'Shred Alert' DVD: Let Paul Gilbert Teach You How to Shred
Paul Gilbert Presents Shred Alert is the only DVD to feature all the columns and video tutorials from the acclaimed Guitar World columnist. You'll learn how to take your lead guitar playing to the next...
View ArticleDimebag Darrell, "Whiskey Road"— Exclusive Song Premiere and Transcription
The February 2015 issue of Guitar World, which hits subscribers' mailboxes this week, is our Ultimate Dimebag Darrell Tribute Issue!Among its exclusive Dime-themed offerings are: • A private tour of...
View ArticleMetal for Life with Metal Mike: Exploring Musical Roads Less Traveled Within...
These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the February 2015 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now or...
View ArticleReview: Pigtronix Rototron Rotary Speaker Simulator — Video
These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the February 2015 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now or...
View ArticleUli Jon Roth Revisits His Scorpions Days on New Album
Uli Jon Roth will release a new double album, Scorpions Revisited, March 10 via UDR.The album will contain 19 "re-invented" Scorpions tracks. According to a press release about the album, no one in...
View ArticleFender Announces Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass Guitar
Fender has announced its Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass guitar, based on the instrument Dee Dee played with seminal punk rock band the Ramones.The bass, which was debuted at the Dee Dee Ramone...
View ArticleUFO Reveal Track Listing for New Album, 'A Conspiracy of Stars'
UFO will release a new studio album, A Conspiracy of Stars, March 3 via Steamhammer/SPV.The band, which consists of Phil Mogg (vocals), Paul Raymond (keyboards, guitar), Andy Parker (drums), Vinnie...
View ArticleRyan Cullwell's "Never Gonna Cry"— Exclusive Song Premiere
Today we're excited to premiere a Dylan-tinged tale by Ryan Culwell called “Never Gonna Cry.”On March 3rd, Culwell will release a new album called Flatlands on Lightning Rod Records (Jason Isbell,...
View ArticleGuitar World Launches 'Guitar World Lessons' App and Webstore
Today, Guitar World is kicking off something we're pretty excited about—our new Guitar World Lessonsapp and webstore.Guitar World Lessons, which is live right now (Go take a look!), provides...
View ArticleWoman Plays Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan Classics on Traditional Korean...
Check out these videos of a young woman—Luna Lee—performing iconic tracks by Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan on the gayageum, a traditional Korean zither-like instrument. The gayageum has 12...
View ArticleJazz Guitar Corner: Soloing with the Mixed Blues Scale
Learning to play the blues in a jazzy style means stepping outside the minor blues scale and exploring other melodic options in your solos. But you don’t need to go very far to find a cool-sounding...
View ArticleESP Custom Shop Displaying More Than 80 Exhibition Guitars and Basses at NAMM...
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, ESP Guitars (Booth 213D at the 2015 Winter NAMM Show) is highlighting the work of its Custom Shop by displaying more than 80 hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind...
View ArticleTestament's Alex Skolnick Goes Global with 'Planetary Coalition'
Fans of Alex Skolnick’s shredding in Testament might be shocked by his new album, Planetary Coalition, a collaborative world-music project driven by Skolnick’s crystalline, beatific acoustic guitar and...
View ArticleIt Might Get Weird: Satan's Steel — Shawn Mayo’s Lou-Cipher Guitar
Perhaps only the most dedicated connoisseurs of bizarre Japanese guitars can tell that a mid-Sixties Inter Mark Cipher model lurks beneath the trinkets and ornaments covering Shawn Mayo’s customized...
View ArticleLed Zeppelin, "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"— In Deep Video by Andy Aledort
In this video from the vast Guitar World archives, Andy Aledort shows you how to play "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," a track from Led Zeppelin's debut 1969 album.An acoustic masterpiece, this song...
View ArticleThe 50 Greatest Led Zeppelin Songs
From “Dazed and Confused” to “You Shook Me” … from “Tangerine” to “The Lemon Song” … from “Trampled Under Foot” to “Stairway to Heaven” … Guitar World presents a critical analysis of the classic-rock...
View ArticleJimmy Page Revisits Two of Led Zeppelin’s Most God-like Albums, 'IV' and...
It’s a beautiful Indian Summer day, and I’m standing on Queens Gate Road in London, England, a stone’s throw from the legendary Royal Albert Hall, where Led Zeppelin played in 1970, a performance...
View ArticleWhole Lotta Editing: Five Awesome Led Zeppelin Mashups
Recently, the eternally surprising Jimmy Page streamed a track called "Ramblize" at his official website. It was an unlikely mashup of Led Zeppelin's "Ramble On" and Notorious B.I.G.'s...
View ArticleSongTown: Why I Write
Every now and then, in the crazy, competitive world in which I live, I have to remind myself WHY I write. I realized early on that I loved words. In an odd and uncommon way. As a little kid, I made...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Premiere New Video, "Shred Till You Drop, Volume 2"
Today, GuitarWorld.com presents a shred-tastic new video by Finnish rockers Santa Cruz.It's called "Shred Till You Drop, Volume 2," and it shows Santa Cruz guitarists Archie and Johnny slaying and...
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