Guitarists

Joan Jett on the end of The Runaways – and why she nearly gave up on a solo career

By Janelle Borg Published 24 August 26

From the Archive When the trailblazing band called it quits in April 1979, it felt like a huge blow to Jett – so much so that she even considered quitting music altogether and joining the military

Cut Worms’ Max Clarke on recording with Jeff Tweedy – and the indie icon's epic gear collection

By Jacob Paul Nielsen Published 24 August 26

Cut Worms' new album, Transmitter is sound of the fast-rising Brooklyn artist surrendering to collaboration and chasing new tones

Graham Coxon on the perfection of the Telecaster (and why you shouldn’t lend him your Strat)

By Andrew Daly Published 24 August 26

The Blur guitarist reflects on his “wooden wife” – and the charms of the Tele’s weird headstock

Jimmy Page on how a ‘lost guitar track’ almost derailed Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti

By Jonathan Horsley Published 23 August 26

A miraculous salvage job rescued The Rover after an overdub ruined an original take

How Merle Travis pushed Paul Bigsby to one-up Gibson with his iconic vibrato

By Jackson Maxwell Published 23 August 26

From the Archive The country guitar giant was possibly the first to ever try out the game-changing piece of guitar hardware, and its invention was born out of a challenge he set for his friend

An all-star guitar panel choose their Telecaster Mount Rushmore – its greatest players, their greatest tracks

By Andrew Daly Published 23 August 26

Pros pick their favorite Tele riffs and solos and decide who should be carved into that massive “Telecaster Mount Rushmore” that exists only in our deranged minds

The Alice in Chains guitar solo that Jerry Cantrell hated – and the one he wished he re-recorded

By Jonathan Horsley Published 22 August 26

Cantrell explains why he never saw himself as a hot-shot soloist and had to be convinced by his producer that his solo was “perfect” for the song