Don’t Be Nervous to Play in a Guitar Store By Tyler Larson last updated 6 February 20 Do you dread heading down to your local guitar store?
Messing Up on Guitar (and Why It Doesn’t Matter) By Tyler Larson last updated 6 February 20 Sometimes when we’re ripping some licks on guitar, we can get caught in our own heads and psyche ourselves out, causing mistakes in our playing.
The Top Five James Hetfield Riffs of All Time By Tyler Larson last updated 6 February 20 Five of James Hetfield's best overall musical statements.
*repeat repeat's Jared Corder: "College only offered jazz or classical guitar, and the guys in classical were all metalheads, so I chose that" By Mark McStea published 31 January 20 The guitar playing half of the US-based duo talks Glazed, *repeat repeat’s guitar-packed (and catchy-as-hell) new album
Dylan LeBlanc: "Certain guitar moments can sound like poetry if you get ’em right" By Joe Bosso published 29 January 20 The American guitarist and singer-songwriter on the influence of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on his writing style
Turkish metal guitarist Demir Demirkan on how writing in English shaped his latest album, Elysium in Ashes By Jeff Kitts published 27 January 20 The hard-rocking shredder by way of Istanbul looking to make a name for himself on American Shores
Submit your questions for Robert Cray By Damian Fanelli published 8 January 20 Round up your best and brightest questions and send them our way, people
Stephane Wrembel: "When you cut out string noise, you’re left without the physical aspect of what a musician does" By Joe Bosso published 8 January 20 Stephane Wrembel’s annual The Django Experiment albums are mind-blowing odes to the music, legacy and influence of the late, great Django Reinhardt
Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: "I'm never in any bass magazines" By Bass Player Staff published 8 January 20 Back in 2012, we met the bassist turned political activist, commentator and now recipient of his own signature instrument
Tim Commerford: "My tone is always a work in progress, and the stage is my laboratory" By Jon D’Auria published 8 January 20 The Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave bassist talks Prophets of Rage, songwriting and his practice regimen
Tool's Adam Jones talks everything Fear Inoculum: the agonizing wait, the colossal tones and those signature pull-offs By David Von Bader last updated 31 December 19 The prog-metal titan takes you behind the scenes of the long-awaited album
Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour takes us inside the guitar sale of the century By Brad Tolinski last updated 29 December 19 "There’s no statement of intention to retire," David Gilmour tells us. So why is he selling off some of his most iconic guitars?
Joe Bonamassa: "It’s easy to play marginally good blues. It’s very difficult to play great blues" By Richard Bienstock last updated 26 December 19 The best living blues guitarist - as voted by you - shares soloing advice and the inside scoop on his next album
Queen's Brian May on Freddie Mercury's guitar skills, Bohemian Rhapsody actors and the most difficult song to play live By Joe Bosso last updated 20 December 19 Dr. Brian May talks all things Queen, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and gear in our June cover story.
Jimmy Page’s guitar gear: everything you need to nail the Led Zeppelin legend's sound By Jonathan Horsley last updated 19 December 19 Looking to emulate that pristine Stairway to Heaven twang? Or perhaps the pounding riff of Immigrant song? We’ve got you covered
The 20 best guitar solos of the decade By Jonathan Horsley last updated 17 December 19 The results are in. This is the best lead playing from 2010-2019, as voted by you
Sam Kiszka: hard rock is alive with Greta Van Fleet By Freddy Villano published 8 January 20 The fast-rising band's bassist talks influences, gear and what he thinks of those Led Zeppelin comparisons
Laura Cox on being a leftie playing right-handed and why she'd take a high-end Epiphone over a cheap Gibson By Jonathan Horsley published 16 December 19 The maverick French hard-rocker talks Burning Bright, chicken pickin’ and why the YouTube comments section is not as terrifying as being onstage for the first time
Submit your questions for Adam 'Nergal' Darski By Damian Fanelli published 13 December 19 Round up your best and brightest questions and send them our way, people