MELODIC MUSE by Andy Timmons



THE BEN

DS, 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...

In Deep by Andy Aledort.



D
EEP 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’...

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:...

TALES FROM NERDVILLE by Joe Bonamassa.

GREEN L

IGHT.

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...

MELODIC MUSE by Andy Timmons

THE BENDS, P

ART 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...

LIVE FROM FLAT V by Josh Smith.



JAMES ME

ETS 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...

“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...

“Yes, you heard that correctly,” Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario says. “Paul Reed Smith, maker of many of the finest electric and acoustic guitars and even amplifiers, have thrown their hat in the stomp box ring and released three...

The allure of carbon-fiber guitars, explains Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario, “(...) is simple. They’re easy to maintain because of their rigidity and durability, and they also retain stability because they are generally immune to...

Gibson has been on an impressive winning streak the past few years, and things clearly haven’t let up in 2022. This Fall, the company continues to roll out new and exciting equipment – and not just under the Gibson name, but also via its...

In the last two columns, Andy Aledort looked at the basic elements that make up Muddy Waters’ rhythm guitar playing and approach to single-note lines and solos on his blues classic, “Rollin’ Stone.” This month, we’ll add another...

From brass blocks and claws to titanium posts, saddle inserts and screws, FU-Tone will make your six-string roar. To demonstrate just how easily and quickly FU-Tone can refresh your six-string, Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario sat...

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

Andy Timmons continues exploring a topic that’s near and dear to his heart — using string-bending techniques and related phrasing approaches to craft emotionally expressive melodic lines.

This is the fourth installment on the live version of Josh Smith's tune “Triple J Hoedown,” featured on his latest album, Live at the Spud, recorded at the infamous Baked Potato in Los Angeles. Last month, we looked at the section that...

The “strikingly cool guitar,” as Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario calls it in this demo, was designed to handle the “heavier songs in the Pumpkins catalog” and boasts an alder body paired with a roasted maple neck and fingerboard.

The travel-ready headless instrument is a novel design weighing, as Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario says in this demo, “pretty much the same as a laptop and coming in a travel bag that’s as long as a yardstick.”

What makes the BLUE LAVA Original so appealing? For starters, Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riatio points out, the guitar boasts “pared-down simplicity combined with the stunning sound that utilizes Lava Music’s signature L2 preamp with...

We see plenty of signature guitar models here at Guitar World, but none of them are quite like Martin’s new 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes acoustic.

The new model, as Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario points out, is “inspired by Shawn’s...

“Once you pick it up, you’ll know right away that this is a serious and worthy electric that should be on your radar,” Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario says in this Cort G290 FAT II demo.