Video: Guitar World's Guide to Building a Pedal Board
Are you a pedal-board dunce? Fear not! In this illustrated tutorial, Guitar World shows you everything you need to know, from choosing a board to powering up and laying out your pedals.The more effect...
View ArticleExclusive Premiere: Pilot For A Day's "A Little More (Acoustic)"
There's something about breaking a produced track down into its acoustic elements that brings out the true heart of a song.Take this acoustic version of Pilot For A Day's "A Little More."With it's...
View ArticleNirvana Perform with Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and St. Vincent at Rock and Roll...
Although the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place almost two months ago, some pro-shot footage of Nirvana's lengthy segment of the show has turned up online.Below, you can watch the...
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Clearwater Festival Announces Lineup and Special Musical Tributes
Great Hudson River Revival (Clearwater Festival) on June 21 and 22 in beautiful Croton Point Park, Croton-On-Hudson, NY marks the first event since the passing of its founders, musician and activist...
View ArticleDiamond Youth Release Acoustic ‘UK OK’ EP
Baltimore, MD's Diamond Youth have released a digital-only acoustic EP titled UK OK via Bandcamp.The EP features three previously-released songs, reworked acoustic and one new acoustic track.UK OK will...
View ArticleRobyn Hitchcock Releases First Track from Upcoming Album
Yep Roc Records has announced the new album from psychedelic folk troubadour Robyn Hitchcock. The Man Upstairs will be available on August 26. The album sees Hitchcock uniting with legendary producer...
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Mass Appeal: Guitars to Feature Alex Skolnick’s Planetary Coalition and Wise...
Guitar World’s Acoustic Nation is excited to announce the performance acts for this year’s Make Music NY Mass Appeal: Guitars event. Taking place on June 21, 2014 in Union Square Park from 4pm to 7pm,...
View ArticleGear Review: Cort MR600F Acoustic Guitar
Below, Paul Riario checks out the Cort MR600F dreadnaught cutaway acoustic guitar.The MR Series combines the advanced Fishman Presys EQ and Sonicore electronics with Cort’s tradition of quality...
View ArticleCustom Willys Distortion Pedal by EJC Custom Pedals and Guitarworks — Demo Video
Below, check out a video demo for a new custom distortion pedal built by EJC Custom Pedals and Guitarworks.The pedal, which was built for guitarist Ron Zabrocki (who writes the Session Guitar column...
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Download the July 2014 Issue of Guitar World Now at the Apple Newsstand
The all-new July 2014 issue of Guitar World— including instructional video and audio — is available now at the Apple Newsstand!You can check it out here.In the new July issue, we sit down with...
View ArticleSeymour Duncan Lil' Screamin Demon SLSD-1 Pickup — Demo Video
Below, check out a new demo video for Seymour Duncan's Lil' Screamin Demon SLSD-1 pickup. The clip features guitarist Steve Booke, who also happens to write the What in the World column for...
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DiMarzio Releases Satch Track, Joe Satriani's First Single-Coil-Size...
DiMarzio has announced the release of the Satch Track Neck hum-canceling pickup for electric guitars. The pickup, which was created for Joe Satriani, is available for retail sale from DiMarzio.From the...
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United Stringdom: Combining Sweep Picking and Fretboard Tapping to Forge...
Hi, and welcome to my new Guitar World instructional column. Over the next few months, I’ll be demonstrating to you many of the different techniques I use for the riffs and solos that I play with my...
View ArticleSneak Peek: Wise Girl's "Sing Me To Sleep"
Here’s a wonderful new song from NYC based group Wise Girl.It’s a sneak peek from their upcoming Sing Me To Sleep EP titled, appropriately, “Sing Me To Sleep.”It’s a lovely acoustic ballad that...
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The Bones of J.R. Jones: On Recording
Recording like song writing is usually a slow process for me. I start by cutting some very rough demos of songs on my own. I usually just hit record on my computer and start to play. I see what I can...
View ArticleBrad Paisley Uses Fan's GoPro Camera As Guitar Slide — Video
GuitarWorld.com has posted several guitar-centric videos that involve GoPro cameras — light-weight, rugged little cameras that can go pretty much everywhere (like inside James Taylor's guitar, for...
View ArticleKevin Drew Teams with Zach Galafianakis in "You In Your Were" Music Video
Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene released his critically acclaimed sophomore solo album entitled Darlings earlier this year, and today he debuts a brand new music video for “You In Your Were.” The...
View ArticleBad Luck Premiere New Song, "Threat Level Midnight"— Listen
Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive premiere of a new song by Daytona Beach, Florida-based punk rockers Bad Luck.The song, "Threat Level Midnight," is from the band's new re-release of Cold...
View ArticleJack White Premieres "Lazaretto" Music Video
Jack White will release his second solo album, Lazaretto, June 10 — but he's already supplied three of the disc's new songs to the music world at large.Now he's created the official music video for one...
View ArticleGuitar World DVD: 'Heavy Metal Hybrid Picking' Featuring Revocation's Dave...
Check out Guitar World's latest instructional DVD, Heavy Metal Hybrid Picking featuring Dave Davidson.With more than 60 minutes of lessons, you'll learn how to combine sweep picking with fingerpicking,...
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