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Alex Skolnick turns a Testament lick into a six-string legato lesson
His first Guitar World column in three decades breaks an E Lydian-dominant line into practical hammer-on and pull-off studies.
Oct 12, 2026
Eric Gales turns position shifts into a seven-part roadmap for freer improvisation
A new lesson breaks down how blues-scale boxes, root-note awareness and a ‘step ladder’ approach can connect distant areas of the fretboard.
Oct 11, 2026
Guitar Mastery Live brings three days of clinics and jams to Nashville
The October 10–12 program combines masterclasses, technique correction, jam blocks and a Saturday concert for 170 players.
Oct 8, 2026
Yamaha opens a 60th-anniversary guitar exhibition in Shibuya
The free Tokyo exhibition spans historic guitars, artist instruments, TransAcoustic tryouts and hands-on setup education through November 23.
Oct 6, 2026
Six International Finalists Set for Uppsala’s Young Talents Guitar Competition
Players from Austria, Italy, Iran, China, South Korea and Japan meet in the October 10 final, with more than €7,000 in prizes and an audience vote.
Oct 5, 2026
Guitar World Lesson Builds a Drop-D Bluegrass Piece Around Alternating Bass and Hybrid Picking
Richard Barrett’s new acoustic study links steady thumb-style bass, chordal double-stops and an unusual F6/9 voicing in a complete playable arrangement.
Oct 5, 2026
StewMac and Scotti Hill Turn a Rangemaster-Inspired Boost Into the Hooligan DIY Kit
The $109.99 kit gives first-time pedal builders an eight-position treble-boost circuit developed with the Skid Row guitarist.
Oct 3, 2026
Asia International Guitar Festival Opens Its 26th Edition in Bangkok
The October 2–4 program marks the festival's 25th anniversary with concerts, competitions, masterclasses and a luthier exhibition.
Oct 3, 2026
Acoustic Guitar Village Fills Cremona With Builders, Performers and Hands-On Luthiery
The October 2–4 gathering combines live stages, rare-instrument exhibitions, masterclasses and the New Sounds competition across Cremona's fairgrounds and historic center.
Oct 3, 2026
Guitar Summit 2026 closes with Darryl Jones, Devin Townsend and a full day of workshops
The Mannheim show's final day paired artist clinics and gear demos with a tube-amp panel and the debut of a dedicated Guitar Summit Academy stand.
Sep 28, 2026
Guitar Summit 2026 turns Mannheim's Rosengarten into Europe's biggest guitar show
The eighth edition brings more than 600 exhibitors and 100-plus workshops across seven stages, with Matteo Mancuso, Andy McKee and Jared James Nichols among the players on site.
Sep 26, 2026
58th Michele Pittaluga International Guitar Competition opens in Alessandria
One of classical guitar's longest-running international competitions is underway through September 26, with orchestral collaborations and more than €30,000 in prizes.
Sep 22, 2026
Silesian Guitar Autumn names second-round players for the Jan Edmund Jurkowski competition
The September 18 list moves the international field from video preliminaries to live auditions in Tychy on October 20–21, ahead of an orchestral final on October 24.
Sep 20, 2026
Rocky Mountain Archtop Guitar Festival puts 30-plus builders and 60 hours of music in Arvada
The September 18–20 gathering combines an archtop luthier showcase with more than 30 workshops and clinics, making the instrument itself the center of the weekend.
Sep 20, 2026
Clonakilty International Guitar Festival turns West Cork into Guitartown for five days
The volunteer-led 22nd edition is underway through September 20, spreading guitar-focused concerts, workshops and sessions across venues and public spaces around Clonakilty.
Sep 17, 2026
Tampere Guitar Festival opens with four days of classical and flamenco guitar
The Finnish festival runs September 16–19 with Desiderio and Dukić's first Finnish duo appearance, Francisco Bernier, period instruments, flamenco and free masterclasses.
Sep 16, 2026
Mozarteum Guitar Festival masterclass and luthier applications close September 15
The Salzburg festival runs December 3–5, but today's deadline is the last call for its international masterclasses and eight-place guitar-maker exhibition.
Sep 15, 2026
Felixstowe Classical Guitar Festival opens its first edition with concerts, masterclasses and lutherie and composition competitions
The new two-day UK festival puts classical guitar performance, teaching, composition and instrument making under one roof, with Alexandra Whittingham and Laura Snowden among the headliners.
Sep 14, 2026
Premier Guitar’s new Muse Rig Rundown opens up Bellamy and Wolstenholme’s live systems
The new walkthrough focuses on custom instruments, Sustainiac-equipped Manson guitars, MIDI control and the parts stockpiles behind Muse’s engineered stage rigs.
Sep 10, 2026
Igor Klokov and Hao Yang receive the 2026–27 GSI Foundation classical-guitar scholarships
The two classical guitarists have been named the newest scholarship recipients at USC Thornton, extending a program focused specifically on advanced classical-guitar study.
Sep 5, 2026
Sibiu's Guitar Meeting Festival opens a four-day 2026 edition built around a 1,200-player guitar gathering
The Romanian festival has expanded to four days, combining concerts, workshops and its mass-participation Manifest concert in Sibiu.
Sep 4, 2026
Tim Stafford to headline IBMA's 2026 business conference with 'From AI to G-Runs'
The Blue Highway guitarist will revisit three decades of change in bluegrass at IBMA's Chattanooga conference, with AI explicitly part of the keynote theme.
Sep 4, 2026
Nick Johnston breaks down five lead-guitar approaches in a new Mastodon-era masterclass
The newly published lesson moves from hybrid picking and legato to sweep picking, tapping and chromatic blues phrasing, with Johnston demonstrating how he connects the techniques musically.
Sep 3, 2026
Masters of the Telecaster returns this fall with an all-star faculty
Brent Mason, Johnny Hiland, Cindy Cashdollar, and eight other Telecaster specialists teach a five-day camp in the Catskills starting September 28.
Aug 28, 2026
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