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GEORGE'S OTHER MASTERPIECE

Living in the Material World, George Harrison's 1973 follow-up to All Things Must Pass, is a moveable feast that's ripe for rediscovery. Dhani Harrison dissects the making of the original album and producing the new 50th-anniversary box set

Spiral XP

SHOEGAZE SUPERFAN MAX KEYES EMBRACES OPEN TUNINGS, PITCH BENDS AND MORE ON HIS LATEST ENDEAVOR

Yasmin Williams

A FOLK GUITAR VIRTUOSO BRANCHES OUT ON HER THIRD ALBUM, ACADIA

DREAM ON

Forty years into their career, Dream Theater have received a vital transfusion via the return of original drummer Mike Portnoy. John Petrucci takes you inside the reunion - and the band's new album

Neon Nightmare

HOW SPIRIT ADRIFT'S NATE GARRETT CREATED A BRILLIANT ONE-MAN HOMAGE TO TYPE O NEGATIVE

Seven Stringer

Spiritbox guitarist Mike Stringer dispels the illusion of the band’s overnight success” while being stoked about their new album and playing to massive crowds

LOST CLASSICS: X

BILLY ZOOM RECOUNTS THE MAKING OF THE ICONIC L.A. PUNKS’ 1982 MAJOR-LABEL DEBUT, UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN

Times' New Roman

ON ALBUM NUMBER FIVE, JINJER GUITARIST ROMAN IBRAMKHALILOV IS LAYING DOWN SOME OF THE HARDEST-SWINGING RIFFS OF HIS CAREER

PEAVEY

Now celebrating six decades in the music business, Peavey offers something for every kind of player. CEO Courtland Gray looks back on the company’s most beloved products, including gear designed with Eddie Van Halen

MY PEDALBOARD STEVE HACKETT

WHAT THE PROG-ROCK ICON SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

BUCK DHARMA

Blue Oyster Cult co-founder Donald Buck Dharma” Roeser revegls how the classic Reaper” riff come about ond the secret recipe to his beloved CheeseBerger guitar

CIRCLING BACK

From an incomplete Gregg Allman track to appearances by former ABB bandmate Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes’ gripping new album oozes with Allman Brothers Band mojo

Martial Artists

COBRA KAI COMPOSERS ZACH ROBINSON AND LEO BIRENBERG TALK GEAR, SEASON 6 AND HOW THEY CONSCRIPTED TOSIN ABASI, CHARLIE ROBBINS AND POLYPHIA'S TIM HENSON INTO THEIR MUSICAL DOJO

Caparison Dellinger-JSM V2

WAY BACK IN the dark ages (a.k.a. the Eighties), there were two distinct types of guitar shredders who occupied opposite sides of the spectrum: the hard rock player whose weapon of choice was a super Strat versus the country picker who inevitably opted for a Telecaster.

The Ultimate Guitar Shop

Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the legendary guitarist’s entire career from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp

Blown Away

Jeff Beck's landmark Blow by Blow dramatically transformed the future for instrumental electric guitar music. Fifty years later, it still remains an inspirational force

TAKE NO PRISONERS

In this exclusive excerpt from Dreaming Japanese, Marty Friedman's new autobiography (co-written by frequent GW contributor Jon Wiederhorn), the ace guitarist details his auditions with Ozzy, Megadeth and - what's this about Madonna?

MAGNIFICENT

Tearing up the blueprint with an octave G string, Johnny Marr's new seven-string Martin signature model is a distillation of all the British icon's most rebellious opinions on acoustic (and yes, there's also a six-string version)

Xotic XSS Super S-Style electric guitar

AS FUNNY AS this sounds, when a brand sends me a new guitar model outfitted with only one pickup, I say to myself, “That’s bold.” Releasing a spartan guitar like the Xotic XSS Super S-Style seems like such a throwback to a time when a guy with the initials EVH changed the entire guitar-world landscape by playing guitar with a solitary humbucker and making every guitarist around the globe realize that might be all we need.

IF GUITAR GOD IS A WOMAN

With renewed confidence and a slew of new guitar-forward songs, Larkin Poe's Rebecca and Megan Lovell are upping the ante of their blues-rock sound once again on seventh album Bloom

TC Electronic Plethora X1 TonePrint Loader

JUDGING BY THE abundance of effects that the TC Electronic Plethora X1 TonePrint Loader makes available to guitarists, it is obvious that TC knows what it means to have a plethora. Just the same, if having too much of a good thing brings you joy, then TC Electronic's Plethora will bring much delight with its many desirable and stellar-sounding effects - each offering a wealth of options.

1950-69, 1986-PRESENT FENDER ESQUIRE

IT’S PRETTY DAMN cool that the very first commercially produced solidbody electric guitar, the Fender Esquire, can still kick serious butt today; you can’t say that about too many 75-year-olds. Many guitarists often forget that the Esquire came before the Telecaster and that a two-pickup version of the Esquire, which came a few months after the single-pickup version, was essentially the first Broadcaster/Nocaster/ Telecaster. But here I’m just going to focus on the single-pickup version.

Tallon Electric "The Noise"

UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN living under a rock, you’ll know that collaborative pedals between artists and manufacturers are all the rage now.

SONS OF ANARCHY

IN YEARS PAST, when we journalists started an interview by asking, \"Who inspired you to pick up the guitar?\" the answer was often some combination of Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen.

Queen Diamond

TETRARCH CO-FOUNDER DIAMOND ROWE DISCUSSESHER HISTORY-MAKING SIGNATURE JACKSON PRO SERIES GUITAR.\"AND IT ALL COMES FROM JUST BEING DIAMOND\"

Out For Blood

Alice in Chains mainstay Jerry Cantrell explains why (and how) he swerved into “a much more aggressive lane” for his new solo outing, I Want Blood. Plus Al hysteria, misplaced G&L guitars and Jeff Beck’s bag...

Surf Noir

STOMPING GARAGE AND SURF SOUNDS COLLIDE ON JD MCPHERSON'S LATEST LONG PLAYER, NITE OWLS

Deep Sea Diver

PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS SEATTLE BAND — WHETHER OR NOT JESSICA DOBSON IS PLAYING SMOKING LEADS ATOP HER EYE-CATCHING “GUITAR SOLO BOX”

THE JESUS LIZARD

Duane Denison tells you everything you need to know about his gear, trying to sell Steve Howe a guitar in the Seventies and oh, yeah! - 2024's Rack, the Jesus Lizard's first new studio album in 26 years

MATTEO MANCUSO

The Italian jazz-shredder on social media, his love of the Yamaha Revstar and the advice given to him by Steve Vai