“This bass has plenty of cutting power, and it's versatile enough to handle just about any gig”: Cort GB-Fusion 4 review
What is it? Bassists may not be too familiar with the Cort brand name, but it’s odds on that you’ve already played on a guitar…
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“Eric had sweated through the paint job – not long after that the headstock snapped off”: Also owned by George Harrison, Eric Clapton's “Fool” SG was already legendary by the time it ended up in Todd Rundgren's hands – but that journey had taken its toll
Eric Clapton has never been one to hold onto every guitar he owns and plays. He gave his While My Guitar Gently Weeps Les Paul…
Guitar World deals of the week: save over $1,000 on a Gibson acoustic, bag a chunky $100 off a J. Rockett pedal, plus all the week's best bargains
Despite the fact Memorial Day is still well over a week away, we’re already starting to see fresh shoots of great deals appear from retailers…
“Johnny will sometimes come out with something and we’ll laugh at the bludgeoning nature of it”: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs on happy accidents with broken pedals, collabs with hip-hop royalty, and the riff that’s so heavy they can’t play it live
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs’ latest album Death Hilarious is deathly serious about blowing your hair back. That should be no surprise –…
“Ilike doing weird things like playing myphone through my pickups, and then looping that while playing over the top”: How Bonnie Trash’s Emmalia Bortolon-Vettor is reinventing guitar sounds with a $1 ring slide, a looper and her imagination
On their second full-length, Mourning You, Ontario post-punk quartet Bonnie Trash are purging the darkest depths of their souls and holding a mirror to the…
"We wrote a song based on a riff I had. The idea was to be Mahavishnu Orchestra with vocals": After Deep Purple decided not to hire him after Ritchie Blackmore's departure, Clem Clempson almost formed a wild supergroup with Glenn Hughes and David Bowie
When Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple in 1974, there were internal discussions about whether the group could continue without their talisman guitarist. The story goes…
“A rare and culturally critical guitar directly tied to the end of the Beatles and Cream”: A 1913 Gibson acoustic – played and owned by George Harrison and Eric Clapton – has been listed on Reverb
A Gibson Style O archtop acoustic guitar – played and owned by Eric Clapton and Goerge Harrison – has gone up for sale on Reverb,…
“The first thing you need to do islisten to what the other instrumentalist isplaying and see if what you’re doing can enhance that”: Cory Wong on the secrets of collaboration and how to stack and blend guitar parts that complement the song
This month, I’d like to talk about some effective approaches to weaving multiple guitar parts together, whether working with another guitarist or layering parts for…
“If Bobby and Mickey want to do it, I want to do it”: Dead & Company’s Sphere residency is drawing to a close – but is new music from John Mayer and Bob Weir on the cards?
Dead & Company’s second residency at the Las Vegas Sphere may be reaching the end, but Bob Weir and John Mayer recently offered fresh hope…
“The first emotion was abject fear. Pick your poison, Michael Jackson, or Quincy Jones”: Session guitar great Dann Huff recalls his first time recording with the King of Pop
Session player extraordinaire Dann Huff has had his fair share of iconic sessions – it’s enough to mention that, in the ’80s alone, the six-stringer-turned-producer…