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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Microtonal guitar and the unruly rise of Canadian rock

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Morello’s Got Game • How — with an out-of-nowhere, 36-hour deadline — Tom Morello contributed a ready-to-go track (with a fearsome riff) to the latest Final Fantasy XIV update

Billy Squier • The man behind “The Stroke” and “Lonely Is the Night” on his Don’t Say No Tele, imposter syndrome and the acoustic album he’s especially proud of

Bella Perron • Wildfire shredding and whiplash licks prove that this Maine-bred gun-for-hire can hold her own. Now based in L.A., she’s in extra-high demand

When It Rains, It Tours • How session guitar legend Eddie Martinez wound up with Prince’s Purple Rain-era Mesa Boogie Coliseum 300 amp

Punks with a Head of Steam • With classic-era guitarist Steve Diggle at the helm, U.K. punk-rock originals the Buzzcocks are nowhere near calling it quits

Greg Freeman • This maverick’s latest slice of alt-country-indie comes with an attitude that belies his whimsical portraits of small-town America

Ulrika Spacek • Television, Radiohead, Nineties shoegaze: formidable influences inform alt-rock soundscapes that feature a triple-guitar threat

COVER MODELS

Pulling Music (from the Past) • Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook explains why he and Chris Difford shelved their 1974 Trixies demo for 52 years — and pulled it out of mothballs for a guitar-heavy 2026 concept album

THE GEAR HUNTER 3rd Power Amps • How Vain guitarist Dylana Nova Scott leaned on an impressive production background to design boutique amps for some of the biggest names in the biz

PERSONALITIES Amir Derakh • Who knew the guy that replaced Craig Goldy in Rough Cutt (and was edged out by Zakk for the Ozzy gig) was an undercover guitar-synth master?

SOME KINDA BLUE • Wielding her signature custom Ibanez RG, and with a new solo album on the launchpad, Dethklok and Danny Elfman guitarist Nili Brosh is set to go interstellar

THE SWEET LIFE • The Sweet, one of the best-loved bands of the glam era, splashed color, fun and rock-solid riffs across the ’70s pop world. Guitarist Andy Scott, sole surviving member of the U.K. icons’ classic lineup, looks back at good times and bad

ALLIED FORCES • Against all odds, beloved Canadian power trio Triumph are hitting the road this spring — but they’re not a trio anymore. Rik Emmett discusses this old/new Phil X-enhanced version of the band

PERSONAL TRIUMPH • Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X — the guitar star of Triumph’s final studio album — won’t be holding anything back when he joins Rik Emmett front and center this spring

RE-ENTER… STAGE LEFT • Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee give us the inside story on their utterly unexpected return to the limelight

HEAVY LIES THE CROWN • Rush are still Canada’s prog-rock kings, but Ontario duo Crown Lands could be poised to one-up them (or, in this case, one-down them)

CLOSEST TO THE HEART • The 20 greatest Alex Lifeson guitar moments from Rush’s studio catalog

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