating Musical Creativity
The following is a classic column from the pages of Guitar World.
Every great rock song has a great...
US government offers CITES overview
US government offers CITES overview
The US Fish and Wildlife service has created a succinct summing-up of the current import and travel rules surrounding musical...
New Stetsbars fit to Fenders and wrap-arounds
New Stetsbars fit to Fenders and wrap-arounds
Stetsbar, the US manufacturer of highly regarded retrofit vibrato systems, has launched new models to fit Fender Jazzmasters,...
ZED brings Outlaw pedals to UK
ZED brings Outlaw pedals to UK
Zed Music Distribution has added Outlaw, a new range of entry level effects pedals, to its growing line-up of...
MADD Men: The Minor Add-2 Arpeggio
MADD Men: The Minor Add-2 Arpeggio
Last month, I offered a guitar adaptation of the theme from The Walking Dead, which is based on a...
Navigating the Intricate Seven-String Licks in Periphery's “Flatline”
Navigating the Intricate Seven-String Licks in Periphery's “Flatline”
Throughout the course of these columns, my focus has been primarily on the six-string guitar parts I’ve...
How to Play Like DADGAD Pioneer Davey Graham
How to Play Like DADGAD Pioneer Davey Graham
A key figure of the early Sixties British folk revival, Davey Graham (1940–2008) was a unique steel-string–wielding...
When to Change Your Guitar Strings
When to Change Your Guitar Strings
Do you know the only time most guitarists change all their strings is when they break one? I know...
Brad Tolinski Discusses Jimi Hendrix's Days as a Sideman
Brad Tolinski Discusses Jimi Hendrix's Days as a Sideman
Dagger Records has released Curtis Knight: Live at George’s Club 20 1965 & 1966 on CD, and...
Combining Pentatonic Scales to Create Unexpected Phrases
Combining Pentatonic Scales to Create Unexpected Phrases
The word pentatonic is derived from the Greek penta, meaning five, and tonic, meaning tone. So, as its...
Focusing on Specific Fretboard Positions for Rhythm and Soloing
Focusing on Specific Fretboard Positions for Rhythm and Soloing
Focusing on specific fretboard positions for rhythm and soloing As I stated last month, the are...
How to Utilize Unusual Alternate Tunings Like Jimmy Page
How to Utilize Unusual Alternate Tunings Like Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page is regarded as one of rock’s greatest guitarists, bandleaders and producers for the incredibly...
Exploring the Diminished Scale with Alex Skolnick
Exploring the Diminished Scale with Alex Skolnick
The diminished scale is a highly useful resource for adding spice to solos, creating unique licks and formulating...
See Robert Plant’s First “Kashmir” Performance Without Jimmy Page
See Robert Plant’s First “Kashmir” Performance Without Jimmy Page
Robert Plant performed Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” for the first time without former bandmate Jimmy Page on...
Why Every Guitarist Should Master the Harmonic Minor Scale
Why Every Guitarist Should Master the Harmonic Minor Scale
Titans of the guitar like Yngwie Malmsteen swear by the sound of the harmonic minor scale....
Review: Boss Waza Craft CE-2W Chorus Pedal
Review: Boss Waza Craft CE-2W Chorus Pedal
The Boss CE-2 Chorus and its big brother predecessor the CE-1 (along with the same effect built into...
Review: Fender American Professional Stratocaster and Telecaster
Review: Fender American Professional Stratocaster and Telecaster
From the entry-level Squier series to the personalized creations of the Fender Custom Shop and from vintage reproductions...
Stevie Ray Vaughan's 10 Greatest Guitar Moments
Stevie Ray Vaughan's 10 Greatest Guitar Moments
For someone who spent a mere seven and a half years as a heavy player on the world...
Five Killer Rock-Song Arrangements for Classical Guitar
Five Killer Rock-Song Arrangements for Classical Guitar
We’ve said it once before—classical guitar isn’t limited to classical music. To back that up, we carefully curated...
Animals As Leaders Premiere "Cognitive Contortions" Music Video
Animals As Leaders Premiere "Cognitive Contortions" Music Video
Animals As Leaders have shared the music video for “Cognitive Contortions,” a track from their latest album,...
Tommy Emmanuel's Jaw-Dropping Acoustic 12-Bar Blues
Tommy Emmanuel's Jaw-Dropping Acoustic 12-Bar Blues
If there's anyone who can shred on acoustic guitar with jaw-dropping effect, it's Tommy Emmanuel.
Hailing from Australia, yes, he...
E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren to sell dozens of instruments from personal collection
E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren to sell dozens of instruments from personal collection
Some of the...
