Tag: guitar world

From my earliest days as a guitar player, my musical tastes were very broad—I loved rock, blues, jazz and a variety of other styles. The sounds and emotions evoked by…

When Lollar Pickups created a humbucker-sized version of its Lollartron pickup, the company relied on a particularly “magical” 1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman guitar as the tonal reference. The result was…

In this clip from Ernie Ball, Don Felder tests out the company’s new Expression Series pedals; the Ambient Delay and Expression Overdrive. The Expression Overdrive delivers everything from a hint…

“It’s unlike anything I’ve ever done, but it still makes sense.”  That’s how nine-time Grammy winner Dan Auerbach describes his new album, Waiting On a Song, which will be released June…

Did you know you can make a significant improvement in your Telecaster by swapping a $3 part. In this video, Phillip McKnight explains how a $3 Orange Drop capacitor on…

A lot of us own Fender Strats and know a lot about the model. But as Phillip McKnight demonstrates in this video, there is always something new you can learn….

We’ve teamed up with BackStory Events to present an intimate conversation with Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey and Matt Starr of Mr. Big! Broadcast live from The…

Jerry Garcia’s infamous “Wolf” guitar hit the auction block at last night’s Guernsey’s auction in Brooklyn—and its sale will wind up raising more than $3 million for charity. The guitar…

These are exciting times in the world of Mr. Big. The band, which was formed almost 30 years ago in Los Angeles, will release their ninth studio album, Defying Gravity, next month (July…