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Tone Temple Pilots
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Tone Temple Pilots

We recently caught up with Stone Temple Pilots’ DEAN and ROBERT DeLEO — and their luthier extraordinaire, BRUCE NELSON — to dissect the venerable rockers’ tonal recipe

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9 mins  |
March 2020
POP ART
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POP ART

LADY GAGA GUITARIST TIM STEWART — WHO’S ALSO PLIED HIS TRADE WITH RHIANNA, JENNIFER LOPEZ, JANET JACKSON, MARIAH CAREY, MILEY CYRUS, ADAM LAMBERT AND THE AMERICAN IDOL HOUSE BAND — DISCUSSES LIFE IN A HIGH-PROFILE BACKING BAND AND OFFERS SOME SOLID GIG-LANDING ADVICE BY JOE BOSSO, PHOTOS BY KYLE MURPHY

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10 mins  |
March 2020
FLOWER POWER
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FLOWER POWER

In this exclusive interview, STEVE VAI takes you inside his brand-new signature guitar, the Ibanez PIA

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8 mins  |
March 2020
Highway Star
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Highway Star

BLACK MOUNTAIN’S NEW ALBUM IS A STOMPBOX-OBLITERATING GEM CALLED DESTROYER; GUITARIST STEPHEN MCBEAN LETS US LOOK UNDER THE HOOD

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2 mins  |
February 2020
Good Times, Rad Times
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Good Times, Rad Times

JOHN NOTTO TELLS THE STORY OF DIRTY HONEY, THE LITTLE BAND THAT COULD (BECOME THE FIRST UNSIGNED BAND-EVER-TO HIT NUMBER 1 ON BILLBOARD'S MAINSTREAM ROCK SONGS CHART)

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February 2020
Schrodinger's Shredder
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Schrodinger's Shredder

INSTRUMENTAL MASTER NICK JOHNSTON SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON HIS GEAR, HIS SONGWRITING AND HIS MAJESTIC NEW ALBUM, WIDE EYES IN THE DARK

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4 mins  |
February 2020
A Garage Rock Hit
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A Garage Rock Hit

YOU MIGHT NEVER WANT TO LEAVE THE GARAGE, THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME’S NEWEST INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT

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February 2020
Golden ‘Grams - The Rise (And Shine) Of Instagram Guitarists
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Golden ‘Grams - The Rise (And Shine) Of Instagram Guitarists

Regardless of how you feel about the ever-increasing (and often distracting) role social media plays in modern life, Instagram has inarguably been a massive boon to guitar culture over its near-decade in existence.

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January 2020
Punk In Theory
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Punk In Theory

PUP’S STEFAN BABCOCK AND STEVE SLADKOWSKI TALK BIZARRE TIME SIGNATURES AND MORBID STUFF, ONE OF 2019’S BEST PUNK ALBUMS

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January 2020
Perpetual Motion Machine
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Perpetual Motion Machine

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE REMAIN A FORCE FOR THE DISENFRANCHISED DESPITE A NEW DISGUISE

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January 2020
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Orchestral Manoeuvres

While You’re Hanging Your Stockings By The Chimney With Care, Trans-Siberian Orchestra Are Criss-crossing The Country With Their Deluxe Yuletide-themed, Prog-rock Extravaganza. In This Exclusive Interview, Guitarists (And Musical Directors) Chris Caffery And Al Pitrelli Talk Tso And Touring Christmas Eve And Other Stories

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8 mins  |
January 2020
Shifting Gear
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Shifting Gear

FROM AVANT-GARDE ELECTRICS TO AFFORDABLE ACOUSTICS, MINI AMPS TO MIGHTY APPS, COATED STRINGS TO BRILLIANT BRACINGS AND BEYOND, GUITAR WORLD REVISITS A DECADE OF UNBRIDLED INNOVATION.

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January 2020
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Sleater - Kinney

In the wake of drummer Janet Weiss’ surprise departure, guitarists Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein discuss gear, songwriting and their latest album, the St. Vincent produced The Center Won’t Hold.

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7 mins  |
January 2020
Michael Schenker's Revelations
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Michael Schenker's Revelations

WHETHER HE’S TALKING ABOUT THE SCORPIONS, UFO, HIS NEW ALBUM OR THE “DISTORTION OF HIS IMAGE,” THE GERMAN GUITAR LEGEND IS AS CANDID AS EVER.

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10+ mins  |
January 2020
Instrumental Values
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Instrumental Values

Fishman Tripleplay Connect

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January 2020
Class Acts
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Class Acts

A Rundown Of The Explosive Playing Styles Of Our Top-four Cover Stars — Mark Tremonti, Tosin Abasi, Gary Clark Jr. And Nita Strauss.

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5 mins  |
January 2020
10'll Getcha 20: The Guitarist Of The Decade
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10'll Getcha 20: The Guitarist Of The Decade

Guitar World’s Readers And Writers Band Together To Pinpoint Guitardom’s Most Vital Players Of The Past 10 Years.

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January 2020
War Machine
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War Machine

Celebrating 20 years of Sabaton, the mighty power-metal band from Sweden who built a thriving career singing about World War II bombing campaigns, decorated snipers, legendary battleships, the battle of Thermopylae, and just about all things war

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Holiday Special 2019
Guthrie Govan
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Guthrie Govan

He of the mad, mad skills talks dinosaurs, blind alleys and the aristocrats’ quirkyas-hell new album, you know what...?

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Holiday Special 2019
New Voices In Guitar
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New Voices In Guitar

On the lookout for jaw-dropping new talent? Here’s our guide to 10 guitarists to keep an eye (or two) on in the coming year

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Holiday Special 2019
Jeff Beck
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Jeff Beck

It’s hard to ignore. ¶ Almost every time we ask a guitarist to name his “biggest influence” or “the reason you got into guitar,” the name Jeff Beck invariably pops up — along with three or four glowing adjectives, adverbs and exclamation points. ¶ In the following interviews, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Steve Stevens, Vince Gill, Carmen Vandenberg and Tyler Bryant explain why the ever-evolving Jeff Beck is the guitar hero’s guitar hero.

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Holiday Special 2019
Far Beyond Driven
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Far Beyond Driven

LIVING LEGEND ZAKK WYLDE JOINS GUITAR WORLD FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND LESSON TO CELEBRATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BREWTAL BROTHERHOOD, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

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Holiday Special 2019
50 Greatest Iron Maiden Songs Of All Time
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50 Greatest Iron Maiden Songs Of All Time

Troopers, killers, damned children, & ancient mariners! Guitar World proudly presents the 50 greatest Iron Maiden songs of all time

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December 2019
Bouzouki Joe
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Bouzouki Joe

“My number one rule on this record was ‘no guitars.’ I still wanted it to be a crazy rock album, but the rock couldn’t come from guitars. To me, it was an interesting challenge: Could we still rock as hard as ever without guitars?” TY SEGALL talks bouzoukis, kotos, Omnichords and First Taste.

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10 mins  |
December 2019
New Voices In Guitar
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New Voices In Guitar

On the lookout for jaw-dropping new talent? Here’s our guide to 10 guitarists to keep an eye (or two) on in the coming year.

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7 mins  |
December 2019
Hotel Oklahoma
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Hotel Oklahoma

Country music star VINCE GILL discusses his new album, Okie, and what it’s like to soar with JOE WALSH, DON HENLEY and TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT in the EAGLES

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9 mins  |
December 2019
Double Feature
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Double Feature

FELIX MARTIN — A LEFT-HANDED TAPPING VIRTUOSO WHO PLAYS TWO EXTENDED-RANGE FRETBOARDS AT THE SAME TIME — TRULY GOES TO TOWN ON CARACAS

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December 2019
Imagine Dragons
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Imagine Dragons

From magical mirrors to mythical dragons, it was a very special Fender Telecaster that dominated JIMMY PAGE’s look and sound in the Yardbirds and early Led Zeppelin. In the following interview, Page revisits some legendary “happenings 50 years time ago.”

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December 2019
Electric Funeral
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Electric Funeral

TONY IOMMI ADMINISTERS LAST RITES TO BLACK SABBATH, AND SHARES HIS MEMORIES OF THE BAND’S FINAL GIG, FILMED IN ALL ITS GLORY ON THE END OF THE END.

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January 2018
Lean, Mean and Green
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Lean, Mean and Green

No rock opera concepts, no multi-disc sets. Green Day’s newest album Revolution Radio is just a dozen great pop-punk songs, done as only Green Day can do them. Just don’t call it a back-tobasics album when face to face with Billie Joe Armstrong.

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March 2017