Guitarists

The secret to Descendents’ seminal punk guitar sound and why Milo stood the test of time

By Jim Beaugez Published 31 August 26

Downpicking like demons on all six strings, the Descendents tore through L.A.’s ’80s underground and launched a thousand punks-in-waiting

Angus Young’s thoughts on Eric Clapton – and the players he prefers

By Jonathan Horsley Published 31 August 26

From the Archive When the AC/DC guitarist was coming up, Clapton was the player blowing everyone's mind but his

Graham Coxon on his unearthed solo adventures, the challenge of writing for Blur and Damon Albarn’s guitar skills

By Henry Yates Published 31 August 26

The Blur guitarist takes us down to Castle Park – his lost solo album that was made 15 years ago but is just seeing the light of day

Mike Campbell on what makes the Telecaster magic (even if he thinks they’re kinda ugly)

By Andrew Daly Published 30 August 26

The former Heartbreaker and Dirty Knobs main man on his lifelong love affair with the world's first mass-produced electric guitar

From Blood Brothers to Evil Island’s horror-surf, the wild ride of hardcore hero Cody Votolato

By Gregory Adams Published 30 August 26

Evil Island is a vampire-obsessed, POG-abusing new project from hardcore scene survivors

“They were the weirdest things. He was asking me, ‘What do you think I should play over this stuff?’” When Joe Satriani got an exclusive preview of new Metallica material during lessons with his student Kirk Hammett

By Jonathan Horsley Published 30 August 26

From the Archive When Joe Satriani got an exclusive preview of new Metallica material during lessons with his student Kirk Hammett

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram on the enduring appeal of the Fender Telecaster

By Andrew Daly Published 29 August 26

The modern day blues king is a Telecaster signature artist and an advocate for its bona-fides as the working player's guitar

That time Yngwie Malmsteen shredded his way through The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

By Phil Weller Published 28 August 26

The Swedish virtuoso played an insane number of notes as he sat in with the Roots on Jimmy Fallon