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“When I was a teenager, I had a dream about a guitar with a dragon inlaid down the neck. That dream has since become an important part of our history”: How Paul Reed Smith created the ultimate Dragon for PRS Guitars’ 40th Anniversary

Debuting PRS’s “throaty” new McCarty III humbuckers, the Private Stock 40th Anniversary McCarty Dragon is a work of art and a triumph of engineering – and, says Smith, it’s built to play

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“Blends style and performance, and modern features with classic appeal”: Sterling by Music Man brings six high-end builds to affordable price ranges – covering guitars and basses

From the EVH-rooted Axis and the Cutlass, to a collaborative Darkglass bass, the Ernie Ball-owned firm is serving up cut-price versions of fan favorites

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“His work with Tygers of Pan Tang was by far my favorite of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal”: Tributes pour in for Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers of Pan Tang guitarist John Sykes

The hard rock guitar great passed away earlier this week after a battle with cancer

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“Creamy fat tones and complex sound architecture”: Magneto takes its Sonnet six-string to new heights and launches its first-ever bass

The one-two release is set to be rolled out in May, with its upgraded Strat-a-like and short-scale bass set to be showcased at NAMM 2025

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“I got this guitar when I was 17 years old. In 2003 it was stolen from my house. I thought it was gone forever”: Deryck Whibley recovers long-lost Gibson guitar – just in time for Sum 41's final tour

Whibley asserts the importance of this guitar during the band's early days and describes how playing it again, decades later, felt like a true full-circle moment

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“A pint-sized powerhouse that’s built for performance”: Nobels stuffs three chorus flavors into its tiny new pedal, the CHO-mini

Skewed towards ’70s-style chorus effects, it comes with tap tempo functionality, space-saving housing, and an affordable price tag

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“Always one of my favorite guitarists – what a loss”: John Sykes, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers of Pan Tang guitarist, dies at 65

The hard rock guitar legend had been suffering from cancer

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“Designed for musicians and collectors alike, they promise something truly extraordinary“: Martin dazzles with its 3 millionth masterpiece – and a Standard Series double-neck that’s been 100 years in the making

The double neck acoustic-electric Grand J-28E DN might grab the headlines, but there’s plenty to catch your eye in the firm’s special edition announcements

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“Whenever I’d see him play live it was an off-the-rack Strat. He was never one to say, ‘I’ve got to play that’”: Joe Perry says he was planning to take Jeff Beck’s Strat on tour with Aerosmith –but its owner was the only special thing about it

The Aerosmith great been discussing friendship with the late, great Beck – and says he almost took his Strat on tour last year, before the shows were cancelled

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“Unlock the true sonic potential of amplifiers without worrying about the volume”: Celestion’s ear-saving Peacekeeper speaker lets you dial in the “sweet spot” of a driven amp at modest volumes

The days of having to crank an amp to excessive levels to make it sing could soon be a thing of the past

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“Gary was one of the greatest ever guitarists and deserves to be honored in his home city”: Plans are in place for a Gary Moore statue to be erected in Belfast

The announcement comes just weeks after the statue of another iconic guitarist, Rory Gallagher, was unveiled in the city

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“The recent wildfires have deeply impacted our artists and friends in Los Angeles”: Gibson has pledged an initial $250,000 to L.A. wildfires relief

Gibson and its philanthropic division Gibson Gives are also joining forces with Guitar Center, the NAMM Foundation and MusiCares – as well as numerous humanitarian aid organizations – to support impacted communities

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“The first thing I said to Jordan Rudess was, ’You’ve got a pretty sick guitar player in your band. What are you asking me for?’” How Spiro Dussias became shred’s next great hope – and ended up giving Dream Theater guitar lessons

One of 2024’s standout metal guitarists on what it’s like to be compared to Tosin Abasi, why nothing compares to his ESP Horizon, and how amp modeling is about to get crazy

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“A new take on a classic”: Marshall teases the release of a modded JCM, as a new era for the legendary amp brand beckons

The British gear firm is preparing for its first NAMM in five years – and it looks like a new range of effects pedals is on the cards, too

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“I have a fingerprint of the way I play – a mix of Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Moore – but I’m constantly evolving”: Orianthi on why she loves old gear – and recording her new Band of Gypsys-inspired supergroup with Jimi Hendrix’s producer

The former guitarist for Michael Jackson and returning Alice Cooper member has survived the trials and tribulations of the pop industry, emerging with a new energy and soundthat honors hertrue inspirationsand talents

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“I was wrestling with whether I was going to keep doing music… and then I got the call from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss”: JD McPherson nearly abandoned his surf noir opus. But playing Zeppelin with Plant and Marc Ribot gave him a shot in the arm

McPherson's new LP, Nite Owls, was nearly over before it began, but an invitation to open for Alison Krauss and Robert Plant brought it back to life. The result is a work of “surf noir”… with a little bit of Depeche Mode in there, too

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“Good weight, versatile sounds and a far from ‘shredder’ neck… It’s a very credible, classy instrument”: Jet Guitars JS-45 Elite review

Based in Slovenia and made in China, Jet Guitars’ impressively wide range of mainly lookalikes is now heading upmarket. The seatbelt sign is on…

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“I rediscovered the glorious bottom-end of the Fender… I feel far more fluid playing the Jazz Bass than I ever did on the Rickenbacker”: Geddy Lee went on a tonal quest and broke all the bass rules to make Rush sound huge

The Rush frontman charts his experiments in bass tone, and why he'd sometimes tackle the instrument like a lead guitarist

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“I only used the back pickup. Ozzy hates the sound of the front pickup. He calls it the ‘cow tone’”: Bursting with ideas but deferential to Ozzy Osbourne, a young Zakk Wylde had interesting guitar instructions upon joining the legendary frontman's band

Though not a guitarist himself, the Prince of Darkness had some very specific pet peeves that he related to Wylde when the guitarist was a newly-hired young gun

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“A less idiosyncratic, more intuitive but still distinctly handsome machine. It plays and feels like a much more modern proposition”: Gretsch Professional Series Hollow Body Tennessean review

The working musician’s hollowbody designed to handle most popular styles but retaining that unmistakably cool Gretsch vibe

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“When I got into Miles Davis' band, playing like my idols – Jaco, Stanley and Larry Graham – wasn't going to work. I had to dig and find something else”: How Marcus Miller found his voice – and became one of the most-imitated bassists in the biz

The bass icon breaks down his formative influences, and how he gave everyone from Prince to Beethoven a low-end makeover via his '77 Fender Jazz

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“Cliff always wanted to play more than he should have, but we didn’t try to control him – we couldn’t”: How Cliff Burton’s bass masterpiece earned its place in the pantheon of great rock solos

Recorded for Metallica’s genre-sparking Kill ’Em All, Burton’s complex snarl of notes has captivated bassists for years. Dial in your favorite fuzz-wah tone and let it rip

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March 2025 Guitar World lesson videos and more

The one where Joe Bonamassa demonstrates the greatness of Lowell George (and George's Dumble) and Jared James Nichols demonstrates "call and response" phrasing

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“The best guitar that ever happened in guitar history”: ESP has dropped a new LTD signature guitar for Richard ZK – and it’s got the Rammstein riffer rather excited

The guitarist road-tested and experimented with various prototypes before landing on the final form

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"Throw your Cantrell staples at the Dirt, and you’re rewarded with authenticity": Funny Little Boxes Dirt pedal review

Funny little Boxes' tone quest continues with an attempt to recreate Jerry Cantrell's guitar tones from Alice in Chains' Dirt, but it's really a great all-rounder

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