Guitar World

Guitar World is the world’s leading guitar magazine. Professionals and beginners alike turn to Guitar World for top-flight coverage of their favorite artists, from rock titans like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Metallica's Kirk Hammett to contemporary stars like the White Stripes' Jack White and Tool's Adam Jones. Every issue of Guitar World magazine offers broad-ranging interviews that cover technique, instruments and lifestyles as well as Guitar World’s famously thorough lessons and transcriptions.

Farewell to Ozzy Osbourne, the John Mayall of heavy metal

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Santa, Laughing, Spreads His Wings • Paradise Lost guitarist Gregor Mackintosh on the tricky task of combining miserablist metal with Yuletide cheer

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Baby Said • Queen-revering British rockers unite indie crunch and a whole lotta classic-rock influences

The Rock-Steady Straight Shooter • Remembering Bad Company’s Mick Ralphs (1944–2025)

Gimme a Three for Texas • After coming up on the same scene, Texas-bred lonestars Jesse Dayton, Johnny Moeller and Ian Moore put their heads together as the Texas Headhunters

In Sickness and in Health • Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan on the chaotic 25 years since the release of his band’s era-defining debut album, The Sickness

Bella Rayne • Meet the Bay Area prodigy who turned to guitar during the pandemic — and found her mojo on stage

Quadvium • Welcome to the Tetradōm! Fretless wonders Steve DiGiorgio and Jeroen Paul Thesseling set out to create a bass-forward epic, but their fusion-heavy debut album isn’t just a rhythmic duopoly

University • The rising English punk rockers talk forging your own path, using the hell out of cheap gear and keeping it real

Laurence Juber • The veteran session guitarist talks playing for Wings, Harry Styles and more

INFINITE JEST • Like it or not, U.K. rock legends Spinal Tap are back with a new movie, a new outlook and custom Marshall amps that go to Infinity. In a stupendously rare interview, legendary Spinal Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel ruminates about birds, gear, cheese, Blind Bubba Cheeks and so much more

RE-ENTER THE DRAGON • In an interview that took place before Ozzy Osbourne's death, the Back to the Beginning standout talks Charvel guitars, next steps and the joy of achieving closure with his former boss

Badlands • Jake E. Lee recalls the making of Badlands’ long-lost debut album

Diary of a Madman • The unique life and (very) high times of John “Ozzy” Osbourne

Rock and Roll Rebels • As metal’s biggest advocate of new rock guitar talent, Ozzy Osbourne changed the world

Brad Gillis Dials it Back to the Beginning…

Missing the Crazy Train • We know about the star guitarists who played with Ozzy’s band over his four-decade career — but what about the guys (and gals) who didn’t make the grade?

The Good, The Bad & The Ozzy • In early 1990, Guitar World’s Brad Tolinski sat down with Ozzy Osbourne and asked him to assess Tony Iommi, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde

Miracle Men • Zakk Wylde reflects on his one-of-a-kind relationship with Ozzy

PRS SE NF 53 • Say hello to a new T-style guitar with some seriously broad appeal

Electro-Harmonix Oceans Abyss • EHX brings us a reverb pedal with sliders, a screen and the potential to be competition for Strymon

ESP LTD RZK-III OW • Richard ZK, Rammstein’s riffer-in-chief, returns with his third signature guitar, marking a departure from its predecessors with an arsenal of fun features

Peavey Josh Homme Decade Too • In its 60th-anniversary year, Peavey...