Review: Kemper Profiling Guitar Amp — Video
Today’s digital modeling technology delivers many very impressive sounds, but sometimes playing through even the best amp models feel like you’re wearing someone else’s clothes. If you own some of the...
View ArticleIggy Pop and James Williamson Discuss 'Ready to Die,' the First Iggy and The...
This is an excerpt from the August 2013 issue of Guitar World magazine. For the rest of this story, plus a tribute to Slayer's Jeff Hanneman and features on Buzz Osbourne of the Melvins, Joe Bonamassa,...
View ArticleString Theory: Drawing Inspiration from a Sax Legend and Melodic Minor's Two...
The following content is related to the August 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.In...
View ArticleA Tribute to Jeff Hanneman: The Slayer Guitarist’s Wife Recalls the...
This is an excerpt from the August 2013 issue of Guitar World magazine. For the rest of this story, plus a Jeff Hanneman poster and features on Buzz Osbourne of the Melvins, Joe Bonamassa, Iggy and the...
View ArticleTake Guitar World's "Raining Blood" Transcription Challenge and Compete for a...
Last month, Guitar World launched its new monthly transcription challenge. We kicked things off with Jason Becker's "Perpetual Burn," the transcription for which appeared in our July 2013...
View ArticleAll That Jazz: How to Play "Out of the Blue"
The following content is related to the August 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online...
View ArticleSmokin’ Axes: The Glassical Creations Chili Pepper Guitar
Considering that millions of guitarists have spent countless hours staring cross-eyed at glass pipes, it was inevitable that one day someone would put two and two together and make a glass guitar. For...
View ArticleDear Guitar Hero: Buzz Osborne of The Melvins Discusses Aluminum Guitars,...
He fronts one of the most respected experimental alt-metal bands, and he grew up with Kurt Cobain. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…From Venom and David Bowie to Throbbing Gristle...
View ArticleReview: ESP LTD Elite ST-1 Duncan and EMG Electric Guitars
Nine times out of 10, your workhorse guitar is going to be a midpriced instrument—not so spectacular that you’re afraid to take it out of its case but also not so inexpensive that it suffers from...
View ArticlePurple Heart: Daredevil Guitar Virtuoso Steve Morse Discusses Deep Purple's...
When Guitar World catches up with Steve Morse, it’s at a rare moment when the Deep Purple guitarist is actually at home. “I’m in the U.S. right now, oddly enough,” he says, calling from his house in...
View ArticleTalkin' Blues: Little Walter's Exciting Up-Tempo Jump-Blues Soloing Style
Last month, we saw how harmonica legend Little Walter applied his improvisational genius to slow blues. This month, we’ll see what Walter can teach guitar players about up-tempo soloing.Walter served...
View ArticleIn Tribute: The Complete, Untold Story of Slayer's Jeff Hanneman
He influenced a generation and changed the course of metal forever. Guitar World presents the complete, untold story of Jeff Hanneman, Slayer’s guitarist for more than 30 years and the man behind such...
View ArticleThe 25 Best Guitar and Music Apps
Guitar World presents everything you need to turn your smartphone or tablet into an extension of your guitar, including apps that will advance your playing, improve your tone, record your songs and...
View ArticlePentatonic Trailblazing: How to Navigate Through a Familiar Scale to Produce...
In this month’s column, I’d like to demonstrate a variety of ways to twist that staple scale heard in virtually all rock and metal solos—the trusty old five-note pentatonic scale—into new and unusual...
View ArticleUsing String Skipping to Create Angular, Sweep-Type Sounds
String skipping is a technique I use in a handful of solos that I’ve recorded with my band, Falling in Reverse. Some of my guitar students have erroneously assumed that certain phrases were performed...
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