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God Couple

With their prodigious performances on LAMB OF GOD’s new self-titled full-length, Mark Morton and Willie Adler remind us all why they are ranked among the most formidable guitar tandems in metal history

On the Hunt with the Black Pumas

MEET THE BLACK PUMAS’ ADRIAN QUESADA AND ERIC BURTON — AN UNLIKELY PAIRING THAT WORKED OUT UNBELIEVABLY WELL

Mass Effect

LINE 6 POD GO

Rock Brigade

IN HONOR OF DEF LEPPARD’S IMPRESSIVE NEW BOX SET, THE EARLY YEARS 79-81, JOE ELLIOTT AND PHIL COLLEN DISCUSS THE BAND’S FIRST TWO ALBUMS — ON THROUGH THE NIGHT AND HIGH ‘N’ DRY — AND EARLY GUITARISTS PETE WILLIS AND STEVE CLARK

Tales from the Deep

LOUIS HARDY AND MAX HARPER TALK 27 MILES UNDERWATER, THE SECOND OUTING BY U.K. HARDCORE SQUAD HIGHER POWER. BUT WAIT — ARE THEY REALLY HARDCORE?

Lyrics? We Don't Need No Lyrics!

From the shadows to the surrealist: a history of instrumental rock

Air Guitar

BOSS WAZA-AIR

Bigger Brothers

John and TJ Osborne – Aka Brothers Osborne – offer up an exclusive preview of their upcoming "bigger, louder and more exciting" new album

ASHDOWN Grail and Saint

Amp-makers Ashdown step into bass guitar world, with this Dan Lakin-designed range of workhorse instruments. Phil Mann steps up for a test

BASS OF TOMORROW

GHS Strings have helped to shape the sound of the world’s bass players since 1964. Hywel Davies asks Jon Moody, one of the company’s top minds, what the future holds

IBANEZ SR2405W-BTL

Mike Brooks gets up close and personal with this sensibly-priced head-turner

DARKGLASS Microtubes X Ultra

The latest pedal from Darkglass is another mighty Microtubes. Let’s rock, suggests Brooks

STONE UNTURNED

Is there a bigger band on the planet in terms of cultural impact, commercial stature, and sheer heritage than the Rolling Stones? Darryl Jones looks back at the path that led him to the very, very top

HAMSTEAD Subspace Intergalactic Driver

Ready to go Intergalactic? The Editor readies his (moon) boot

Immediate Lee

The great Lee Sklar, veteran of literally countless sessions, returns with a new project, the Immediate Family. “I’m your gardener!” he tells us...

Wedding Rites

My Dying Bride play heavy—but ‘romantic’—metal. Lena Abé is tasked with delivering the lowest of the low end, she tells us...

TRICKFISH Bullhead 1K Amp and TF-112 Cabinet

There’s a new kid on the amplification block and it’s making serious waves. Mike Brooks takes a dip with the Trickfish

Royal Rumble

Gibson’s head of Product Development, Mat Koehler, and Fender historian, Terry Foster, explain how the two industry titans battled it out over the electric bass in the early days—and changed the course of popular music in the process…

Lillie Mae

FIVE QUESTIONS WITH THE ENIGMATIC NASHVILLE SPITFIRE — ON THE HEELS OF HER NEW ALBUM, OTHER GIRLS

THINGS A YOUTUBE GUITAR HERO SAYS

THINGS THE KING OF GUITAR YOUTUBE DOESN’T CARE IF YOU DON’T LIKE HIS CHANNEL. A decade after JARED DINES first joined the streaming platform, he’s got more than he ever could have expected: more than 2.7 million followers, more than half a billion total views, onstage guest spots with some of modern rock’s biggest bands and a huge network of friends and collaborators.

ROBERT CRAY

This Georgia-born axe-slinger’s style and Strat tone are instantly recognizable. He’s recorded with Eric Clapton, performed with a who’s who of blues legends, from Stevie Ray Vaughan to B.B. King to Hubert Sumlin, and he just released a funky new album called That’s What I Heard? But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

Power to the “People”

THE 1975’S ADAM HANN DISHES ON THE UK POP-MEISTERS’ “FIRST PROPER ROCK SONG” AND HIS “SECRET WEAPON,” AN EBMM JOHN PETRUCCI SIGNATURE MODEL

Periphery Vision: PEAVEY INVECTIVE MH

THE PEAVEY INVECTIVE.120, designed with considerable input from Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor, is one of the most exciting amp heads to come along in the last few years.

let there be Sunlight

ENTOMBED GUITARIST UFFE CEDERLUND AND SUNLIGHT STUDIOS’ RECORDING WIZARD TOMAS SKOGSBERG LOOK BACK ON THE BIRTH OF SWEDISH DEATH METAL AND THE SUNLIGHT SOUND

You have to be spontaneous, and that requires confidence, which allows you to change directions on a whim

Rowdy rave-ups, poignant ballads, reggae rhythms and a touch of Nigel Tufnel. Joe Satriani takes you inside his aptly titled new album, Shapeshifting

LOST & FOUND

Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean and Robert DeLeo take you inside Perdida, a lush, densely layered, complex record that pushes the boundaries of what an “acoustic album” can be.

BUILT FOR SPEED

MEET MARTIN’S GAME-CHANGING NEW ROAD SERIES SC-13E – a sleek, loaded and affordable acoustic cutaway designed for electric guitarists

100 Things every Guitarist Should Know

Lean back, get comfy and soak up 18 pages' worth of sound advice from GW's editors and columnists, not to mention Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Misha Mansoor, Joe Bonamassa, Tom Morello, Mark Tremonti, John 5, Jim Root, Ben Harper, Eddie Van Halen and more.

Strictly For The Birds

Lloyd Wood of Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows talks starting bands and his love of the lower register

WILCOCK Mullarkey

Short-scale loveliness from the workshop of Viv Wilcock, whose instruments are creating a buzz. Mike Brooks assesses the goods