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.

PASSING THE TORCH

GUITAR WORLD

SOUNDING BOARD

Surf Noir • STOMPING GARAGE AND SURF SOUNDS COLLIDE ON JD McPHERSON’S LATEST LONG PLAYER, NITE OWLS

Deep Sea Diver • PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS SEATTLE BAND — WHETHER OR NOT JESSICA DOBSON IS PLAYING SMOKING LEADS ATOP HER EYE-CATCHING “GUITAR SOLO BOX”

5 FIVE QUESTIONS ARYAN KING • THE RISING INSTAGRAM STAR — AND BIG-TIME GIBSON FAN — EXPLAINS HOW HE LOST ALL HIS GUITARS IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE, AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

Billy King & the Bad Bad Bad • “I WAS SITTING IN AN INNERTUBE, FLOATING IN A CIRCLE, AND THEN THAT LITTLE WALKDOWN CAME TO ME.” HOW ONE OF OUR FAVORITE RIFFS OF 2024 WAS BORN ON A RAGING RIVER IN TEXAS

Queen Diamond • TETRARCH CO-FOUNDER DIAMOND ROWE DISCUSSES HER HISTORY-MAKING SIGNATURE JACKSON PRO SERIES GUITAR. “AND IT ALL COMES FROM JUST BEING DIAMOND”

KNAGGS GUITARS • Having cut his teeth working at the PRS factory, rising from finishing assistant to production manager and head of Private Stock, Joe Knaggs is easily one of the most talented luthiers in the game. Here’s his story...

IF GUITAR GOD IS A WOMAN • With renewed confidence and a slew of new guitar-forward songs, Larkin Poe’s Rebecca and Megan Lovell are upping the ante of their blues-rock sound once again on seventh album Bloom

7 MAGNIFICENT • Tearing up the blueprint with an octave G string, Johnny Marr’s new seven-string Martin signature model is a distillation of all the British icon’s most rebellious opinions on acoustic (and yes, there’s also a six-string version)

TAKE NO PRISONERS • In this exclusive excerpt from Dreaming Japanese, Marty Friedman’s new autobiography (co-written by frequent GW contributor Jon Wiederhorn), the ace guitarist details his auditions with Ozzy, Megadeth and — what’s this about Madonna?

SONS OF ANARCHY • Like father, like son! We meet six guitar-wielding heroes who followed in their dads’ footsteps, escaped their intimidating family legacies and forged paths of their own

Out For Blood • Alice in Chains mainstay Jerry Cantrell explains why (and how) he swerved into “a much more aggressive lane” for his new solo outing, I Want Blood.Plus AI hysteria, misplaced G&L guitars and Jeff Beck’s bag…

The Ultimate Guitar Shop • Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the legendary guitarist’s entire career — from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp

Blown Away • Jeff Beck’s landmark Blow by Blow dramatically transformed the future for instrumental electric guitar music. Fifty years later, it still remains an inspirational force

TC Electronic Plethora X1 TonePrint Loader

Xotic XSS Super S-Style electric guitar

Caparison Dellinger-JSM V2

Tallon Electric “The Noise”

Martin D-X2E Brazilian 12-string

HAUNTING MELODIES • Neo-classical, Danny Elfman-style arpeggios

SAILIN’ WITH LOWELL • The great Lowell George and his Dumble amplifier

PENTATONICS PLUS! • Combining major and minor pentatonics with chromatics

HEED THE CALL • How to use “call and response” phrasing

Performance Notes • HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS

“JADED” Spiritbox • ...