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IN 2013, WHEN Eddie 9V was a high school senior, he’d pull into the school parking lot each morning in his secondhand Ford Explorer, blaring “Killin’ Floor” by Howlin’ Wolf. “It was like my theme song,” he says with a laugh. “Meanwhile, all my friend

BOASTING MONTHLY LISTENING figures of more than 53 million on Spotify alone, Imagine Dragons’ unique pop/rock blend has helped turn them into a global phenomenon. When they released Mercury – Act 1 in 2021, it had been their first album in three year

“I GO TO a wah first [Vox V847], then to my [TC Electronic PolyTune 3] tuner. Then I go to three Xotic EP Booster pedals — and that’s it for my overdrive, fuzz or distortion. They have a softness that I like. It sounds more like rock than metal, even

CHICAGO BLUESMAN JOHN Primer earned his musical education the hard way, playing long sets at blues clubs on the city’s South Side up to seven nights a week. But that training helped him earn plum gigs with legends Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters. Not l

ACROSS 35 YEARS of music-making with Kamelot, founder Thomas Youngblood has learned that guitar style comes from your hands, not your hardware. Even so, when the power metal veteran is reached by Guitar World to talk up The Awakening — Kamelot’s firs

THE FACT THAT Houston’s Narrow Head have a song called “Gearhead” on their latest album, Moments of Clarity, is no surprise. Throughout its 12 songs, vocalist-guitarist Jacob Duarte and guitarists Kora Puckett and William Menjivar put on an immersive

IN HIGH SCHOOL, Hannah Murphy wasn’t much different from other teenagers. She played electric guitar while listening to CDs of pop-punk bands — Green Day, Weezer and Blink-182 were her favorites. But there was another side to her, one that involved p

JOHN FOGERTY HAS performed overseas many times throughout his career. But there is a mythical quality to his first tour of Europe in 1970 with his band, Creedence Clearwater Revival. In particular, the band’s April 14, 1970, show at the Royal Albert

HAVING BEATEN ALCOHOLISM, come back from a career-threatening arm injury and bested throat cancer, it’s not a stretch to call Dave Mustaine bulletproof. Stronger than ever as he snatches another victory from the jaws of defeat, Mustaine is now triump

GW ASKED A WIDE RANGE OF GUITARISTS to pay tribute to Jeff Beck, either by choosing their favorite Beck song or guitar moment — or, in some cases, sharing something a bit more personal and emotional. All of their responses, which are collected below,

ONE OF THE FONDEST MEMORIES OF MY 43 YEARS IN music journalism is an evening I spent with Jeff Beck at the bar of the Drake Hotel in New York City back in 1999. We’d been scheduled to do a big Q&A interview for this magazine the next day. But as we w

IN JANUARY 2016, JEFF BECK ASKED ME TO WRITE historical and basic technical info about 10 of his favorite guitars for his book Beck01: Hot Rods and Rock & Roll published by Genesis Publications. The publisher recommended me for the project based on t

FROM STUDIO sessions with Stevie Wonder all the way to a surprising reggae runout with Toots & The Maytals, here are some of Jeff Beck’s greatest collaborative credits “Lookin’ for Another Pure Love” Talking Book (1972) Stevie Wonder’s sultry groove

JEFF BECK NEVER DELIVERED A DULL, UNINSPIRED performance (although he personally often argued that “Hi Ho Silver Lining” belonged in the dustbin). As a result, when asked for Jeff Beck music recommendations, many of his fans are inclined to answer, “

THE BULK OF JEFF BECK’S DEBUT ALBUM, TRUTH, WAS recorded in two sessions and a total of four days in May 1968, after the renegade guitarist resisted putting out additional solo singles in the Mickie Most-approved “Hi Ho Silver Lining” vein. These day

FOR DECADES THE boutique pedal market consisted mostly of builders who refined somewhat low- to middle-tech designs and relied heavily on obscure and obsolete new old stock parts that were too rarified for mass consumption. Sophisticated, high-tech e

MANY GUITARISTS HAVE spent years and not-so-small fortunes seeking the ultimate overdrive pedal. It usually starts off with the acquisition of a few decent inexpensive mass-produced stomp boxes before descending into the madness of custom mods, elusi

LAST MONTH, WE began exploring a great lead-playing technique known as the oblique bend, which pairs a bend with an unbent note on a different string, with the two notes played either together or in succession. Oftentimes, the technique is used on tw

OVER THE NEXT few lessons, I thought it would be cool and insightful to talk about the distinctive attributes of various classic guitars and the simple beauty of plugging each straight into a great tube amplifier, to learn what it can do for what it

IN THIS MONTH’S column, I’d like to take you through my song “One Last Time,” which I recorded for my most recent album, Electric Truth. And, by the way, thank you very much for voting this album Number Six in GuitarWorld.com’s Top 20 Albums of 2022!

LAST MONTH, WE began our look into my song “Pusher,” a track that originally appeared on 2014’s Over Your Head and is also included on my latest release, Live at the Spud. To review, “Pusher” is a funky, syncopated 12-bar blues tune in the key of G,

“LOVE BITES (SO DO I)” WORDS AND MUSIC BY DAVE BASSETT AND LZZY HALE. COPYRIGHT © 2012 EMI APRIL MUSIC INC., BASSETT SONGS, WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. AND VOICE OF THE STORM PUBLISHING. ALL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. AND BASSETT

“BREATH” WORDS AND MUSIC BY BENJAMIN BURNLEY AND MARK J. KLEPASKI. © 2006 SEVEN PEAKS MUSIC AND BREAKING BENJAMIN MUSIC. ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY SEVEN PEAKS MUSIC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY PERMISSION. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION OF HAL LEONARD LLC

“PIECE OF MY HEART” WORDS AND MUSIC BY BERT BERNS AND JERRY RAGOVOY. COPYRIGHT © 1967 SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (US) LLC, UNICHAPPELL MUSIC INC. AND SLOOPY II MUSIC. COPYRIGHT RENEWED. ALL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (US) LLC ADMINISTERED B

IN MID FEBRUARY OF 1999 I FLEW FROM SAN FRANCISCO to London to interview Jeff Beck. I had interviewed Jeff several times before, starting in December 1992 with a wonderful experience at his home in Sussex where we talked at length about his Crazy Leg

BOASTING MONTHLY LISTENING figures of more than 53 million on Spotify alone, Imagine Dragons’ unique pop/rock blend has helped turn them into a global phenomenon. When they released Mercury – Act 1 in 2021, it had been their first album in three year

IN 2013, WHEN Eddie 9V was a high school senior, he’d pull into the school parking lot each morning in his secondhand Ford Explorer, blaring “Killin’ Floor” by Howlin’ Wolf. “It was like my theme song,” he says with a laugh. “Meanwhile, all my friend

CHICAGO BLUESMAN JOHN Primer earned his musical education the hard way, playing long sets at blues clubs on the city’s South Side up to seven nights a week. But that training helped him earn plum gigs with legends Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters. Not l

“I GO TO a wah first [Vox V847], then to my [TC Electronic PolyTune 3] tuner. Then I go to three Xotic EP Booster pedals — and that’s it for my overdrive, fuzz or distortion. They have a softness that I like. It sounds more like rock than metal, even

ACROSS 35 YEARS of music-making with Kamelot, founder Thomas Youngblood has learned that guitar style comes from your hands, not your hardware. Even so, when the power metal veteran is reached by Guitar World to talk up The Awakening — Kamelot’s firs

THE FACT THAT Houston’s Narrow Head have a song called “Gearhead” on their latest album, Moments of Clarity, is no surprise. Throughout its 12 songs, vocalist-guitarist Jacob Duarte and guitarists Kora Puckett and William Menjivar put on an immersive

IN HIGH SCHOOL, Hannah Murphy wasn’t much different from other teenagers. She played electric guitar while listening to CDs of pop-punk bands — Green Day, Weezer and Blink-182 were her favorites. But there was another side to her, one that involved p

JOHN FOGERTY HAS performed overseas many times throughout his career. But there is a mythical quality to his first tour of Europe in 1970 with his band, Creedence Clearwater Revival. In particular, the band’s April 14, 1970, show at the Royal Albert

HAVING BEATEN ALCOHOLISM, come back from a career-threatening arm injury and bested throat cancer, it’s not a stretch to call Dave Mustaine bulletproof. Stronger than ever as he snatches another victory from the jaws of defeat, Mustaine is now triump

GW ASKED A WIDE RANGE OF GUITARISTS to pay tribute to Jeff Beck, either by choosing their favorite Beck song or guitar moment — or, in some cases, sharing something a bit more personal and emotional. All of their responses, which are collected below,

ONE OF THE FONDEST MEMORIES OF MY 43 YEARS IN music journalism is an evening I spent with Jeff Beck at the bar of the Drake Hotel in New York City back in 1999. We’d been scheduled to do a big Q&A interview for this magazine the next day. But as we w

IN JANUARY 2016, JEFF BECK ASKED ME TO WRITE historical and basic technical info about 10 of his favorite guitars for his book Beck01: Hot Rods and Rock & Roll published by Genesis Publications. The publisher recommended me for the project based on t

IN MID FEBRUARY OF 1999 I FLEW FROM SAN FRANCISCO to London to interview Jeff Beck. I had interviewed Jeff several times before, starting in December 1992 with a wonderful experience at his home in Sussex where we talked at length about his Crazy Leg

JEFF BECK NEVER DELIVERED A DULL, UNINSPIRED performance (although he personally often argued that “Hi Ho Silver Lining” belonged in the dustbin). As a result, when asked for Jeff Beck music recommendations, many of his fans are inclined to answer, “

FROM STUDIO sessions with Stevie Wonder all the way to a surprising reggae runout with Toots & The Maytals, here are some of Jeff Beck’s greatest collaborative credits “Lookin’ for Another Pure Love” Talking Book (1972) Stevie Wonder’s sultry groove

THE BULK OF JEFF BECK’S DEBUT ALBUM, TRUTH, WAS recorded in two sessions and a total of four days in May 1968, after the renegade guitarist resisted putting out additional solo singles in the Mickie Most-approved “Hi Ho Silver Lining” vein. These day

FOR DECADES THE boutique pedal market consisted mostly of builders who refined somewhat low- to middle-tech designs and relied heavily on obscure and obsolete new old stock parts that were too rarified for mass consumption. Sophisticated, high-tech e

MANY GUITARISTS HAVE spent years and not-so-small fortunes seeking the ultimate overdrive pedal. It usually starts off with the acquisition of a few decent inexpensive mass-produced stomp boxes before descending into the madness of custom mods, elusi

OVER THE NEXT few lessons, I thought it would be cool and insightful to talk about the distinctive attributes of various classic guitars and the simple beauty of plugging each straight into a great tube amplifier, to learn what it can do for what it

LAST MONTH, WE began exploring a great lead-playing technique known as the oblique bend, which pairs a bend with an unbent note on a different string, with the two notes played either together or in succession. Oftentimes, the technique is used on tw

IN THIS MONTH’S column, I’d like to take you through my song “One Last Time,” which I recorded for my most recent album, Electric Truth. And, by the way, thank you very much for voting this album Number Six in GuitarWorld.com’s Top 20 Albums of 2022!

LAST MONTH, WE began our look into my song “Pusher,” a track that originally appeared on 2014’s Over Your Head and is also included on my latest release, Live at the Spud. To review, “Pusher” is a funky, syncopated 12-bar blues tune in the key of G,