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“The best Katana models to date”: From functional updates to an all-new amp mode, BOSS has taken its Katana amp range to unprecedented heights with overhauled Gen 3 lineup

The third generation of BOSS’ award-winning Katana family ushers in highly requested updates, improved tones and flexible connectivity

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“The first thing they’ll try and do is make one of the six-string guitar shapes work. It's a car crash!” Jacob Collier on how his 5-string signature Strandberg guitar is forcing guitarists to rethink their approach to playing

Collier sees his off-kilter five-string setup as a vehicle for guitarists to push beyond their limits

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“We use 3D modeling tools to design guitar bodies to have target tonal and resonance characteristics”: The innovative tech that brought Yamaha’s groundbreaking 2024 Pacificas to life

Yamaha’s new Pacifica Professional and Standard Plus have a familiar shape, but deliver a revolutionary take on the much-loved S-style, drawing on a collaboration with Rupert Neve Designs and what the brand learned from the Revstar

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“I’m not using conventional chord sequences but things that give me a fresh feeling and opportunities to improvise”: Steve Howe’s new solo album, Guitarscape, is a love letter to the instrument that has held his attention for so long

Guitarscape benefits from a fresh compositional outlook provided by writing on keyboards, and an instinctive songwriting partnership with his son, Dylan

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“Music means everything to me, and this charity believes in sharing the power of music with everyone who needs it”: Mark Knopfler is giving away an extremely rare acoustic guitar to raise funds for charity

The guitar, of which only 24 were made, is the result of a collaboration between Knopfler and Boswell Guitars

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“Completely melted the faces off of the entire continent of Europe”: 13 year-old Roman Morello proves his father right – he can shred circles around him

There’s certainly no need for a DNA test in this fresh clip showcasing Roman’s chops…

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“People quickly realized my guitar was cheaper than a Mexican Strat and better made… I still don’t know how they make it at that price point”: Nick Johnston on how his signature Schecter conquered the world

The Canadian instrumental mastermind continues the quest for tension on his latest album, Child of Bliss, and proves once again that he is totally the sort of player to torch the rulebook

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“Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page didn’t think a Strat could play the blues. But they all went to buy Strats after they saw me”: Buddy Guy on why the Strat is damn right a blues guitar

Buddy was the first great blues player to bend the Strat to his will. He explains what makes it great, and shares the story behind his Strat from the cover of the July '91 issue of GW

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“Faithful reproductions at affordable prices miles below their vintage counterparts”: Warm Audio Warm Bender and RingerBringer review

Warm Audio's latest hot plate of vintage-inspired effects pedals presents us with a three-circuit Tone Bender-style fuzz and an all-analog Moog-inspired ring mod – and an abundance of mojo for our 'boards

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“I said to Billy, ‘We should order one of these, and I’ll play it. It’ll be hilarious.’ Then it went viral. I hate playing that bass. Now I’ve got to play it every night”: Elwood Francis on why he regrets his 17-string bass becoming a ZZ Top staple

Elwood Francis reveals the origins of his preposterous 17-string bass – and why he’s disappointed it went viral

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Download and stream the audio from Guitar Techniques 364

All of the videos, backing tracks and audio from issue 364 of Guitar Techniques, to download and stream.

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“We set up Eric and Duane in the studio, so they were face-to-face about two feet apart. They could literally touch each other’s guitars if they wanted to”: The Albert Brothers on recording Hendrix, Clapton, the Allman Brothers – and that Layla session

Ron and Howard’s innovative recording techniques became synonymous with the ’70s – but the humble siblings say they were just lucky to get to work with the best

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“It’s in a tuning that I call ‘Lazy Keith Richards’”: Melvins’ Dale Crover invents a new guitar tuning – and lands a Kim Thayil guest solo – for his new single

Thayil has consistently expressed his admiration for the Melvins, even crediting the band for introducing drop-D tuning to hard rock

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“A tribute to the creative soul of the Stratocaster”: Fender debuts the perfect summer accessory – Strat sunglasses

Available in both Black and Surf Green, it’s easier than ever to keep your eyes on your guitar

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“You'll have to be a straight badass just to carry it let alone play it – I want to see what someone can do with it”: Jason Newsted is selling the 10-string Alembic bass used on Metallica’s Black Album tour – and more than 60 other instruments

The musician has collected some rare, weird, and wonderful instruments over his 40-year career, now he’s teamed-up with Reverb to get them into the hands of new players

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“In the Smiths, I used to take 14 guitars out on the road. In The The I’d just take two Strats”: The custom Fender Strat that helped launch Johnny Marr’s post-Smiths career is up for auction

The auction also includes Marr's 1980s Mesa/Boogie amplifier rig, which he used during his tenure with English post-punk band The The

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“A multi-effects pedal on steroids”: Catalinbread’s Bitters reimagines Alesis’ cult sound-mangling DJ effects unit as a guitar pedal – and adds one crucial fix

The Bitters pedal offers a host of out there effects which can be tamed or intensified with a Mix knob

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PRS has dropped its objection to Gibson’s Theodore trademark – but the dispute continues outside of the courts

The McCarty-era sketch that Gibson recently brought to life has caused ruptures with the McCarty estate

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“There's one little lick which annoyed me for a long, long time”: Deep Purple’s Simon McBride on the Ritchie Blackmore lick he found most difficult to learn

McBride has also discussed where he thinks Blackmore's compositional strength lies

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“Your ultimate companion for musical adventures on the go”: Meet the Guild Traveler, a solid mahogany travel acoustic that costs under $250 – and can fit in a plane’s overhead compartment

The new small body acoustic looks like it’s making a serious play to be the best value travel guitar on the market

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“When we lost Taylor, it was very painful for me… I'll be honest, I didn’t pick up the guitar for about a year”: Dave Navarro finished an album with Taylor Hawkins – then he lost his friend, his band and his love of guitar playing

The returning Jane's Addiction guitarist opens up on his struggles to play guitar after the tragic passing of his collaborator in supergroup NHC

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“I can’t think of any current guitar heroes that I have. All of my guitar heroes are into their seventies or no longer with us”: Towa Bird is one of Gen Z’s biggest guitar stars – and she built her own brand of energetic rock from classic influences

The viral star of TikTok and and late-night television makes her debut album with the stellar American Hero, an album steeped in rock history, but with one eye to the future

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“I’m checking my sources, but it’s possible that we snapped here”: Vulfpeck guitarist Cory Wong joins anarchic electronic artist Marc Rebillet for a surprise frenzied funk guitar jam

Rebillet, Wong and his Vulfpeck bandmate saxophonist Joey Dosik delighted fans at the Montreux Jazz Festival with an unexpected collaboration

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Dimebag Darrell wrote the book on the art of shredding – but his rhythm style took metal riffing to a new level

It's time to toss some melodic motifs into the meat grinder for a high-gain rhythm assault in the style of the late Pantera firebrand and Guitar World Columnist, Dimebag Darrell

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“Be yourself and play what moves you. James Jamerson said it best: ‘If you don’t feel it, don’t play it’”: Parlor Greens’ Jimmy James is putting the soul back into guitar, groove by groove

With his inspired new trio, Seattle guitarist Jimmy James digs deep into Meters-style funk, rocking his Silvertone and making the world a better place

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