The Top 10 Pick Squealers of All Time

What was once the domain of blues-rock string benders is now a staple for most metal guitarists. Here be the dudes who made it so. There has always been a…

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Win an Epiphone Brendon Small Snow Falcon Guitar

Brendon Small—the mastermind behind Metalocalypse and the massive metal band Dethklok—recently released his new high-stakes intergalactic extreme rock/metal album, Galaktikon II: Become The Storm. Now, Small has teamed up with…

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Win an LTD Signature Series Bill Kelliher Sparrowhawk and Disc Makers CD Package

Guitar World has teamed up with ESP Guitars and Disc Makers to give away an LTD Signature Series Bill Kelliher Sparrowhawk and a Disc Makers CD Package The Sparrowhawk is…

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Guitarist Plays ‘Stranger Things’ Theme Song on a Harp Guitar

Stranger Things, the original Netfilx series about a suburban Indiana boy who goes missing (in the most incredibly creepy, monster-filled, horrible way), has more than its share of rabid fans—myself included….

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‘Live at C-Boy’s’: Blues Legend Jimmie Vaughan Shines in a Stripped-Down Setting

Jimmie Vaughan performs in New Orleans in 2014 Fabulous Thunderbirds cofounder Jimmie Vaughan released a new live album on October 20, and it’s worth mentioning for a few reasons. First…

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Ronnie Earl Premieres New Song, “Ain’t That Loving You”

Today, GuitarWorld.com has teamed up with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters to premiere a new song, “Ain’t That Loving You.” Today, GuitarWorld.com has teamed up with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters…

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Watch Metallica Salute Manchester with Cover of “Don’t Look Back in Anger”

Saturday night, October 28, Metallica brought their WorldWired tour to the Manchester Arena, the venue at which a deadly terrorist attack took place during an Ariana Grande concert back in…

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Holiday 2017 Guitar World Gear and Lesson Videos

These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the Holiday 2017 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new…

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Major Pentatonic Scale Exercises with Alternate Picking Patterns

Alternate picking and pentatonic scales tend to make a happy marriage. Since the major pentatonic scale, in particular, can so easily be broken up into dyadic intervals (notes grouped in…

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The Best Guitarists on YouTube Team Up for an Epic Jam

Before I became a serious YouTuber, I was watching most of the musicians in the video below, wishing I could do what they do, play how they play, and, if…

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