Guitar World

@GuitarWorld

The world’s biggest guitar magazine and website. Est. 1980.

New York City

Joined March 2009

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 9 h

When tapping's not shredding: how to play tapped harmonics like Eddie Van Halen guitarworld.com/lessons/techni…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Tapped harmonics were among Eddie Van Halen's trademark techniques. Learn how to make your guitar scream and sing

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · Jul 22

“I didn’t know John had a pink one coming out, so it looked like John had given me a pink guitar and I’d relic’d it. People were mad”: Zach Myers’ heavy relic’d PRS John Mayer Silver Sky has given him so much grief he might burn it guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Myers got the jump on PRS when he started playing a relic'd pink Silver Sky – before the official Roxy Pink version came out

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 47 m

“If you’re a beginner looking for a bedroom amp, then this can cover any style of playing you can throw at it”: Mooer SD10i Intelligent Amp review guitarworld.com/gear/combo-amp…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. A mini amp with 52 amp modes, 49 effects, tuner, drum machine and recording interface all in a compact, portable package

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 6 h

“I traveled around the world for four years, recording 22 guests in some crazy places”: Jimmy Rip remembers recording Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and more for one of the greatest all-star albums of all time guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. The project saw the producer and guitarist travel the world and record legendary players in unusual locations

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 7 h

“This might be stupid coming from the son of Eddie Van Halen”: Wolfgang Van Halen on why not every song needs a guitar solo guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Shredding does feature on Mammoth’s third album, The End, but guitar solos aren’t always a given

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 7 h

“They labelled us as teenage jailbait or punk rock. Just give me my guitar. I just wanted to play”: Lita Ford reflects on The Runaways and why people didn't know what to make of the pioneering band guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Ford recalls how, back then, she was working hard to carve her own playing style and path, without “trying to copy any other guitarists – not even my favourite, Ritchie Blackmore”

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 7 h

Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarists through the years: the players who served the Prince of Darkness for his classic albums and tours, in pictures guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. The Black Sabbath frontman shared stage and studio with a pantheon of guitar greats, and made household names out of many of his six-string sideman

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 9 h

“Championing the artists who are redefining the role of guitar in music and culture”: Fender Next previously touted Wet Leg, Phoebe Bridgers and IDLES as ‘Ones to Watch’ – find out which artists were handpicked for its class of 2025 guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. UK's Lambrini Girls, Chicago's Horsegirl, Paris' Oracle Sisters and Wuhan's Chinese Football are among this year's picks

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 9 h

“Every other Strat I picked up at the time didn’t have the same feeling to me”: Warren Haynes on why the theft of a Custom Shop Strat convinced him to change to Gibson Les Pauls guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. The loss of the guitar broke his heart, so Haynes decided to venture into new realms

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 12 h

“We had some great fun. Four kids from Aston. Who’d have thought, eh?” Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to the Prince of Darkness guitarworld.com/artists/black-…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Iommi, Butler and Ward reflect on the passing of their Black Sabbath bandmate, who has died aged 76

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 12 h

“Ozzy changed the world. For millions of people, it’s nearly impossible to imagine where we might be if he hadn’t”: Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025 – the guitar world pays tribute guitarworld.com/artists/ozzy-o…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Zakk Wylde, Tom Morello, Yungblud, Slash, Ronnie Wood and more have all come out to remember the life and legacy of the legendary singer

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 13 h

“Whenever I feel like a guitar is indispensable, I want to pawn it. It’s held me back from being a good player”: Want to make as many records as King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard? Abuse $10 amps, don’t bring songs to sessions and never get comfortable guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Stu Mackenzie’s Australian troup have released 27 albums in 12 years, powered by a unique work ethic and ignoring how people describe the results. But they might just be starting to slow down

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 13 h

“Leo Kottke used this guitar and described it as ‘the best‑sounding New Yorker I’vepersonally played’”: This 1942 New Yorker proves why D’Angelico’s acoustic archtops are widely regarded as the peak of Jazz Age lutherie guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/1…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Over the past 80 years this well-travelled archtop has had illustrious owners and featured on landmark recordings from Miles Davis, Leo Kottke and more

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · 13 h

“We have to ask: canthe electric guitar get any better?” With 40 years of groundbreaking luthierie behind it, the limited PRS Charcoal Phoenix is deserving of its mythical status guitarworld.com/gear/electric-…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. One of PRS Guitars’ 40th Anniversary special editions, limited to 150 units, this is the one Paul himself plays, and it’s perched at the summit of our wishlist

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · Jul 22

“I want someone that’s hungry. I want someone who wants to go out and kick Eddie Van Halen’s ass”: Ozzy Osbourne rates his guitarists – and reflects on the highs and lows of Black Sabbath guitarworld.com/artists/ozzy-o…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. In this classic interview from the GW archives, the Prince of Darkness speaks candidly about bandmates past and present – from Randy Rhoads to Zakk Wylde – and what he looks for in a guitarist

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · Jul 22

“I'm no superman, no person from another planet – I'm just a lucky guy”: Ozzy Osbourne was an extraordinary frontman and working class hero with great taste in guitar players guitarworld.com/artists/ozzy-o…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. The Black Sabbath icon has died at the age of 76, and leaves behind a legacy of game-changing music and guitar talent

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · Jul 22

Steve Morse tackles Led Zeppelin, Mountain, Cream and Lynyrd Skynyrd hits – and honors a cast of guitar greats during intimate jam session guitarworld.com/artists/concer…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. Appearing at a book launch event, Morse took on five classic rock cuts with YouTube royalty in the tiny crowd

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · Jul 22

“The company's performance has deteriorated due to the rise of the secondhand market and intensifying competition”: Iconic Japanese guitar firm Fernandes Guitars files for bankruptcy yet again – but there's still hope for fans of the brand guitarworld.com/music-industry…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. The company – which has been championed by Kirk Hammett, Billie Joe Armstrong, Keanu Reeves and Robert Trujillo – had previously filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in July 2024

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · Jul 22

Guitar Center employee allegedly charged over $5,000 to credit cards that belonged to “rude” customers guitarworld.com/music-industry…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. The 18-year-old reportedly chose “customers who were rude to him, used foul language, and made situations bad for him” as his victims

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Guitar World@GuitarWorld · Jul 22

“There was one bit I used to play at a bit of a stretch. He told me, ‘Oh, no, I play it like this’”: Paul McCartney gave Robbie McIntosh a guitar lesson on their first meeting – and showed him how to play a Beatles classic properly guitarworld.com/artists/guitar…

GuitarWorld's tweet card. The pair would come full circle and perform the song together years later during an MTV Unplugged session

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