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Glastonbury 2025: the iconic guitar moments that stole the show at one of the world's biggest music festivals

Pop icons with pointy metal guitars, oddball Masterbuilt Fenders, historic Martins and more – Glastonbury was a dream weekend for players, and here are the pictures to prove it

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“We did it in this old haunted house, standing in front of this open fire with a couple of Marshalls outside the fireplace... It was two in the morning”: Can't Get Enough was Bad Company's breakout smash, and its harmonized leads were perfect for the era

Keyed in by their mentors-of-sorts, Led Zeppelin, the band recorded their enormously successful debut album at the legendary Headley Grange house, which certainly provided a certain vibe to the proceedings...

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“He hopped on a plane and flew in to do literally 20 seconds of notes... That was the last thing he recorded for the record”: Nile Rodgers worked with Stevie Ray Vaughan during his rapid ascent – and oversaw the guitar hero's final recording session

Having first met the Lone Star State guitar king during the sessions for David Bowie's 1983 blockbuster Let's Dance, Rodgers later produced Family Style, Stevie Ray's posthumously released collaboration with his brother, Jimmie

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“Korea is one of the most dynamic and exciting music markets in the world”: Fender expands its presence in Asia with the establishment of Fender Music Korea – is a retail store coming next?

Headed up by Jack Kim, FMK will exclusively distribute Fender, Squier, Jackson, Charvel, EVH and Gretsch guitars in Korea. CEO Andy Mooney says move strengthens the Big F’s global presence

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“PRS' most daring signature guitar to date? Without a shadow of a doubt”: Here is all the new gear that has caught my eye this week – including an affordable replica of a $1 million Les Paul

PRS ushers in a new era of shred with its Herman Li signature model and Epiphone honors a great

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“There was a drive, a presence – I helped guide him early on. He wanted me to help him not only learn guitar but arrange”: Godfather of ska, Ernest Ranglin, recalls working with a young Bob Marley

Ranglin’s rhythmic style and blend of mento, jazz and reggae in his guitar parts not only influenced the inception of the ska movement, but also some of Jamaica’s biggest talents

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“It’s very weird and the only song we ever did that on”: Warren Haynes picks his favorite Gov’t Mule guitar riffs and shows you how to play them – properly

The blues rock giant sits down with Guitar World to go through his back catalog of riffs, picking out a few favorites along the way

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“Tom Morello said, ‘I can’t see this going on without Jake E. Lee in there somewhere’”: Ozzy Osbourne’s last show will feature an army of heavy metal greats – but it all hinged on Jake E. Lee’s involvement

The show will mark the first time Lee and Ozzy have performed together since the 1980s

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“Acoustic guitarists - meet your new best friend”: ToneWoodAmp2 review

This is a sequel you need to see and hear

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“At that point, they were making better Les Pauls than Gibson was”: Kiss' Paul Stanley broke new ground by trading his Gibsons for Ibanez guitars – and by teaming up with the iconic Japanese brand for an early signature model

“I was looking for a guitar that I would love,” the Kiss man told Guitar World in a recent interview

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“I wanted to have the register like a violin. The luthier said to me, ‘I can build you any guitar you like.’ It was a lightbulb moment for me”: Uli Jon Roth on what you get when you cross a Strat and a Les Paul with a violin hybrid

After modifying Strats only got him so far, one luthier came to his rescue and they found that the sky's the limit

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“This wasn’t a guy who got better every six months or every week; this was a guy who got better every 60 seconds”: Randy Rhoads became a legend with Ozzy Osbourne, but his incredible playing was evident long before then

Kelly Garni, Rhoads’ brother in arms in Quiet Riot, recalls the guitarist’s early days – and how he developed his iconic tone, in spite of his unorthodox gear

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“I’ve never been one of those guys who will go into a guitar store and play Stairway to Heaven…’” Jim Babjak reveals he once bought a ’70s Les Paul without even trying it – and how it would go on to shape one of The Smithereens' biggest hits

The guitarist reveals that he's “kind of embarrassed” when it comes to trying out guitars in a music store – but his faith in his engineer was well-placed

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“Someone sent me a picture and was like, ‘Isn’t this your guitar?’” That time Diamond Rowe saw her signature guitar on stage with one of her biggest influences

Fellow Jackson artist Christian Andreu took Rowe’s history-making axe for a trip with French metal heavyweights Gojira during their joint tour with Korn

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“He started playing rhythm stuff and asked me to play lead. I said, ‘Pete, it’s your album’”: How Snowy White ended up working with Peter Green on In the Skies – the comeback album that lifted the blues rock legend out of obscurity

Green spent most of the 1970s out of the limelight, but a phone call to Snowy White helped get his career back on track

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“I said, ‘Give me a mop and some cleaning supplies.’ I scrubbed that bathroom and I made it spotless”: Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto is on a mission to raise store standards – and says he’s not above scrubbing restrooms

Dalporto took a trip to assess the on-scene situation at one of his stores – and ended up getting hands-on with the cleaning

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“A first in the history of electric bass guitar”: Stephen Malkmus is using his bass string as a guitar strap onstage with his new supergroup – and it looks uncomfortable

Your shoulder might not thank you, but it’s certainly a novel way of repurposing old strings

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“The boys and I had just gotten off tour. We got a call from our booking agent…” How a “fluke accident” led to Lzzy Hale playing at Dio’s last-ever show

Halestorm saved the day when they were unexpectedly called upon to open for Heaven & Hell

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“One of the most hotly anticipated gear releases of the modern era has finally landed – and it still managed to sneak in a few surprises”: Here is all the new gear that has caught my eye this week – and, yes, that's a pink Jazzmaster

A blockbuster drop from Line 6 and a raft of new instruments from the Fender family of brands headline a busy week in the world of guitar gear

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“I went, ‘I’m sorry we all couldn’t do it.’ Tom Morello goes, ‘Well, Dan and Maynard are playing with these people.’ I went, ‘I didn’t know that…’” Adam Jones on why Tool weren’t originally going to take part in Ozzy Osbourne’s last-ever show

In case Tool fans were wondering why the band wasn’t part of the original lineup...

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“With my wrist, the arthritis and everything, that would be very challenging”: Everyone is expecting Jake E. Lee to play Bark at the Moon at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show – but he has his doubts

The song may be too much for the guitar icon – but he has a backup plan in mind

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Black Sabbath! The final interview with Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – all yours in the new Guitar World

Plus interviews with Jake E. Lee, Adam Jones, Creed Bratton from The Office, the guys from Goose, former Jethro Tull man Martin Barre, K.K. Downing, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, Tom Morello, Lzzy Hale, Billy Duffy, Robben Ford and more

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“I had no idea you could get a sound like that”: The player that almost convinced The Office star Creed Bratton to give up guitar altogether

Away from his starring role in The Office, Bratton is an accomplished guitarist – but one blues icon almost made him rethink his relationship with the instrument

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“He goes, ‘You’ve got to put a battery in the back.’ I was like, ‘A battery? What are you talking about?’” Zakk Wylde on how a student introduced him to a pickup pairing that would end up defining his sound with Ozzy Osbourne and beyond

It was a revolutionary moment for the guitarist – and he’s never looked back since

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“I was broke. I only had $200 and we booked a gig. There was this guitar at a pawn shop that had been there for years...” How George Thorogood stumbled across the Gibson that became his go-to guitar – a week before his first gig with the Destroyers

Thorogood recounts how he originally opted for a now-discontinued hollowbody – with a little inspiration from the Beatles and Keith Richards

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