Breaking: Duane Eddy, a pioneer of rock guitar famous for his twanging sound, and iconic, era-defining instrumentals like Rebel Rouser, has died at 86

“We’re honored to watch the advent of this musical journey and hope you, too, enjoy the chorus of Mirador”: Jake Kiszka has started a new band – and they’re on tour with Greta Van Fleet right now trib.al/UN5E4pz

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“A mechanical riff so crushingly heavy that it will give you the bends”: April 2024 Guitar World editors' picks trib.al/jvyrcPf

“This Blink-182 classic is a belter!” Robert Fripp and Toyah take a pop-punk detour with mad “elderly edition” of Blink-182’s Dammit (aka Growing Up) trib.al/LwH4XBe

“It was very emotional. He said, ‘This is where it belongs’”: Jon Bon Jovi has been reunited with the first guitar he ever owned, 45 years after he sold it trib.al/U6zCDnc

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“Even Eddie Van Halen – god bless him, I love him – was mainly pentatonic. I was radically different”: Yngwie Malmsteen on Rising Force and the introduction of a neoclassical shred icon trib.al/nfV99Yx

I wrote the epic 'Escape from the Machines' when I was 15, and never dreamed I would one day hear it performed by Slash & #JoeSatriani (@chickenfootjoe), two of the Guitar Gods who inspired it.

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“I was extremely hungover. The producer called me into the studio and had me sit at the desk and do the solo. I was really in pain, but I pulled it off”: Adrian Smith on how Iron Maiden went beyond epic with Powerslave trib.al/VRKexZj

“There isn’t much guitar at all for the first three tracks. Nobody gave me the memo about what a record should sound like”: How Steve Vai revolutionized guitar with his debut album, Flex-Able trib.al/YXjqtxm

“I’m really sorry we didn’t get to work together”: Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck were planning a collaborative album before Beck died trib.al/VGaGYa7

“It’s a shoo-in for any gigging musician”: Gibson Les Paul Modern Studio review trib.al/AcOpyPd

“From my dorm room in college to stages with Harry Styles, this guitar has been with me through all of it. I’m truly devastated”: Guitarist’s 20-year-old Martin wrecked after flying Delta trib.al/38JP5p5

“My dad always said, ‘Focus on your rhythm and writing songs.’ But when I got the itch to start doing solos, I got into Eddie Van Halen”: Trev Lukather on the guitar lessons he learned from his dad, Steve Lukather trib.al/Mq4lNVx

“Blending the best of his blues rock chops with an unmistakable Deep Purple sound”: Deep Purple share their first single with new guitarist Simon McBride trib.al/Oi9ZJbM

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“I never thought little ol’ 15-year-old me playing metal guitar in my bedroom would amount to this moment”: Social media shredder Kiki Wong announced as new Smashing Pumpkins guitarist after 10,000 applications trib.al/U7OzJEC

“If you walk through a Guitar Center, you see an awful lot of $300 guitars. If I’m a serious musician, it doesn’t feel like the right place for me anymore”: Guitar Center’s new CEO explains why the firm’s future must prioritize premium guitars trib.al/hVbyiMA