Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario calls the Axentrix A1 “an eye-catching design loaded with tons of distortion tones,” and that’s an understatement. The pedal adds in an extra selectable drive mode, for four in total: Crunch,...

Designed in conjunction with Animals As Leaders virtuoso Tosin Abasi, the new Ernie Ball Music Man Kaizen is quite likely like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Given its design team, it’s not surprising that Guitar World Tech Editor Paul...

This month, Andy Timmons discusses the beauty, and the importance, of string bending. String bending is truly a huge part of the guitar’s potential to be one of the most expressive instruments. Well-controlled string bending, and string...

Last month, Andy Timmons demonstrated how to play the primary theme to “One Last Time,” from his latest release, Electric Truth. In this column, he takes a look at the bridge of the song, which serves as the solo section. It’s basically...

Luís Kalil stopped by Guitar World studios to give us another lesson in reverse tapping. This time for his song, "Boulevard," the title track from the 2-song EP featuring Dirk Verbeuren (former Soilwork) on drums and Lucas Arruda (Jack...

Over the last two columns, we’ve been looking at Josh Smith's tune “Triple J Hoedown,” specifically the live version, from his album Live at the Spud, recorded at the Baked Potato in Los Angeles. We’ve made it all the way up to the solo...

LIVE FROM FLAT V by Josh Smith HUMBLER OPINION Over the last two columns, Josh Smith has been breaking down the song “Brown Gatton,” his ode to both Danny Gatton and James Brown, which Josh originally recorded in 2017 for his album, Still.

TALES FROM NERDVILLE by Joe Bonamassa SWELL TIME One of the most expressive tools for electric guitar players is the use of the volume swell. An essential element in the arsenals of such legendary players as Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan,...

MELODIC MUSE by Andy Timmons STRAWBERRY FIELD How to play “Shuggie,” part 1 Andy Timmons teaches a song from his album, Electric Truth, called “Shuggie,” which is an homage to the legendary R&B/blues artist Shuggie Otis. Shuggie, son of...

Learn how to play “2022”, from L.S. Dunes' debut album, Past Lives.

Singer Lily Moore performed her single ""Everybody's Falling In Love"" in an exclusive session at the Montreux Jazz Festival for Music Box. Lily performed the track from her EP Before I Change My Mind Again ahead of her performance at...

In Deep by Andy Aledort OPEN WATERS These last few columns have been dedicated to exploring soloing approaches to the Muddy Waters blues classic, “Rollin’ Stone.” The song is played in the key of E, and, true to the style of acoustic...

LIVE FROM FLAT V by Josh Smith SWITCHING GEARS Josh Smith presented the meat and potatoes of the tune “Brown Gatton,” a song from his 2017 album, Still, that is a musical tribute to two of his heroes — the somewhat unlikely duo of the...

MELODIC MUSE by Andy Timmons THE BENDS, PART 4 String bending offers us guitarists a highly effective way to evoke a wide range of sounds and emotions from our instrument and emulate some of the qualities of the human voice, such as...

In Deep by Andy Aledort. DEEP WATERS Over the course of the last few columns, we’ve been exploring different ways to improvise around the main themes and melodies played by Muddy Waters on his classic track, “Rollin’ Stone.” Jimi Hendrix...

Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario calls the Axentrix A1 “an eye-catching design loaded with tons of distortion tones,” and that’s an understatement. The pedal adds in an extra selectable drive mode, for four in total: Crunch,...

TALES FROM NERDVILLE by Joe Bonamassa. GREEN LIGHT. Joe Bonamassa discussed his approach to recording a cover of the Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac track “Lazy Poker Blues,” for his upcoming album, Blues Deluxe, Vol. 2. Joe offers some...

MELODIC MUSE by Andy Timmons THE BENDS, PART 3 We've been discussing string bending techniques and the many different melodies, sounds and emotive qualities available to guitarists via different ways to bend and shake the strings. Our...

LIVE FROM FLAT V by Josh Smith. JAMES MEETS DANNY. “BROWN GATTON” is a song Josh Smith recorded back in 2017 for his album Still, which leaned on the jazzier side of things. As the title suggests, the tune is essentially his expression...

“Since releasing the MG-300, people have been blown away by the sound and playability, not to mention the ease-of-use tone tweaking and intuitive interface,” says Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario. “And now, the MG-400 builds upon the...

The Pantera legend offers an intimate look at his riff and solo secrets in this heavy and often hilarious lesson, which originally accompanied the June 2006 issue of Guitar World.

Austin Evans of Orthodox plays through Head on a Spike, from the band's new album, Learning to Dissolve.

Guitarist Andee Blacksugar shows us the gear he's using on KMFDM's Live in the USSA Tour.

Luís Kalil stopped by Guitar World studios to give us another lesson in reverse tapping. This time for his song, "Boulevard," the title track from the 2-song EP featuring Dirk Verbeuren (former Soilwork) on drums and Lucas Arruda (Jack...