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The pedal that changed me – I asked the Guitar World staff to name the stompboxes that actually made a difference to their playing

Whether it was fun, frustrating, or forced us to think differently, these are the 12 pedals that GW staffers say have actually changed the way they play

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Broadcom and OpenAI Unveil Jalapeño: An Early Step to Massive AI Growth Potential

Broadcom and OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI's first Intelligence Processor, advancing their 10 GW chip partnership and a potential $200 billion revenue opportunity by 2029.

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“I was driving home, and I thought of this chord sequence. I was about 20 minutes away from the studio. I turned around and went back”: Robert Smith on the flash of inspiration that shaped the Cure's biggest hit

Proving beyond doubt that the band's range extended far beyond dense, brooding epics, it remains the Cure song to reference for those who know only of the band's name and maybe their frontman's inimitable hairdo

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One new model every faction needs in Warhammer 40K 11th edition

New edition, new models

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“The graphic was designed by artist John Taylor Dismukes, who did a lot of famous album-cover artwork for the Grateful Dead and other big bands”: George Lynch on his custom ESP that’s too valuable to leave the house

Mr Scary on how his heart melts for the 1990 ESP Custom Haji/Wicked Sensation from the cover of Guitar World's November 1990 issue

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“The SG sound is very unique – it forces you to play to what you’re hearing”: Warren Haynes on the mid-’90s SG behind his early Gov’t Mule tone

It was July 1994, and Haynes was on the cover of GW with Dickey Betts and an early '90s '61 SG Reissue. He explains what happened to the guitar – and why he had it in the first place

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Warhammer 40,000's 11th edition is set to kick off a nostalgia-filled era for the setting, with a starter set that recreates 2nd edition's from over 30 years ago

Games Workshop even seems to be rolling back elements of the Primaris space marine redesign.

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“That thing is unbelievable. It’s one of the most impressive new amps I’ve tried”: Misha Mansoor has a ton of amps. But one new design has blown him away

The Periphery tonesmith uses digital and analog gear in the studio, and one tube head in particular has knocked his socks off

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Owlcat: ‘Inside the 40K borders, we are totally free in telling the stories we want to tell, in a way we would prefer to tell them’

Dot Esports interview with CRPG masters.

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“Was this an attempt to challenge Metallica’s success with the Black Album?” A guide to every Megadeth album – and guitarist

As Dave Mustaine prepares to ride Megadeth out into the sunset, we chart the thrash pioneers’ explosive studio output, album by album, guitarist by guitarist

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Nintendo's Game & Watch hacked and turned into retro emulation beast — Solder job unlocks device from its Zelda-only cage thanks to a custom SD card slot

Macho Nacho Productions has modded an original Zelda-edition Game & Watch to run Retro-Go, a custom firmware that unlocks the hardware's full potential. This hacked Game & Watch can now emulate various consoles, includes support for save states, and even has a microSD card slot. But getting here wasn't easy.

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NAMM 2026 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened

All the hottest news and biggest surprises from the world’s premier guitar gear trade show

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Games Workshop says its senior managers aren't excited about AI, prohibits its use and laments that it's 'included on our phones or laptops whether we like it or not'

The CEO of all things Warhammer says "we do not allow AI generated content or AI to be used in our design processes".

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“I heard Clarence White, and there were parts that I couldn’t physically do. Then I heard that there was this mechanism within the guitar...”: With Led Zeppelin over, Jimmy Page returned to the Telecaster, and embraced a particular, beloved mod

After a few years slightly adrift, the guitar god found his way back into arenas with the Firm in 1985, and leaned on some new tools along the way

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“I wasn’t credited with any songwriting. That was a pity. But I didn’t make a fuss. I figured Peter was still pretty fragile”: Snowy White on his uncredited role on Peter Green’s comeback LP and how David Gilmour introduced him to the Whammy pedal

The ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist toured the world with Roger Waters, played with Gary Moore, but now he’s retired from the stage, he admits he was never entirely comfortable with pop status

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“Buddy Guy isn’t just our last living line to the real origins of the blues – he’s a hell of an actor, too”: 25 reasons why 2025 was a great year for guitar

Historic shows, a once-in-a-lifetime reunion, generational guitar talents, tonal revolutions, watershed gear drops… we won’t spoil it at all here, but a lot has happened

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“I heard someone playing deep, fiery guitar in the room next door. I thought, ‘Boy, I wish that guy was in the band!’ I looked over the balcony… It was Ace”: The otherworldly life and times of Kiss guitar icon Ace Frehley

The Spaceman leaves a legacy of millions of fans rocked, countless players inspired, and a rock guitar scene that will never be the same again

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“The SEs were going to go away. We were having trouble with sales”: Paul Reed Smith on the near-fateful end of the PRS SE Series – and what saved it from extinction

Smith reflects on the time the plug was almost pulled on the affordable branch of PRS guitars

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“I never heard from John. He sold the guitar once he got out of rehab. And that was that – I never saw it again”: The incredible story of the Les Paul that Dave Navarro bought for his Guns N’ Roses audition – and ended up giving to John Frusciante

We ask Navarro about the Gibson that featured on the cover of GW's March ’96 issue, and it opens up a whole lot of memories for the former Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist

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“The perfect marriage of Aerosmith and the Cult. An Aerocult, if you will”: November 2025 Guitar World Editors’ Picks

The new guitar music that GW editors have been obsessed with this month: fresh names, old hands and trailblazing players

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“I was like, ‘Joni, that’s gonna be terrible, we need an amp.’ She was like, ‘Would you just try it?’” Robben Ford on Joni Mitchell’s fuzz pedal experiments that shaped one of her most adventurous tracks

Ford says the experience defines what “the ultimate creative artist” is like to work with – and it changed the way he played

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Yungblud, Dream Theater, Wet Leg, Turnstile among guitar’s heavy hitters at the 2026 Grammy nominations

There are no guitar-led artists in the AOTY shortlist but there's no shortage of guitar talent here, including Joe Bonamassa, Billy Strings, Buddy Guy, Larkin Poe, and Deftones

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“I discovered that you need to be anxious – it keeps you motivated. I try to feed off the anxiety and play guitar”: The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metal

Guitar World pays tribute to the late Brent Hinds, one of metal's wildest and most inventive players, who died on 20 August

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“My emotional celebration of life”: Mateus Asato left Bruno Mars and Jessie J to begin his solo career – and now his debut single is finally here

Cryin’ is the first taste of Asato’s eagerly anticipated debut album

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“At the push of a button, the legendary roar thunders through the amp”: Fender wrangles Godzilla for a monster guitar collaboration – featuring two company firsts

As well as an otherworldly $36,000 Custom Shop Stratocaster with a Godzilla roar button, two Made in Japan models are also packing some flashy new tech

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