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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 5 - The Untold Story

Why Jimi Hendrix matters now more than ever – only in the new Guitar World

Plus! The Rolling Stones, the amazing Mr. Jimmy, Baroness, Trevor Rabin, Steve Lukather, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Mateus Asato, the Velvet Underground's John Cale & more

Guitar World

10 diehard rock and blues guitarists who boarded the pop train

The megastar crossovers where guitar met box office pop and made magic happen

Guitar World

With blistering technique, a great ear for melody and an incredible rhythm guitar pocket, Steve Lukather is one of rock guitar’s all-time greats – upgrade your skills with his must-learn licks

Lukather is a play-anything session player and the box-office guitar behind Toto, and this lesson offers two approaches for incorporating his virtuoso stylings into your playing

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“I think it's fairly impossible to be a guitarist without loving Steve Vai”: Nili Brosh names 10 guitarists who shaped her sound

The Ibanez-toting instrumental virtuoso shares her thoughts on “one of the best improvisers in the history of the instrument”, why Eddie Van Halen's rhythm playing is underrated and the shredder who “brought a new sound to the Shrapnel era”

Guitar World

"She went on several talk shows and said it was about her. But I can tell you that it wasn't": the real story behind Toto's Rosanna

Inspired by upcoming actress Rosanna Arquette - and John Bonham! - Toto knew Rosanna would be a hit the moment David Paich first played it on a piano

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“Ritchie Blackmore’s phrasing is so cool – he just played with so much fire”: Pete Thorn and James Cole on how they replicate iconic solos and tones in The Classic Rock Show

We join the YouTube guitar star and his co-guitarist (and racing car driver) to find out how they’ve nailed the sound of legendary hits from the ’70s and beyond

Guitar World

Nuno Bettencourt on why Instagram players make his jaw drop, how Eddie Van Halen inspired Extreme's new album – and why he apologized to Brian May for one of its leads

The Extreme virtuoso talks wowing everyone from Steve Lukather to Mateus Asato with his awe-inspiring Rise solo, the state of modern guitar playing, and the gear secrets – and mistakes – behind one of the year's biggest rock guitar albums

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Steve Lukather voices support for the ‘tone is in the hands’ camp: “There’s no magic guitar, just magic people”

The Toto hero says he's played through both Eddie Van Halen and Jeff Beck's rigs, and came to the same conclusion both times: he sounds like himself no matter what he plays through

Guitar World

Steve Lukather's Bridges: the closest we'll ever get to a new Toto album

Toto chaos from Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams and David Paich on Lukather's ninth solo album Bridges

Louder

How to use chromatics in a blues guitar solo

A working knowledge of the in-between notes can get you out of a jam when in a jam

Guitar World

Session guitar legend Michael Landau reveals what it takes to play with the biggest artists of all time and explains why “Strats are the ultimate couch guitar”

As Fender releases two signature Stratocasters for the session guitar hero, he reflects on recording with the likes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell – and what it’s like to play on a Pink Floyd track in front of David Gilmour

Guitar World

Review: Ringo Starr rocks and boogaloos at his 2023 tour-opening concert with his All-Starr Band

SAN DIEGO — Talk about a fab time warp!

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Jeff Healey documentary announced – and the trailer is pure guitar fire

See The Light: The Jeff Healey Story documents the life of the late Canadian guitar great through all-new interviews and archive footage, and is lit up by his inimitable playing style

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Essential guitar tracks – hear our bumper edition of the latest six-string bangers, all wrapped up in a Spotify playlist

As we recover from the NAMM melee, explore this 26-track pick of the pickers from recent weeks

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Steve Lukather: "The bassline was easy. It wasn't like I had to be Jaco Pastorius"

How the legendary guitarist ended up playing bass on Michael Jackson’s Beat It

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Steve Lukather announces new solo album Bridges and it's gonna make Toto fans happy

"As Toto will never record another studio album, this is as close as we will get" - Steve Lukather

Guitar World

NAMM 2023: Ernie Ball Music Man overhauls its Steve Lukather signature lineup with Heat Treated pickup-loaded L4 models

Said to be “the culmination of over 30 years of collaboration” between the two, the L4 models arrive with an array of pickup configurations – with a standout Steamroller limited-edition version also flashing a double-locking floating tremolo

Guitar World

Jeff Beck – the lost interview: “There are many guitarists who can play like a typewriter. Technically they’re great, but that’s not my style”

In this interview from 1999, Jeff Beck talks candidly of how it might all end before staring a career downturn in the face and getting back on the horse with the spectacular Who Else!

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"If you roll your guitar volume back and have a pedal on, it’ll buffer it and you’ll still have the high end" – Michael Landau talks Strats and shares his top 5 tips for guitarists

We discuss tone and the 'Coma' Strat with a session giant

Guitar World

Foxgear launches the Gurus Echosex 3º Steve Lukather Signature pedal, the “always-on” Echorec emulator that gives the Toto guitarist his secret sauce

“The Echosex 3° is the most important and used piece of gear I have,” says Lukather – and now you can stick one on your pedalboard, too

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