Review: ESP LTD V-407B Baritone Seven-String Guitar — Video
GOLD AWARD WINNERThere is a surprisingly large and growing variety of baritone solidbody electric guitars to choose from these days. Baritones have become especially popular with metal guitarists who...
View ArticleReview: EVH 5150III 1X12 50-Watt Combo Amp — Video
PLATINUM AWARD WINNERThere are times when nothing less than a half stack will do when playing certain styles of music live. However, a half stack is overkill for the venues where most guitarists play...
View ArticleClutch Announce New Album, 'Psychic Warfare'
Maryland hard-rockers Clutch have announced their new album, Psychic Warfare. The album, the band's 11th, is set for an October 2 release via the band's own Weathermaker Music label. "The title Psychic...
View ArticleRobert Cray Announces New Live Album, '4 Nights of 40 Years Live'— Video
Robert Cray has announced a new double live album and concert film titled 4 Nights of 40 Years Live. The set, which will be available in a variety of formats, is set for an August 28 release via Mascot...
View Article‘Wolf Den’: Trampled Under Foot Bassist Danielle Nicole Talks Debut Solo Album
From her early days working with her brothers in the power trio Trampled Under Foot, bassist/vocalist Danielle Nicole has always found an outlet for her creative, blues-infused songs. Collectively,...
View ArticleGuitarist Lee Ritenour Discusses His New Album, ‘A Twist of Rit’
Two thousand fifteen marks 40 years since the release of Grammy-winning guitarist Lee Ritenour’s debut solo album, First Course. To help commemorate the occasion, Ritenour has gone back into his vast...
View ArticleIwrestledabearonce Premiere "Green Eyes" Playthrough Video — Exclusive
Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive premiere of "Green Eyes," a new playthrough video by iwrestledabearonce.The song is from the band's new album, Hail Mary, which was released June 16 via...
View ArticleGuitar World's 11 Essential Thrash Metal Albums
Check out Guitar World's guide to 11 essential thrash metal albums—discs or downloads every self-respecting metalhead should have in his/her record collection.Why 11? "Well, it's one louder, isn't...
View ArticleReview: Strandberg Boden OS 7 Seven-String Guitar — Video
PLATINUM AWARD WINNEROla Strandberg started work on his truly revolutionary Ergonomic Guitar System in 2007. Since then, many visionary guitarists like Allan Holdsworth, Tosin Abasi, Chris Letchford,...
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September 2015 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos
These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the September 2015 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features and more, pick up the issue on newsstands now or at the...
View ArticleStreet Musicians Play Handmade Broom Guitar and Shovel Bass — Video
Below, check out a new video of two street musicians performing with homemade guitars. One guy made a guitar out of a broom. The other guy built a bass out of a shovel.Here's the info (with a bit of...
View Article"The Top Seven Street Guitarists in the World"— Video
Check out a fairly new video (April 18) that collects the "Top Seven Street Guitarists in the World," at least according to the person who posted and/or created it, a YouTube user named Mr Zi.We've...
View ArticleThe Top 30 12-String Guitar Songs of All Time
When considering the choices for this list, we realized it wasn't as easy a task as we first thought. What makes for a great 12-string guitar song as opposed to a great song that just happens to have a...
View ArticleSummer NAMM 2015: Boss Unveils DD-500 Digital Delay Pedal — Video
Boss has announced the DD-500 digital delay pedal. Filled with newly developed Boss technology, this stompbox offers 12 distinctive delay modes and superior audio quality, along with editing controls,...
View ArticleSummer NAMM 2015: Boss Announces RV-6 Reverb Pedal — Video
Boss has announced the RV-6, an all-new compact reverb pedal. The pedal includes eight distinctive reverb types, which feature newly developed algorithms driven by the latest Boss DSP. Reverb types...
View ArticleLessonFace with Steve Marion: Sliding Toward Fretboard Fluidity — Video
In this lesson, I'll lay out a few tools I use in crafting guitar melodies and solos to make the instrument feel more fluid.The first exercise is a way to double a note on the neighboring B and G...
View ArticleViolinist-Looper Joe Kye Plays Life-Altering Music at Summer NAMM
I had somewhat of an unexpected cathartic experience during the 2015 Summer NAMM Show in Nashville.As I was walking past the Acoustic Nation performance stage, I was stopped dead in my tracks by the...
View ArticleSummer NAMM 2015: Tom Bedell Shares a Bedell Guitars Wildfire Model
While exploring the NAMM show, we dropped by the Bedell Guitars booth and were lucky enough to get some one-on-one time with the man himself, Tom Bedell.Here Mr. Bedell shares a Wildfire parlor model,...
View ArticleMeet the Marshall London: Amp Maker Introduces Phone for Music Lovers — Video
London calling?According to our friends at Wired, Marshall Amplification’s first foray into the smartphone world won’t have Apple and Samsung sweating their stake in the market. But the U.K. guitar-amp...
View ArticleGus G Premieres New Song, "The Quest"— Exclusive
Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive premiere of "The Quest," a new song by Gus G, who shares the cover of the all-new September 2015 issue of Guitar World with Chris Broderick.The song is...
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