Guitar World

Guitar World is the world’s leading guitar magazine. Professionals and beginners alike turn to Guitar World for top-flight coverage of their favorite artists, from rock titans like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Metallica's Kirk Hammett to contemporary stars like the White Stripes' Jack White and Tool's Adam Jones. Every issue of Guitar World magazine offers broad-ranging interviews that cover technique, instruments and lifestyles as well as Guitar World’s famously thorough lessons and transcriptions.

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Brent Hinds (1974-2025) • On August 20, we lost one of modern heavy music’s most accomplished guitarists. We salute the master of Mastodon

Buddy Guy • Is Buddy Guy our greatest living blues guitarist? As his 10th decade approaches, we meet the master for a frank talk about passing the torch, the importance of a sip of cognac and the advice he gave Jimi Hendrix

Joe Bonamassa • When you’re on a winning streak, don’t mess with the formula — and opinions be damned, says the perennial blues phenomenon

Samantha Fish • With her latest studio release, the Kansas City blues rocker bottles the energy of life on the road

Cardinal Black • How many bands take 16 years to craft their debut album? This one did…

Larry McCray • After his career flagged, intervention from Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith brought this Michigan master to the forefront of the blues

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram • It’s a new era for the blues guitar prodigy of our times

Ana Popovic • The Serbian guitarist on the "jubilant" recording of her new album

Eric Gales • With a stirring tribute to his older brother Manuel, who performed as Little Jimmy King, the master southpaw returns with one of the finest albums of his career

Canyon Lights • Pat Faherty, formerly of Boston blues hounds GA-20, resurfaces in a new power trio

Walter Trout • As the blues veteran releases a fiery new album, he reveals his preferred tone setting. Believe us, it’s not what you’re expecting

We're not worthy! • From EVH to SRV, Angus to Beefheart, Fear to Rage, Costello to Morello and Jack White to Jack Black, here are Saturday Night Live’s 50 greatest guitar moments

Rising Son • With their third album (and a bit of his dad’s Frankenstein), Wolfgang Van Halen and Mammoth are taking the world of rock guitar by storm once again — critics, anxiety and wildfires be damned

SLASE AND BURN • Saul “Slash” Hudson is the luckiest man in rock. Quitting Guns N’ Roses in ’96 when they were on top of the world, he returned in ’16 for the ultimate victory lap, making peace with Axl Rose, playing guitar at the peak of his powers — and even learning to love a certain, harmonics-heavy ballad

HOLDING DOWN THE FORT • What does it take to be in Guns N’Roses for 23 years and counting? Let’s just say that for Richard Fortus, it requires tone mastery, the ability to mesh with his legendary gunslinger partner and a highly desirable signature Gretsch

THE GEAR HUNTER Suhr Guitars • John Suhr knows a thing or two about tone. Hey, the guy oversaw repairs at Rudy’s Music in NYC, modded amps with Bob Bradshaw, became a Senior Master Builder and launched his own admired brand

Fender Ultra Luxe Vintage ’60s Telecaster Custom • Does this high-end mix of the classic and the contemporary succeed?

Boss VG-800 • A guitar chameleon with the ability to dramatically transform your instrument

Martin GPE Inception Maple • Progressive, powerful lutherie with piano-like clarity

EVH 5150 Iconic Series 15-watt 1x10 Combo • This...