GuitarWorld
Guitar World is a monthly magazine dedicated to guitar enthusiasts, with its first issue released in July 1980. Each edition features exclusive interviews, reviews of albums and gear, as well as guitar and bass tabs for around five songs per month. The magazine is issued 13 times a year, including 12 regular monthly editions and an additional holiday issue. Originally published by Harris Publications, it was acquired by Future US in 2003. In 2012, NewBay Media purchased Future US's Music division. Additionally, Future US published a related magazine called Guitar Legends, which compiled themed collections of past articles from Guitar World.
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15 hours ago |
guitarworld.com | Phil Weller |Joe Matera
Snowy White is best known for the two albums he made with Thin Lizzy in the early ‘80s, Chinatown and Renegade. He also wrote himself into Pink Floyd folklore by participating in an Animals sessions – and the band’s live album, Is There Anybody Out There? A host of solo albums soon followed, and by 1994 he was readying his sixth LP, Highway to the Sun. It's notable for its impressive cast of co-guitarists, with David Gilmour and Thin Lizzy alumni Gary Moore taking guest spots.
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19 hours ago |
guitarworld.com | Phil Weller
Gibson Films has shared a first glimpse into its Lost to the Future documentary as the stars of the 1985 blockbuster smash Back to the Future come together to hunt down its iconic Cherry Red ES-345. Earlier this week, Gibson announced it was undertaking a worldwide search for the electric guitar rented from Norman's Rare Guitars for use in the film's influential Johnny B. Goode scene.
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21 hours ago |
guitarworld.com | Phil Weller
In recent years, Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. have gone from hardy, post-punk upstarts playing clubs to festival headliners, enjoying huge success on both sides of the Atlantic. In a fresh rig rundown, guitarist Carlos O'Connell has revealed how an unassuming spring reverb is his secret weapon throughout that life-changing period.
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22 hours ago |
guitarworld.com | Phil Weller
Eddie Van Halen is the guitarist most people think of when the word ‘Frankenstein’ is uttered in guitar circles, but Rory Gallagher had one of his own, and it’s just sold at auction for $50K. A Dave Edwards custom-made Strat, it served as Rory Gallagher's number two guitar in the late ’70s and early ’80s, when his main squeeze, his timeless and time-worn 1961 Strat, started playing up, or simply needed a rest – and now it’s made quite the journey to the auction block.
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1 day ago |
guitarworld.com | Phil Weller
Bill Finnegan, the creator of the iconic Klon Centaur pedal has filed a lawsuit against Behringer owner MusicTribe for its $69 Klon copy. The overdrive pedal, which launched in 1994, has since become one of the world's most sought-after pedals. Its success, and limited production runs, also mean that it is one of the most copied stompboxes in the game, with Finnegan warning that fake Centaurs were being sold “for big money” back in 2023.
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