How Kareem 'Big K.O.' Denis and Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels are bringing rock guitar back to hip-hop
When we think about guitar-driven music in all its forms, we don’t often align it with hip-hop. Still, if we harken back to hip-hop’s earlier…
Nuno Bettencourt says one of the new Extreme songs made Steve Vai and Tom Morello cry
With Rise – Extreme’s first new single in 15 years – Nuno Bettencourt set off a chain reaction that sent shockwaves through the electric guitar…
Yvette Young: “I’m really optimistic about the future of guitar. It’s being used in a creative way and people don’t know all the cool sounds you can get from it”
It’s a familiar story: the Californian child of immigrant parents turns guitar playing upside down with a radical approach to two-handed tapping. Yvette Young’s music is nothing…
July 2023 Guitar World lesson videos
Hello, all. How goes it? These video and/or audio files are bonus content related to the July 2023 issue of Guitar World. For the full range…
Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium review
Among all the rare gear that goes for silly money and deserves the ‘unobtainium’ moniker, an original Klon Centaur and a Dumble guitar amp are…
Rob Laakso, Kurt Vile & The Violators guitarist, dies at 44
Rob Laakso, a veteran guitarist best known as a member of Kurt Vile & the Violators, has died at the age of 44. Laakso’s death…
A Jimi Hendrix stage-used 1968 Fender Dual Showman cabinet is headed to the auction block
A 1968 Fender Dual Showman 2×15 guitar cabinet used by Jimi Hendrix at – among other performances – his set at the 1969 Newport Pop…
Wolfgang Van Halen toys with polyrhythms on anthemic new Mammoth WVH track, Like a Pastime
Wolfgang Van Halen has premiered Like a Pastime, the second single (and second track) from Mammoth II, the sophomore full-length album from his Mammoth WVH…
Tony Levin: “D’Angelo’s Voodoo made me want to go back to school as a bassist”
The legendary Tony Levin is truly a bass player for all seasons. Who else straps wooden sticks to their fingers when they play? Having spent…
Walrus Audio Melee review
The Walrus Audio Melee: Wall of Noise pretty much describes itself – it offers a tussle of distortion and reverb with a joystick to blend…