Guitar World - Latest Emails, Sales & Deals“I asked Paul McCartney to play bass on a Rolling Stones song: silence for 10 seconds, then, ‘Yeah, I’d love to’”: Super-producer Andrew Watt reveals his secret to convincing music legends to collaborateOctober 7, 2024 - 12 hours ago“I bought it for £300. I showed it to the then-CEO of Epiphone, and said, ‘These guys over in the UK are having a lot of fun. I want in’”: Joe Bonamassa reveals how a cheap knockoff Les Paul kickstarted his partnership with EpiphoneOctober 4, 2024 - 3 days ago“The Black Crowes got thrown off the ZZ Top tour. We picked up where they left off… Every night the tour manager warned us when the explosions were going to go off”: Michelle Malone gave up sax for guitar – and had John Mayer “begging” to join her showsOctober 3, 2024 - 5 days ago“I didn’t tell anybody when I started playing the guitar. Then I entered a talent contest and I played The Star-Spangled Banner with my teeth – and I won”: Why Steve Vai kept his guitar playing a secret when he first startedOctober 1, 2024 - 7 days ago“I didn’t tell anybody when I started playing the guitar. Then I entered a talent contest and I played The Star-Spangled Banner with my teeth – and I won”: Why Steve Vai kept his guitar playing a secret when he first startedSeptember 30, 2024 - 7 days ago“Pat and Joe came to the shop, and he loaned the money to Joe to buy the guitar. He bought it for $250”: Gibson unearths the forgotten history of Joe Staunton’s mystery “Orphanage Burst” – a ‘59 Les Paul like no otherSeptember 28, 2024 - 10 days ago“I always say blues isn't about the blues scale or the minor pentatonic scale. It's not scaley music – it's pattern music”: Sue Foley shows you how to stop your blues solos from sounding “scaley”September 26, 2024 - 12 days ago“He looked at it, closed the case and said, ‘Let’s get out of here before they realize what they’ve sold you’”: How Rory Gallagher grabbed his iconic 1963 Gretsch Corvette for the princely sum of $150September 24, 2024 - 14 days ago“Bearing in mind the colossal success of The Police, isn’t it odd that no-one has ever surfaced to say, ‘By the way, I modded that guitar?’” Investigating the mystery mods of Andy Summers’ mongrel TelecasterSeptember 21, 2024 - 16 days ago“Paul was like, ’Good God, what are you asking for?’ I'm like, ’I'm just asking for a little struggle!’” Keith Urban is working with PRS on a new Tele-style guitar – and he wants to break the company's rulesSeptember 18, 2024 - 19 days ago“I saw a kid holding that guitar out for me to sign it. But the train was already moving… I’m thinking, ‘Man, I gotta get the kid’s number to see if I could buy it back’”: Joe Perry on the one guitar he regrets sellingSeptember 16, 2024 - 21 days ago“I had a little too much Jack Daniels and went to sleep. Early the next morning, I woke up to Eric and George playing ukuleles at the foot of my bed”: Session pro George Terry recalls the first time he met a BeatleSeptember 14, 2024 - 24 days ago“I never liked the idea of getting lessons from a guitar player, and thought it would be more useful to learn from someone who didn’t play the guitar at all”: Lo-fi guitar hero Mk.gee on why he decided to learn guitar basics from an upright bassistSeptember 12, 2024 - 26 days ago“If you talk about rare unicorns, that's the amp. To have something that John Mayer himself couldn't distinguish from the real thing, that’s something we would love to do”: The Neural DSP team reveal the vintage amp they dream of one day modelingSeptember 9, 2024 - 28 days ago“We're witnessing history in the same way that the Beatles changed the music industry in the early 1960s”: Gibson reveals Taylor Swift’s go-to guitars during the Eras tour, and its hopes for a signature modelSeptember 6, 2024 - 1 month ago“Allan recorded a bunch of takes. He apologized, saying they all sucked… Of course, every note he played was miraculous”: Grammy-nominated virtuoso Alex Masi on why he turned down Stevie Ray Vaughan, his Allan Holdsworth collab, and time with Shawn LaneSeptember 5, 2024 - 1 month ago“Gary walked in and goes, ‘Alright, today’s the day.’ At the end, he came over, shook my hand, and goes, ‘Unbelievable job. I couldn’t ask for any better’”: Rickey Medlocke on the first time he played Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic Free Bird guitar soloAugust 30, 2024 - 1 month ago“The first time I went to Jeff Beck’s house, he sat me in front of a ton of amps and gave me a guitar… he wanted to see if I could get my tone no matter what”: Carmen Vandenberg recalls Jeff Beck’s ultimate tone testAugust 28, 2024 - 1 month ago“Robert Plant said, ‘We’re going to do Rock And Roll by Led Zeppelin.’ I said, ‘I’m not doing it – I don’t want to be in Jimmy Page’s graveyard!’” UK songwriting icon Richard Hawley talks big name jams, guitar shopping – and restoring Scott Walker's TeleAugust 22, 2024 - 1 month ago“It was around midnight when I got there… I was blown away when I heard what he had started making”: Hear Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga team up with Pearl Jam producer Andrew Watt for an unexpected new country-inspired singleAugust 19, 2024 - 1 month ago“A game-changing device poised to revolutionize guitar playing”: The FreeStyle is a wild new customizable gadget that lets you harness “thousands” of alternate tuning possibilities – without having to retune your guitarAugust 17, 2024 - 1 month ago“No tricks, no tracks, no nothing”: Fred Durst wanted to see if Corey Feldman’s viral guitar playing was real – so he went on stage to see for himselfAugust 14, 2024 - 1 month agoWho is the mysterious hooded guitarist who performed at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony?August 12, 2024 - 1 month ago“Paul said that in the more than 300 songs he and John wrote, he could only remember one time where they got stuck”: Paul McCartney guitarist Brian Ray talks the Beatles' creative processAugust 9, 2024 - 1 month ago“I can say 100% he’s not faking”: The internet is losing its mind over Corey Feldman’s crazy guitar solos – after accusations of “fake guitar playing” emergeAugust 7, 2024 - 2 months ago“Gary wasn't feeling too good, but he was at rehearsal, and I played his solo. I saw a twinkle in his eye when I played that”: Marcus King recalls playing with Gary Rossington at the late Lynyrd Skynyrd legend’s final showAugust 5, 2024 - 2 months ago“It’s been a long journey and a labor of love. I can’t wait to hear everyone’s reaction – I think you will all be amazed”: MXR's Randy Rhoads Distortion+ pedal finally has a release dateAugust 3, 2024 - 2 months agoMaple vs rosewood fretboards: what’s the difference?July 31, 2024 - 2 months ago“It’s such a beautiful instrument. I think when people started hacking them up and putting humbuckers in them, it ruined the look”: Yngwie Malmsteen explains what makes the Stratocaster the perfect electric guitar (and why he scalloped the frets anyway)July 29, 2024 - 2 months ago“Three songs in, we got into a physical altercation and I decided, ‘I’m done playing this show.’ I took all my Ibanez guitars and threw them into the audience”: Dave Navarro on why he switched to PRS – and Jane’s Addiction’s unlikely rebirthJuly 26, 2024 - 2 months ago“A fretboard with a flatter radius makes it easier to enjoy a low action with buzz‑free bends”: You should never underestimate the impact of fretboard radius – it dramatically affects the way your guitar playsJuly 24, 2024 - 2 months agoHe gave B.B. King “the cold sweats,” replaced Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, and founded Fleetwood Mac – how Peter Green changed the course of British blues-rock guitar playingJuly 23, 2024 - 2 months ago“People quickly realized my guitar was cheaper than a Mexican Strat and better made… I still don’t know how they make it at that price point”: Nick Johnston on how his signature Schecter conquered the worldJuly 19, 2024 - 2 months ago“A million guys could have done it. Walk into a music store and you see a 12-year-old playing Eruption, but he doesn’t necessarily know what he’s doing”: Sammy Hagar on why Joe Satriani is the perfect player to step into Eddie Van Halen’s shoesJuly 17, 2024 - 2 months ago“I played the slide part of Layla with Eric Clapton… 15 minutes later I was back in the office making copies”: Brian Wilson guitarist Probyn Gregory on living an incredible double life, between desk job and rock starJuly 15, 2024 - 2 months ago“The serial number was the same as John Lennon’s amp. I couldn’t believe it”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used on early Beatles recordings and Cavern gigs – was lost for 60 years. Now it may have been found, covered in black paint, on an auction siteJuly 12, 2024 - 2 months ago“David Gilmour had been playing the riff. I said, ‘And then what happens?’ And he said, ‘No, that’s it.’ I said, ’Do you mind if I see what happens next?’” Roger Waters reflects on writing Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here – and the meaning behind itJuly 10, 2024 - 2 months ago“On this guitar, he carved out his legacy of being one of the greatest guitarists of all time”: Rory Gallagher’s iconic ’61 Fender Stratocaster is heading to auction for the first time everJuly 8, 2024 - 3 months ago“When I heard the Rolling Stones, they sounded like a bad high school band to me. I didn't get it”: Tommy Emmanuel explains how a love of Chet Atkins meant he initially struggled to understand The Rolling Stones and Beatles hypeJuly 5, 2024 - 3 months ago“It has four solos, all of which are contenders for the greatest solo ever played”: This is the top guitar cover of all time, as voted for by Total Guitar readersJuly 3, 2024 - 3 months ago“Our hero, forever. One of the most amazing people on Earth”: Michael J. Fox inspired Coldplay to become a band. To say thanks, Chris Martin invited him onstage to play guitar during their record-breaking Glastonbury headline setJuly 2, 2024 - 3 months ago“It’s used for fence posts in Guatemala, and somehow that's given it a low-class reputation on the internet”: Paul Reed Smith says the materials used to make a guitar absolutely do make a difference – but not for the reason you might thinkJune 29, 2024 - 3 months ago“He went straight for that Les Paul. He closes the lid and goes, ‘That’s my guitar now’”: Scott Gorham nearly lost his 'Holy Grail' 1957 Gibson Les Paul to a customs officer just after he bought it – and he had to go to court to get it backJune 26, 2024 - 3 months ago“The producer showed me a great recording trick – he covered my pick with a thin layer of paper. The sound was pure Bowie”: He played with John Squire and KT Tunstall. Now, George Vjestica is exploring his experimental side as one of Nick Cave’s Bad SeedsJune 24, 2024 - 3 months ago“This little thing is probably the best guitar accessory you can buy”: Why TikTok is going nuts for a $12 tennis accessoryJune 21, 2024 - 3 months ago“Thin Lizzy prepared me for Skynyrd. They said, ‘You need to learn these songs note for note.’ I said, ‘I wouldn’t dream of doing it any other way’”: Damon Johnson on having one of rock’s most enviable resumés – and why Eddie Van Halen gifted him a guitarJune 17, 2024 - 3 months ago“That doesn’t make any sense. It was not worth that”: Guitar collector and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay doesn’t think Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged acoustic was worth $6 millionJune 14, 2024 - 3 months ago“He took the lighter fluid, squirted it on the guitar and set it on fire. That might be the first relic’d guitar – and you can thank Seymour Duncan for that”: That time Adrian Belew DIY-aged his Strat with a screwdriver, spray paint, and motor oilJune 12, 2024 - 3 months ago“I played House of the Rising Sun in my fifth-grade talent show. Afterward, Stevie Ray Vaughan walked up and said, ‘I play guitar, too’, and our friendship began”: Meet Rocky Athas, the guitarist who went to school with SRV and inspired Brian May to tapJune 10, 2024 - 3 months ago“I'm not gonna try and play this, are you crazy?!”: This nine-year-old’s lightning-quick arpeggio workout has players apologizing to their guitarsJune 7, 2024 - 4 months ago“When I left the band I took most of my Aerosmith guitars, put them in road boxes, and left them there”: Joe Perry reveals the lost golden-era Aerosmith guitar he misses the mostJune 5, 2024 - 4 months ago“The guitar neck is made of rubber, and there are only two strings on it”: James Hetfield reveals the guitar-based anxiety dreams he had ahead of Metallica’s recent tourJune 3, 2024 - 4 months ago“I blew up. I had tears in my eyes because I was so upset. I grabbed the guitar, and I just ripped through it”: Elliot Easton on the emotional rollercoaster that helped him record one of his most iconic guitar solosMay 31, 2024 - 4 months ago“One of the most important Beatles guitars ever to come to the auction block”: John Lennon’s lost Help! Framus 12-string has become one of the most expensive guitars to ever sell at auctionMay 29, 2024 - 4 months ago“I jammed with Prince once, and he was like, ‘What is that effect you have on your guitar?’ I said, ‘Nothing.’ He couldn’t believe it”: Lenny Kravitz on the time he blew Prince’s mind with his guitar toneMay 24, 2024 - 4 months ago“I do not endorse your product or any company that uses artificial BS to bamboozle people”: Tyler Bryant has called out a guitar company for Photoshopping his picture to promote a Les Paul copyMay 22, 2024 - 4 months ago“He was a lover of the blues, but it was the Irish side that helped him stand out against Eric Clapton or Peter Green”: What made Rory Gallagher a true guitar one-off – and how he ended up with his first Fender Strat by accidentMay 20, 2024 - 4 months ago“I walked up to Tony Iommi and said, ‘Why don’t you just use my amp?’ He saw it was solid-state and said, ‘No, I’m not going to use that!’” Frank Marino on why solid-state amps make the best pedal platforms, and starting his own stompbox companyMay 17, 2024 - 4 months ago“This guy came up to me and said, ‘Hi, I’m Jimi Hendrix, can I sit in with your band?’ I said, ‘Well, I dunno – let’s go and find out’”: In June 1968, Jack Guitar World came close to forming a band with Jimi HendrixMay 15, 2024 - 4 months ago“You may think, ‘That guy can’t solo.’ You wanna see me do a guitar solo right now?” Watch Dave Grohl prank an entire audience by ‘playing’ EVH's Eruption – with a little help from Wolfgang Van HalenMay 13, 2024 - 4 months ago“I look over to the side and see Joe Walsh while we’re playing Rocky Mountain Way, and I’m transported back to being a kid in my bedroom”: Vince Gill on flying high with the Eagles – and why every vintage gear dealer has him on speed dialMay 10, 2024 - 5 months ago“I’m not gonna point fingers, but through all of this, one of the ingredients was not playing ball with everybody else”: Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony sets the record straight on the much-rumored VH tribute projectMay 8, 2024 - 5 months ago“It was very tense – he wasn’t at rehearsal... there's too much mystery around him”: Slash almost missed the I’m Just Ken performance at the OscarsMay 6, 2024 - 5 months ago“Thank you for allowing us to serve musicians like you for 100 years”: Sam Ash Music is officially closing all of its storesMay 3, 2024 - 5 months ago“My dad always said, ‘Focus on your rhythm and writing songs.’ But when I got the itch to start doing solos, I got into Eddie Van Halen”: Trev Lukather on the guitar lessons he learned from his dad, Steve LukatherMay 1, 2024 - 5 months ago“I had a Gibson deal at one point where I could get Les Pauls at factory prices. I would sell them at pawn shops and put the money towards older Les Pauls”: Mike Ness on fighting cancer and the roots influences behind Social Distortion’s self-titled LPApril 29, 2024 - 5 months ago“If you walk through a Guitar Center, you see an awful lot of $300 guitars. If I’m a serious musician, it doesn’t feel like the right place for me anymore”: Guitar Center’s new CEO explains why the firm’s future must prioritize premium guitarsApril 26, 2024 - 5 months ago“I was standing in line at the bank when Dickey called: ‘Hey, listen – my guitar player just quit and the tour starts in a week. Do you want to do it?’” How I went from guitar journalist to Dickey Betts’ right-hand manApril 24, 2024 - 5 months ago“The first 4 songs are played so often that staff in guitar stores can no longer hear them”: New research reveals the world’s most Googled guitar riffs and chord progressionsApril 22, 2024 - 5 months ago“Jimi Hendrix came down to see us – he came up to me and said, ‘Shake my left hand, man, it’s closer to my heart’”: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp on the time he met Jimi HendrixApril 19, 2024 - 5 months ago“A lot of kids are getting millions of hits because they can play Eruption. If you want to impress me, write Eruption”: Jesse Dayton is glad he didn’t have a hit years ago – it might have taken away his freedomApril 18, 2024 - 5 months ago“Clyde McCoy was duly paid $500 to endorse a pedal he probably never used”: The wah pedal changed the sound of electric guitar – but was originally intended for the trumpetApril 15, 2024 - 5 months ago“Plant let us know he usually hated people’s covers of Stairway, but he liked that one. Jimmy Page goes, ‘You nailed the guitar part!’” That time Heart performed Stairway to Heaven in front of Led Zeppelin – and reduced Robert Plant to tearsApril 12, 2024 - 5 months ago“This disease won’t beat me and I will continue writing and playing for as long as I can”: Glenn Tipton explains how Richie Faulkner and a ‘no surrender’ mindset have helped him adapt his Judas Priest roleApril 10, 2024 - 6 months ago“It was found in the trunk of a car. They had sanded it to make it look like it wasn’t mine”: Tyler Bryant's stolen Pinky One Strat was played by Jeff Beck, inscribed by Steven Tyler – and, miraculously, returned to him five years after it was takenApril 8, 2024 - 6 months ago“I got made fun of because I walked in proud with an Ibanez Blazer and a solid-state Crate amp”: Gary Clark Jr. says he was mocked at early club gigs for using entry-level shred guitar gearApril 5, 2024 - 6 months ago“If you don’t have good tone with just your amp and your guitar, ain’t no pedal gonna help you”: Sue Foley is dropping truth bombs and nylon-string blues in her tribute to the pioneering women of guitarApril 3, 2024 - 6 months ago“The guitar duel scene with Ry Cooder wasn’t working. Ry called up Guitar Player and asked who the new hotshot on the block was”: Steve Vai on how he got the career-defining Crossroads gigApril 1, 2024 - 6 months ago“Sir Paul has expressed his gratitude to Cathy and the family”: Paul McCartney has given a six-figure reward to the family that found his iconic Höfner bass in their atticMarch 29, 2024 - 6 months ago“I gave my vintage Jazzmaster to a girl after a show in Liverpool. 30 years later she sent me back the guitar. It’s like it died and went to heaven and came back to me”: The miraculous return of US shoegaze pioneers Drop NineteensMarch 27, 2024 - 6 months ago“I love a lot of those classic players. I just didn’t want to play like them. Like Captain Kirk, I wanted to go where no one’s gone before!” Yngwie Malmsteen names 11 guitarists who didn’t shape his sound – but he still thinks are greatMarch 25, 2024 - 6 months ago“If only he knew who was playing guitar behind him!”: Paul Gilbert heard someone playing Little Wing at a music store, so he spontaneously joined in the jam – and the player’s reaction is pricelessMarch 22, 2024 - 6 months ago“When I first went to England, there was Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton sleeping in a van. They all bought Strats after they saw me play”: Buddy Guy reflects on his relationship with the Strat during a jam with Christone ‘Kingfish’ IngramMarch 20, 2024 - 6 months ago“Noel spat on his T-shirt, rubbed off the signature and said, ‘I’ll take it anyway!’”: Noel Gallagher once bought one of Peter Green’s Les Pauls – but erased Green’s signature to get back at the store owner who sold it to himMarch 18, 2024 - 6 months ago“Slash says, ‘You got the gig. Learn the whole catalog.’ I was like, ‘Don’t you have a set of songs?’ Slash goes, ‘There’s no setlist. Axl just calls ’em out’”: How Gilby Clarke got the Guns N’ Roses gig – and learned the band’s back catalog in a weekMarch 15, 2024 - 6 months ago“That wasn’t in the job description”: This metal guitarist mistook a photographer for his guitar tech – and accidentally launched his guitar at himMarch 13, 2024 - 6 months ago“I’ve used Gibsons and Fenders in the past, but, honestly, nothing compares to how good my signatures sound. It’s almost a joke!” How Nick Johnston found tonal nirvana by plugging straight into the ampMarch 11, 2024 - 7 months ago“Let's do that again!” This compilation of fiery Sister Rosetta Tharpe guitar solos shows how her revolutionary playing inspired blues-rock greats like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and the Rolling StonesMarch 8, 2024 - 7 months ago“The wait is over – now you can have it all”: Dave Grohl’s Epiphone DG-335, the most demanded signature model in the company's 151-year history, is finally here – and it costs less than you might expectMarch 6, 2024 - 7 months ago“I think what we’ve had is an embarrassment of riches”: The first minute of Mark Knopfler’s star-studded charity single has been released – can you guess the guitar heroes from their chops?March 4, 2024 - 7 months ago12LatestFind More Emails, Deals & Sales From These StoresMyproteinIQcentPupGradeLavish Little Style Sphinx FragrancesEco TanMESACoco VillageMertailorIBISWorldCult BeautyHip CampJMIR PublicationsCovenant House InternationalKORA Organics AUComedy CentralDexertoCrystal BeesZuii OrganicBaldwin Risk Partners