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Slash performs onstage during the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
Slash honored with the Les Paul Spirit Award

By Phil Weller Published

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist has paid tribute to the “groundbreaking” figure behind the award

Guitarists
Kevin Morby plays his J-style electric live at Kilby Block Party at Utah State Fairpark.
Indie-rock mainstay Kevin Morby on his Green Day awakening and Midwest state of mind

By Jacob Paul Nielsen Published

Armed with an indestructible custom Seüf guitar, Kevin Morby’s new record roams our lost highways and finds humanity in the horror

Guitarists
John Mayer and Eddie Van Halen comp
John Mayer shreds Van Halen with Dave Grohl on the Music Man Axis that made his childhood dreams come true

By Phil Weller Published

Mayer’s guitar is an exact replica of the Axis that accompanied Eddie Van Halen on the cover of Guitar World in 1991

Guitarists
Dolly Parton plays Glastonbury in 2014.
Dolly Parton was the undisputed queen of country, but she was also a highly underrated guitar player

By Henry Yates Published

Dolly Parton leaves a rich legacy. From her quick wit to her remarkable fretting hand, there will never be another like her

Guitarists
Aloe Blacc, Susan Tedeschi, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Eric Gales, John Mayer, Doyle Bramhall II, Derek Trucks, Jimmie Vaughan and Ally Venable perform at Buddy's Got the Blues: A 90th Birthday Concert Celebration
What’s the best guitar jam you’ve ever seen?

By Jackson Maxwell Published

It doesn’t have to have taken place in an arena with big-name players. It could’ve been at a club, a bar, hell, a garage. Tell us your story

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Guitarists
Todd Huth
Todd Huth wrote Primus’ early guitar parts, then left them to Larry LaLonde

By Andrew Daly Published

He looks back on his reasons for leaving, his reunions with Les Claypool in Sausage and Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, their drummer struggles, a coffee psychosis with Kirk Hammett, and the Mesa Boogie amp he’d never be without

Guitarists
Rhonda Smith performs on stage with Jeff Beck at The Holland International Blues Festival in Grolloo, Netherlands, 9th June 2018. She is playing a PRS (Paul Reed Smith) Gary Grainger Bass guitar.
How a bass she borrowed (and never gave back) helped shape the sound of Rhonda Smith’s new supergroup

By Nick Wells Published

Rhonda Smith opens up about her new supergroup with Cindy Blackman Santana and Orianthi – and the lessons she learned from Prince

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Bassists
Zakk Wylde of BLS plays Bloodstock Open Air 2026.
Why Zakk Wylde isn’t convinced by the tonewood debate

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Black Label Society frontman says a guy stuck a pickup in a cinder block and it sounded the same, so just get on with it

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Guitarists
Stanley Jordan works his two-handed guitar magic at Newport Jazz Festival.
Stanley Jordan is writing a metal album on James Hetfield’s signature ESP

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Some guitar players struggle to play one guitar. Stanley Jordan? He's using two of them simultaneously, and he's making a metal album

Guitarists
Paul Simon performs the album 'Graceland' live on stage during the third day of Hard Rock Calling at Hyde Park on July 15, 2012 in London, England.
5 basslines that made Paul Simon a superstar

By Jonathan Herrera Published

From David Hood’s deep Southern grooves to Bakithi Kumalo’s groundbreaking fretless work, Paul Simon has always known the value of a great bassist

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