Tag: guitar world

Dive bomb addiction is one of the harshest sicknesses a guitar player can encounter. While treatment is available, the road to recovery is difficult, and many players find themselves falling…

Hey, finally something interesting. Kyle Shutt, guitarist from the Sword, has recorded a doom version of Pink Floyd’s legendary 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Shutt’s album, titled…

On April 28, we announced that Zakk Wylde would reunite with his old boss—Ozzy Osbourne—for a 2017 summer tour that happens to mark the 30th anniversary of the duo’s first…

Paul Reed Smith, legendary guitarmaker and guitarist for the PRS Band, has the world’s attention with his latest release, Time to Testify. Produced by Wyzard Seay, Brent Mason, Peter Denenberg…

Continuing our previous two lessons’ exploration of the add-2 arpeggio, I’d now like to show you another neat thing you can do with this elegant-sounding four-note entity, and that is…

In part one of this lesson, you learned how to play the basic and reverse gallop rhythms. Once you can play these two patterns at a variety of tempos, the…

Here’s a video featuring guitarist Erlend Krauser demoing the Kemper Profiler. While working on his new solo album, Krauser—who spent 20-plus years as a guitarist in the James Last Orchestra—was…

Becoming a versatile guitar player is something everyone should consider, regardless of whether your passion lies, genre-wise. Training yourself to be fluent in multiple styles of music will actually improve your…

The Mission is classic rock giant Styx’s 16th studio album and their first disc of new material in more than 14 years. The concept album—which will be released June 16—is an…