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Bob Dylan has just recruited one of the world's greatest jazz guitarists – and no one quite knows what's going on
By Phil Weller published
Virtuoso Julian Lage – who's very likely your favorite guitarist's favorite guitarist – has been welcomed into Dylan’s band without prior announcement or fanfare

Yungblud’s right-hand man Adam Warrington talks Idols, smashed gear – and keeping big-rig arena shows alive
By Matt Parker published
Dom Harrison’s closest collaborator shares his playing journey, from tough gigs to broken rigs to meeting Ozzy – and on to the world-conquering, pyro-laden Idols tour

Tom Morello’s riff writing formula – and his 36 hour race to make a Final Fantasy song
By Joe Bosso published
The Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave legend says people call him all the time to ask him to guest on their records – and sometimes he just can’t say no

Joe Satriani recalls being approached by David Lee Roth for a Van Halen cover band
By Janelle Borg published
Satch may be filling Van Halen’s shoes during the Sammy Hagar-led Best of All Worlds tour, but he was reluctant for decades to play the legendary guitarist’s parts

The advice Jared James Nichols took – and the bad advice he ignored – to develop his electric fingerstyle
By Janelle Borg published
In a journey that took him from rural Wisconsin to world stages, Nichols reflects on the fingerstyle players who inspired him

How the ’80s guitar scene left Jeff Beck feeling like an “observer”
By Phil Weller published
He helped change the instrumental guitar scene forever. Then it nearly killed his career

The short-lived Kiss guitarist who was supposed to succeed Ace Frehley
By Janelle Borg published
After Ace Frehley decided to leave the Kiss circus in 1982, Paul Stanley and co. were left without a lead guitarist for Creatures of the Night. One session player got the opportunity of a lifetime...

Sleep’s new guitarist was once nearly drafted into Soundgarden
By Michael Astley-Brown published
In his new memoir, Kim Thayil reveals that Chris Cornell wanted Bubba Dupree to join Soundgarden before they split up in the late ’90s

Don Felder on slide lessons from Duane Allman, vintage guitars and why he has no retirement plans
By Andrew Daly published
A little dehydration aside, there is nothing stopping the former Eagles man. Here he discusses his epic guitar collection and his new compilation, The Vault 1975-2025: Fifty Years of Music
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