What's New: June 24th, 2025

premierguitar June 24, 2025

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The Rig Rundown Rig Rundown!

I've been lucky to serve as host, producer, and editor of the Rig Rundown for Premier Guitar for over a decade, and in this video, we'll walk through the cameras and audio gear we're currently using to bring you in-depth looks at your favorite artists' rigs. You'll see how Chris Kies and I have evolved our video and audio setup over the years and how a recent chance encounter led to a major upgrade with help and advice from our friends at Sweetwater.

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“This epic is Page’s crowning achievement in guitar orchestration”: Led Zeppelin's 50 greatest songs

In homage to what is arguably hard rock’s most innovative group (and certainly its most influential), what follows is a tour of 50 of the…

guitarworld January 9, 2025

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“I went to Lars’ house, and he played me the tape of Hit the Lights. I said, ‘This song sucks. You need more guitar solos’”: They forged a new sound, and in 10 years, they were the biggest band in the world

It was in Los Angeles almost 30 years ago that Lars Ulrich, a teenage tennis prodigy turned drummer, first jammed with James Hetfield, a guitarist…

guitarworld December 12, 2024

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Zakk Wylde: “The sound of Pantera comes from Dimebag’s love for Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads. The playing is rooted in precision”

On December 18, 2022, about two weeks after playing their first-ever show together since 2001, Pantera are getting ready to tear up the Knotfest Carnival stage…

guitarworld June 13, 2023

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Remembering the guitarists we lost in 2024

From the get-go, it’s been a remarkable year for guitar. There have been light-year leaps in tech, unexpected collaborations, genre boundaries have been shattered, new…

guitarworld December 27, 2024

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