Jason Becker hailed his “stunning technique and explosive guitar tone” – now Jien Takahashi is building a unique brand of shred shaped by Ritchie Blackmore, Morbid Angel and a quest to prove “a guitar solo can be as persuasive as a singer’s voice”
The rising Japanese virtuoso has an undying love for the shred heroics of Becker and Marty Friedman, but also uses his Ibanez, PRS and occasionally his $50 Legend Strat copy to traverse much wider melodic ground
Read more » “I tend to brutalize electric guitars, so anything I have in my personal stash stays away from the live stage these days”: John Cale opens up about AI, amp exploration and the emotional potential of effects
The Velvet Underground co-founder returns with Mercy, a new solo album featuring Weyes Blood, Actress and Animal Collective – and Cale’s typically restless search for new sounds
Read more » “Our first artist model for a female guitarist”: Kramer’s Lzzy Hale signature Voyager makes its debut – with a custom body shape and a blinding Holographic Sparkle finish to match
The Halestorm leader’s new guitar represents a string of firsts for Kramer
Read more » “McCartney was fantastic. Mind you, I tried one of those Hofner basses and I thought it was crap”: Judas Priest’s heavy metal veteran Ian Hill picks his top 5 bass albums
From the Beatles to the Bluesbreakers, we asked Ian Hill to name five albums that helped him along the righteous path to metal glory with Judas Priest
Read more » “I thought to myself, ‘Nobody’s done anything with that for at least 25 years. It looks like a piece of medieval torture instrumentation’”: How G7th revolutionized the guitar capo
The British company has sought to give the humble capo a player-friendly future. As with many great ideas, it evolved from a simple question that designer Nick Campling asked himself while playing an acoustic guitar…
Read more » Step aside, Silver Sky: PRS’ best-selling guitar of 2023 wasn’t John Mayer’s signature guitar – it was its all-new ‘Telecaster’-style NF 53 and Myles Kennedy models
Despite only launching in June, the two new entries to the PRS ranks rose straight to the top of the brand’s best-selling six-strings of the year
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Profiler release new music video for ‘Animo’
PROFILER have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Animo, is taken from the Bristol-based nu-metal-meets-metalcore band’s upcoming debut album, A Digital Nowhere, which is scheduled t o…
Read more » Mister Misery release new song ‘Boogeyman Boogie’
MISTER MISERY have released a brand new song! The new song, titled Boogeyman Boogie, is the brand new single from the Swedish horror-themed metal band and follows on from their previous single, Root…
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MICHAEL ANTHONY, WARREN DEMARTINI, SEBASTIAN BACH, Others To Celebrate 1980s Rock At Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp
Join Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to jam with legendary rockers celebrating the iconic music of VAN HALEN and other 1980s rock bands. Unleash your inner rockstar and jam out alongside the best talents, crafting unforgettable musical moments in this exclusive and el…
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Interstellar Audio Machines’ Octonaut Hyperdrive, Fuzzsquatch Fuzzdrive and Marsling Octafuzzdrive
Interstellar Audio Machines’ Octonaut Hyperdrive has recently become one of the most talked about – or, as Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario puts it, hyped about – pedals in…
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