Guitar World

Guitar World is the world’s leading guitar magazine. Professionals and beginners alike turn to Guitar World for top-flight coverage of their favorite artists, from rock titans like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Metallica's Kirk Hammett to contemporary stars like the White Stripes' Jack White and Tool's Adam Jones. Every issue of Guitar World magazine offers broad-ranging interviews that cover technique, instruments and lifestyles as well as Guitar World’s famously thorough lessons and transcriptions.

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Guitar World

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Haim Time • Haim’s Danielle Haim on 2025’s I Quit, the value of classic rock covers and who she considers an outright genius

The Collect Pond • A New Zealand jangle-pop-inspired Boston post-punk band that shares its name with a putrid body of water in 19th-century Lower Manhattan? What’s not to love!

Chris Herin • The Tiles guitarist returns with Hiding in Plain Sight, a star-packed album (Alex Lifeson, Martin Barre) that should give us all pause for thought

Star Power • When Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA walked on the Eurovision stage in 1974, all eyes were on his legendary star-shaped guitar. Meet the maker of the ultimate glam-rock ax

COVER MODELS

LOST CLASSICS ZZ Top • Billy Gibbons discusses the making of 1981’s El Loco, the “bridge” album from the Texas legends’ feral days to their slicker, mid-Eighties sound

MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS Steve Rothery • The trio of axes that have meant the most the longtime Marillion guitarist

Present and Accounted For • A sprawling new box set, a disarming new EP and a “darker, rockier” new guitarist prove there’s much more to U.K. cult heroes the Wedding Present than David Gedge’s pummeling right hand

The Other One • A salute to Grateful Dead original Bob Weir, who — in the last 30 years of his life — stepped out from Jerry Garcia’s considerable shadow to emerge as a guitar hero in his own right

LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT • Tailgunner’s new album, Midnight Blitz, is a love letter to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the Eighties. Hell, it’s even produced by ex-Judas Priest man K.K. Downing. Meet young guns Rhea Thompson and Zach Salvini

Take It to the Bridge • When it came to tracking their new album, Alter Bridge found themselves in a truly inspirational environment — L.A.’s 5150 Studios, the late Eddie Van Halen’s legendary creative space

PART 1 GUITARS TOYS IN THE ATTIC • From a Blade Runner to a B.C. Rich to a nearly forgotten Black Burst, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry reveals the stories behind nine standouts from his impressive guitar collection — and nominates the coolest pointy ax of all time

PART 2 AMPS TOYS IN THE ATTIC • A decade-by-decade guide to Joe Perry’s amps — and exactly where he stands on modeling

PART 3 EFFECTS TOYS IN THE ATTIC • Joe Perry walks us through his at-home pedalboard — and his pedalboard methodology

Gretsch Limited Edition Abbey Road RS201 Studiomatic • Gretsch packs the legendary studio magic of Abbey Road Studios into a guitar that’s also pleasantly playable and competitively priced

Yamaha JR1 • Is this pint-sized dreadnought Yamaha’s ultimate beginner acoustic?

Boss GX-1 • A multi-effects unit with pro-level features on a bedroom budget

PRS Fiore HH Satin • PRS’s under-the-radar Fiore, the signature guitar of Mark Lettieri, gets a dual-humbucking makeover and packs serious punch

Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X • John Mayer teams up with Neural DSP to bring guitar tones from a modern icon to the masses

Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio • UA’s debut multi-amp plugin offers...