Guitar World

Guitar World is the world’s leading guitar magazine. Professionals and beginners alike turn to Guitar World for top-flight coverage of their favorite artists, from rock titans like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Metallica's Kirk Hammett to contemporary stars like the White Stripes' Jack White and Tool's Adam Jones. Every issue of Guitar World magazine offers broad-ranging interviews that cover technique, instruments and lifestyles as well as Guitar World’s famously thorough lessons and transcriptions.

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Blues Worth Keeping • WIDELY HAILED AS ONE OF IRELAND’S BRIGHTEST EMERGING STARS, 18-YEAR-OLD MUIREANN BRADLEY IS PROUD TO CHAMPION MUSIC THAT’S NEARLY A CENTURY OLD

MY PEDALBOARD STEVE STEVENS • WHAT BILLY IDOL'S DIEHARD GUITARIST SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

D.K. Harrell • THE TUBE-COOKIN’, LOUISIANA-BRED GUITARIST BRINGS THE SIZZLE TO TALKIN’ HEAVY, HIS NEW ALBUM OF DELTA-MEETS-CHICAGO BLUES

IN MEMORY OF John Sykes • REMEMBERING THE POWERHOUSE ROCK JOURNEYMAN WHO BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO WHITESNAKE AND THIN LIZZY

LOST CLASSICS: Bob Marley & the Wailers • GUITARIST JUNIOR MARVIN TAKES US INSIDE THE MAKING OF MARLEY’S PERPETUALLY UNDER-THE-RADAR 1979 ALBUM, SURVIVAL

MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS: Billy Duffy • THE TRIO OF AXES THAT HAVE MEANT THE MOST THE VENERABLE CULT GUITARIST

The Harrison/Ford Experience • BLUES/JAZZ MAESTRO ROBBEN FORD ON THE UPS AND DOWNS OF TOURING WITH GEORGE HARRISON IN THE FALL OF 1974

Ben Lechuga • AS A RECENT CONVERT TO FRETLESS ELECTRICS, THE CHILEAN GUITARIST IS NOW OPENING MUSICAL DOORS HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW EXISTED

A Thing of Beauty • TETRARCH’S DIAMOND ROWE AND JOSH FORE TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE VETERAN METALERS’ LATEST, THE UGLY SIDE OF ME — AND WHY DIAMOND’S MOM’S OPINIONS WEIGH SO HEAVILY WITH THE BAND

G&L • Leo Fender called G&L Guitars the best instruments he ever made. Forty-five years later, the firm remains, albeit with the cachet of Leo’s name lingering above. As we learn from Steve Araujo, G&L’s jack of all trades, the future looks bright and hyper-fixated on quality

CREED BRATTON • From living it up in the Summer of Love to starring in NBC’s The Office, the former Grass Roots guitarist has had a career like no other.

Goose Is Cookin’ • Meet your new favorite jam band

SONGS FROM THE WOOD • Former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre — who recently reconnected with his acoustic side — revisits some choice moments in Tull history, including his “Aqualung” solo, “Steel Monkey” and that weird Grammy win

THE LAST HURRAH • Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward walk us through 57 years of Sabbath history — from the very beginning to Back to the Beginning, the band’s history-making farewell bash in Birmingham, England, this July 5

THE SUPPORTING CAST • Back to the Beginning performers Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, Adam Jones, K.K. Downing, Lzzy Hale, Scott Ian and more talk Sabbath, Iommi and what it’s like getting random texts from musical director Tom Morello

Adam Jones • How Tony Iommi’s unique touch deeply influenced Tool

Jake E. Lee • “Tom Morello said, ‘I can’t see this going on without Jake E. Lee in there somewhere’”

Scott Holiday • Rival Sons, Sabbath’s 2026-17 tour openers, return to the scene of the crime

Jerry Cantrell • How Alice in Chains hit it off with Ozzy back in ’91

Lzzy Hale • How Halestorm wound up playing Ronnie James Dio’s final...