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Going Through Phases
STRYMON ZELZAH MULTIDIMENSIONAL PHASER
A Green New DL
LINE 6 DL4 MKII DELAY AND LOOPER
The Sky's the Limit
PRS Guitars SE Silver Sky
Unleashed
Glenn tipton looks back at 50 years of Triumph and Tragedy in Judas Priest
All This and War of the Worlds, Pt. II
For his latest solo album, Symphony x Shredder Michael Romeo returns to the H.G. Wells of inspiration
Cobra Kai: Settling the Score
How Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson — composers on Netflix’s blockbuster series, Cobra Kai — craft the perfect (not to mention badass!) eighties-style score
Playing Those Mind Games
VOLBEAT’S MICHAEL POULSEN AND ROB CAGGIANO ON THE PENT-UP ENERGY AND FALSE STARTS THAT LED TO THEIR BACK-TO-BASICS NEW ALBUM, SERVANT OF THE MIND
INTERGALACTIC SATCH
SUPREME SHREDDER JOE SATRIANI CHALLENGED HIMSELF TO CREATE A “NEW STANDARD” FOR INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR ALBUMS TO BE MEASURED AGAINST. THE RESULT? THE ELEPHANTS OF MARS, AN UNDENIABLY CINEMATIC NEW ALBUM RECORDED WITHOUT CREATIVE BARRIERS — OR PHYSICAL AMPLIFIERS
THE BOWMAN COMETH
AN ODE TO EDDIE PHILLIPS OF THE CREATION.
EASTMAN NEW TRADITIONAL STYLE
EASTMAN CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF BRINGING TRUE HANDCRAFTED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS TO THE MASSES
FREE FOR ALL
JAZZ/FUSION GREAT JOHN McLAUGHLIN on his liberating new album, his recent run-in with the law and his spiritual connection to pretty much everything and everyone
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
After two serious surgeries that affected his ability to play guitar, Steve Vai could have simply packed it in. Instead, he gave himself some familiar-sounding advice and emerged with his most dazzling new album in years. (And yes, we asked him about that triple-neck guitar!)
Sound and Vision
EMERALD VIRTUO
Buzz Bin - LD Systems
Maui 5 Go 100
Synth City
Boss SY-200 Synthesizer
True Value
Squier contemporary Stratocaster Special HT and Paranormal Toronado
When Frank Zappa Shut Up 'n Stopped Playing Guitar
Zappa’s on-again, off-again love affair with his guitar
“The Thrill Is Gone”
B.B. King | Live in cook county jail, 1971 | Guitarist: B.B. King
Symphonies of Destruction
LOST SYMPHONY FOUNDER BENNY GOODMAN TELLS US HOW HE ROPED IN GUITAR LEGENDS EN MASSE FOR HIS LATEST INSTRUMENTAL ESCAPADES
QUAD RAPHONIC
SLASH DETAILS THE MAKING OF 4, HIS HIGH ENERGY, LIVE-IN-A LEGENDARY-NASHVILLESTUDIO NEW ALBUM WITH MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS - AND FILLS US IN ON NEW GUNS N' ROSES MUSIC AND MORE
Top Models
TAYLOR AD27E FLAMETOP AND AD22E
ORDER FROM CHAOS
Three albums into their reunion phase, The Nightmare of Being finds Swedish death metalers At the Gates addressing their legacy while pushing off into wild new horizons
Discipline
Robert Fripp's 20 greatest guitar moments
GUITAR SHOPPING WITH SLASH
THAT TIME SLASH AND GW’S RICHARD BIENSTOCK SPENT A LOVELY AFTERNOON BROWSING — AND BUYING! — AT NORMAN’S RARE GUITARS IN TARZANA, CALIFORNIA
FAR BEYOND DRIVEN
NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF MUSIC YOU’RE INTO, THERE’S AN OVERDRIV PEDAL (OR TWO) FOR YOU. IN THIS ISS WE ROUND UP EIGHT OF OUR FAVORIT
Joanne Shaw Taylor
"With Joe Bonamassa at the helm, the heralded british guitarist tackles 11 awesomely obscure blues gems by Little Milton, Magic Sam, Albert King and more"
2021 News of the (Guitar) World
Lean back, crack open that broadsheet and get ready for the splashiest guitar-centric news stories of 2021!
2021 a Few of Our Favorite Things
Like the headline says, here’s a solid sampling of new gear that struck our fancy over the past 12 months
Gravel and Grail
ELECTRO-HARMONIX DIRT ROAD SPECIAL
IN DEEP
DREAM WEAVER