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“I was on tour, doomscrolling. I got a targeted ad, and it showed a picture of this guitar”: The time Misha Mansoor found his lost Jackson Juggernaut signature guitar in a Guitar Center

Mansoor was left with seller’s remorse until social media saved the day

Guitar World · May 18

“I walked into a Guitar Center one day and took it off the wall. It launched 1,000 ships of people chasing that sound”: The guitar that changed Billy Corgan’s life

It soundtracked two of the biggest alt-rock albums of all time, but as the Smashing Pumpkins leader remembers, the guitar itself was far from expensive

Guitar World · Feb 2

“They called the police and said, ‘This is Mark Tremonti’s guitar’”: Mark Tremonti once had one of his earliest PRS guitars stolen – but a fan bought it back for him from a Guitar Center parking lot

The gorgeous single-cut was thought to be lost forever, until one eagle-eyed fan saved the day

Guitar World · Dec 19, 2025

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“Sometimes I go to a Guitar Center, see a kid jamming and I’ll start jamming with them. We look at each other and it’s, like, a moment”: Yvette Young-backed emo icons Algernon Cadwallader are back – and as giddy and technically dazzling as ever

Reunited double-lead guitarists Joe Reinhart and Colin Mahony on writing complex songs on drugs, the album’s secret ska song and connecting with next-gen rippers at Guitar Center

Guitar World · Sep 29, 2025

“We drove to a Guitar Center, ran in just before closing and bought a Fender P-Bass… we re-tracked almost every song on Enema of the State with it”: Mark Hoppus charts his bass origin story, embracing amp modelers and switching from Ernie Ball to Fender

In a rare interview, the blink-182 bassist shares his tone secrets, the bassline he still struggles to play, and how Ned’s Atomic Dustbin changed the way he approaches the bass

Guitar World · Oct 16, 2024

“I’d never played a Strat before. But when Audioslave was forming, I was looking for a new guitar. I went into a Guitar Center and found this Strat on the wall. It spoke to me deeply”: Tom Morello on the origins and mods of his Soul Power Strat

The Soul Power was the instrument of new beginnings for Tom Morello, a stock, off-the-wall Guitar Center purchase that was soon to be customized, soon to be iconic in Audioslave. This is its story

Guitar World · Jul 26, 2024

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