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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The Great Gig in the Sky • On album number four, Brooklyn-based indie rockers Momma find themselves at their most autobiographical, searching deep to channel the music

INQUIRER Ricky Byrd • The former Joan Jett guitarist — who just released the new NYC Made — discusses adopting Jeff Beck’s amp philosophy and, of course, getting pelted with 9-volt batteries

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Different Strokes • Why have one cool rock band when you can have two? Meet the fleet-fingered ax-slingers from Strokes singer Julian Casablancas’ inventive other band, the Voidz

MY LIFE IN THREE GUITARS Zakk Wylde • The trio of axes that have meant the most to the Ozzy, BLS and Zakk Sabbath guitar god

Double Whammy • Khruangbin’s Mark Speer and Laura Lee Ochoa make Fender history as the first bandmates to get a signature guitar and bass at the same time

Phoneboy • The New Jersey indie quintet revisit their pop-punk influences on their new album, Heartbreak Designer

Bumblefoot • Former GN’R ax-slinger Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal returns with a slick new instrumental album, assisted by Brian May, Steve Vai and Guthrie Govan

Ally Venable • The Texas triple-threat on the importance of women’s rights, magenta Les Pauls and “facing your own blues”

The Discussion • Kylesa guitarist Laura Pleasants strips back her tones to great effect with her streamlined solo project

IN MEMORIAM All American Boy • A tribute to rock guitar legend Rick Derringer (1947-2025)

THE GEAR HUNTER Keeley Electronics • Drawing on his background in electrical engineering, Robert Keeley has spent more than two decades building reliable and innovative pedals, from his top-selling Compressor to one notably trippy device

PERSONALITIES Al Jardine • The longtime Beach Boys guitarist talks lesser-known albums Surf’s Up and Holland, his six-string relationship with Carl Wilson, his early Seventies Beach Boys gear, new EP and more

READY PLAYER ONE • Inhaler’s Josh Jenkinson is living proof that this generation’s guitar heroes actually got hooked on guitar courtesy of — you guessed it — Guitar Hero

ANARCHY IN THE U.S. • Original Sex Pistols Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook are about to kick off a super-rare U.S. tour with 41-year-old Frank Carter — as in, not Johnny Rotten — on vocals. Says Jones, “For the first time in a long time, I’m really enjoying doing Pistols songs.”

EVEN MORE PISTOLS? NEVER SAY NEVER! • Glen Matlock recalls Sex Pistols reunions past and present and discusses the likelihood of new music from the U.K. punk legends

DUO EX MACHINA • Billy Corgan & Kiki Wong — the Smashing Pumpkins’ first and latest guitarists, respectively — discuss how bonding over Dimebag Darrell and dressing like "Rob Halford's cousin" helped turn Wong into a Pumpkin overnight

The making of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness TALES OF A SCORCHED EARTH • Thirty years after its release, Billy Corgan looks back on the making of the Smashing Pumpkins’ era-defining grand opus, 1995’s Mellon Collie and...