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In this issue

August 2025

Blues Worth Keeping

WIDELY HAILED AS ONE OF IRELAND'S BRIGHTEST EMERGING STARS, 18-YEAR-OLD MUIREANN BRADLEY IS PROUD TO CHAMPION MUSIC THAT'S NEARLY A CENTURY OLD

4 mins

MY PEDALBOARD STEVE STEVENS

WHAT BILLY IDOL'S DIEHARD GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

2 mins

D.K. Harrell

THE TUBE-COOKIN', LOUISIANA-BRED GUITARIST BRINGS THE SIZZLE TO TALKIN' HEAVY, HIS NEW ALBUM OF DELTA-MEETS-CHICAGO BLUES

2 mins

IN MEMORY OF John Sykes

REMEMBERING THE POWERHOUSE ROCK JOURNEYMAN WHO BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO WHITESNAKE AND THIN LIZZY.

4 mins

LOST CLASSICS: Bob Marley & the Wailers

GUITARIST JUNIOR MARVIN TAKES US INSIDE THE MAKING OF MARLEY'S PERPETUALLY UNDER-THE-RADAR 1979 ALBUM, SURVIVAL

5 mins

MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS: Billy Duffy

THE TRIO OF AXES THAT HAVE MEANT THE MOST THE VENERABLE CULT GUITARIST

5 mins

The Harrison/Ford Experience

BLUES/JAZZ MAESTRO ROBBEN FORD ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF TOURING WITH GEORGE HARRISON IN THE FALL OF 1974

4 mins

Ben Lechuga

AS A RECENT CONVERT TO FRETLESS ELECTRICS, THE CHILEAN GUITARIST IS NOW OPENING MUSICAL DOORS HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED

2 mins

A Thing of Beauty

TETRARCH'S DIAMOND ROWE AND JOSH FORE TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE VETERAN METALERS' LATEST, THE UGLY SIDE OF ME - AND WHY DIAMOND'S MOM'S OPINIONS WEIGH SO HEAVILY WITH THE BAND

8 mins

CREED BRATTON

From living it up in the Summer of Love to starring in NBC's The Office, the former Grass Roots guitarist has had a career like no other.

9 mins

Goose Is Cookin'

GOOSE HAS BEEN the fastest-rising act in the jam band universe over the past few years and is poised for blast-off with the release of their fourth studio album, Everything Must Go.

7 mins

SONGS FROM THE WOOD

Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre — who recently reconnected with his acoustic side — revisits some choice moments in Tull history, including his “Aqualung” solo, \"Steel Monkey\" and that weird Grammy win

10+ mins

FADE TO BLACK PART 1: THE LAST HURRAH

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward walk us through 57 years of Sabbath history — from the very beginning to Back to the Beginning, the band's history-making farewell bash in Birmingham, England, this July 5

10+ mins

FADE TO PART 2 THE SUPPORTING CAST

Back to the Beginning performers Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, Adam Jones, K.K. Downing, Lzzy Hale, Scott Ian and more talk Sabbath, Iommi and what it's like getting random texts from musical director Tom Morello

10+ mins

Jake E. Lee

\"Tom Morello said, 'I can't see this going on without Jake E. Lee in there somewhere'

5 mins

Jake E. Lee

“Tom Morello said, ‘I can't see this going on without Jake E. Lee in there somewhere’

6 mins

Scott Holiday

Rival Sons, Sabbath’s 2026-17 tour openers, return to the scene of the crime

5 mins

Jerry Cantrell

How Alice in Chains hit it off with Ozzy back in '91

4 mins

Lzzy Hale

How Halestorm wound up playing Ronnie James Dio's final show

4 mins

K.K. Downing

The former Judas Priest guitarist honors his fellow Brummies

5 mins

Bill Kelliher

The Mastodon man's brief – but probably very helpful! – exchange with Tony Iommi

4 mins

Scott Ian

“I've been flipping out. It's hard to believe it's real”

4 mins

Zakk Wylde

\"Maybe it'll come down to 'Let's just do \"Free Bird\" for two hours!\"

4 mins

FADE TO BLACK PART 3: SATAN, LAUGHING, SPREADS HIS WINGS!

The complete history of Black Sabbath, lineup by lineup, album by riff-heavy album

10+ mins

SOUND CHECK

PRS HAS DULY noted in their announcement of the new Archon Classic amplifier head that it is not a reissue of the original Archon amp, which PRS introduced 12 years ago in 2013.

3 mins

Fender Player II Modified Telecaster SH

TELE PLAYERS HAVE modified their Telecasters by installing a humbucking pickup in the neck position since the late Sixties, when rock, blues and country guitarists decided they needed beefier tones from their neck position settings but still wanted the Tele's distinctive twang from the bridge settings. Keith Richards popularized this setup during the early Seventies with his modified 1954 Tele nicknamed Micawber, and Fender even got in on the act when they introduced the Telecaster Custom in 1972.

2 mins

John Page

Signature The DL

4 mins

Xotic AC Booster V2

XOTIC’S RANGE OF AC and RC Booster pedals has solidly earned their status as bona fide classics in the stompbox canon. And as a testament to their enduring popularity, they’re still common and essential staples on many professional and studio guitarists' pedalboards.

3 mins

Warm Audio Fen-Tone WA-FT ribbon microphone

EVEN THE MOST modest home studio should have a decent variety of microphones at its disposal. The proliferation of high-quality, inexpensive condenser and dynamic mics introduced over the last few decades has helped aspiring engineers reach this goal somewhat. However, many studios still lack a ribbon microphone, which is a versatile mic for capturing great sounding recordings in numerous applications, particularly miking guitar cabinets.

2 mins

"THE FISH (SCHINDLERIA PRAEMATURIS)"

CHRIS SQUIRE IS one of the most innovative and distinctive bassists in rock history, revered for crafting tasteful, intricate melodic lines that perfectly complemented Yes’ ambitious arrangements, and also for aggressively attacking his roundwound strings with a heavy pick and cranking an early-Sixties four-string Rickenbacker through a Marshall Super Bass tube amp to achieve a bright yet deep and growly tone.

1 mins

DIGITECH WH-1 WHAMMY 1989-94 CATEGORY: EFFECT PEDALS

THE ORIGINAL DIGITECH WH-1 Whammy pedal is a great example of thinking outside of the box, literally.

2 mins

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Guitar World Magazine Description:

Publisher: Future

Category: Music

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

For more than 31 years, Guitar World has served as North America's leading publication for rock guitarists, providing unique instructional content, exclusive photography and interviews with the genre's leading celebrity guitarists. Each month, Guitar World offers lessons that help players refine their craft, in-depth reviews of the latest guitars, amplifiers and effects, current happenings from around the rock scene, celebrity columnists and one-on-one conversations with artists ranging from iconic superstars to the young guns of today.