Blues guitar pro Larry McCray (and his Guild Polara) recently visited Guitar World HQ in New York City to play and discuss ...

There aren’t enough guitar solos anymore. I mean, there are guitar solos still happening—in the metalspheres of the world, most explicitly—but rock and roll’s got a serious solo deficiency going on.

I first set out to chronicle Joni Mitchell’s transformation from a folk visionary to a jazz voyager; a story of invention to instruction. How she developed her own approach to the guitar, but ...

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Key Takeaways Modern guitar synth pedals no longer require special pickups and work with standard guitar inputs, making ...

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ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons and his trademark Les Paul, "Pearly Gates," will take center stage at a solo concert on Feb. 3 at ...

Rock's unsung architects: these are the quiet geniuses who provided great bands with their essential DNA while others took ...

Elvis Presley's single, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released by RCA Records, Frank Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall ...

Justin Bieber stunned the crowd at the 2026 Grammy Awards with an unexpected, stripped-back performance. Appearing shirtless with just his underwear, socks, and a purple guitar, he let the raw emotion ...

Guitar heroes and hip-hop pioneers: these unlikely collaborations reveal what happens when rock stars step outside their ...

Robert Fripp digs into his long-unopened personal diaries with Guitar World as he shares the story of the relentlessly heavy and ambitious 1974 prog classic ...