Tag: guitar world

Tapping is one of the coolest, most impressive-sounding techniques in guitar playing. Not surprisingly, it’s also one of the most difficult and least understood. Tapping, unlike other styles, uses the…

Joe Satriani’s second studio album, 1987’s Surfing with the Alien, was a game changer for Instrumental rock. The album, which features such instro-guitar classics as “Always with Me, Always with…

Well-known musical instrument speaker manufacturer Jensen has shared a few video demos showcasing its Jet series Tornado Stealth speakers. As the company’s newest addition, the Jet series shares the same…

David Gilmour is one of the few guitar players who might cause me to wreck my car one day; every time I hear one of his solos, I close my…

Ernie Ball has shared a handful of videos featuring guitarist players giving hell to their latest string innovation—the break-resistant Paradigm strings. Today’s challenger is Stephen Egerton of the Descendents, who…

For today’s column, I’m going full metrosexual. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s discuss nail care. Specifically, let’s talk about files. Because the only thing that could possibly get me interested in…

You don’t need me to tell you that the Internet has connected humanity in ways our forefathers never could have imagined. Through the power of this platform, certain occupations have…

In this lesson video, which hit the interwebs almost three years ago, Rick Graham—a UK-based guitar instructor with 100,000 followers on YouTube—shares the five simple steps that he feels truly helped…

Jerry Garcia’s infamous “Wolf” guitar will once again hit the auction block with Guernsey’s—but this time to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Guernsey’s previously sold the guitar in…