Learn how to do hammer-ons and pull-offs from musician Sam Lipman in this Howcast slap bass lesson.

Baldacci has introduced yet another stunner to the Bighorn range: the “wildly cool” Bighorn ECO.

The new model combines the sleek, offset body style of the Bighorn series and repackages it in a new, vintage-inspired design built...

Irish duo Lemoncello perform "Sunflower" in an acoustic Music Box session. The track is from Lemoncello's eponymous debut album, which was released this summer. Claire Kinsella and Laura Quirke formed the band nearly 10 years ago and...

Guild’s I Series guitars are an avowed classic. Guild I-12 electric Starfire model, as Paul Riario demonstrates here, “maintains classic Guild tone and response without sacrificing playability,” all while being offered as the company’s...

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.”

LIVE FROM FLAT V by Josh Smith

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Last time, Josh Smith started teaching his tune “Triple J Hoedown,” specifically the version from the Live at the Spud album. The lesson made it all the way up to almost the...

Cordoba’s nylon-string electric, the Stage is “made for playing onstage and addresses feedback issues while nailing Cordoba’s authentic acoustic nylon-string tones,” explains Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario.

TALES FROM NERDVILLE by Joe Bonamassa

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For the last few columns, Joe Bonamassa has been demoing a variety of his favorite vintage guitars and discussing each instrument’s unique attributes. He...

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...

We’ve previously looked 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 section (at least his...

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MELODIC MUSE by Andy Timmons

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Josh Smith breaks down his song, “Triple J Hoedown,” which was originally recorded for his 2009 album, Inception. In this...

Andy Aledort talks to Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt

MELODIC MUSE by Andy Timmons

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Andy Timmons shares some of the inner workings of “On Your Way Sweet Soul,” which is a tune he wrote and recorded for Theme from a Perfect World. The song is based on a...

In Deep by Andy Aledort

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“SAVE SOMETHING FOR ME,” the second track off Andy Aledort's new album, Light of Love, is a slow ballad, in a style not unlike two of his favorite Jimi Hendrix...

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.”

Markus Vanhala tears through Insomnium's The Witch Hunter on his prized Jackson Randy Rhoads custom shop model.

Epiphone signature Les Paul Axcess for Rush guitar legend Alex Lifeson. Featuring a double-locking vibrato loaded with Ghost piezo saddles, splittable coils and belly carve, Lifeson's Les Paul is an unorthodox high-performance take on...

TALES FROM NERDVILLE by Joe Bonamassa

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OVER THE LAST two columns, Joe Bonamassa demonstrated the attributes of two of his favorite guitars: the 1954 Gibson Les Paul goldtop with P90 pickups,...

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

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

Last month, Andy Timmons taught us the first eight bars of his song "That Day Came," released originally on his 2016 album, "Theme from a Perfect World." In this lesson, he picks up the composition from bar 9 and continues through the...

As Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario explains, “In the late ‘70s, Seymour Duncan – the man – was well-known as the guy to custom-wind pickups for some noteworthy guitarists who were looking to venture beyond what was available and...

We’ve covered a variety of tracking tips in our tutorials so far with Skunk Anansie guitarist Ace, but here, the ACM tutor has delved into the world of tactics for making your guitar melody stand out.



Here, Ace tells you his...

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