Jimi Hendrix: paying tribute to the ultimate guitar hero, 50 years on By Amit Sharma On the 50th anniversary of his death, Total Guitar celebrates the life and art of the greatest guitar player that ever lived
Best pickups for metal 2021: our guide to upgrading for high gain heaven By Amit Sharma Looking for more firepower? Our round-up of the best pickups for metal guitarists has you covered…
How Grey Daze's Cristin Davis and an all-star line-up honored Chester Bennington's legacy with Amends By Amit Sharma Page Hamilton, Chris Traynor and Korn's Head and Munky pitched in to help Davis finish what the Linkin Park vocalist started
Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil: ”I like my Strat to sound like someone losing their mind and clawing at the door” By Amit Sharma The guitar-toting frontman talks new gear discoveries, why the Boss Metal Zone continues to thrill, and the enduring influence of Soundgarden and Rush
Justin Hawkins on AC/DC: "There’s no left turn that leaves you disappointed. Every crescendo satisfies" By Amit Sharma The Darkness frontman shares his love for the most iconic fraternal guitar duo of all time - Angus and Malcolm Young - and hails “the ultimate rock riff” in Back In Black
Tom Morello: "Guitar playing has a different emphasis now – young people want to be producers before musicians" By Amit Sharma The Rage Against the Machine six-stringer and political activist talks the current landscape of guitardom, and his new Audible release, Tom Morello at Minetta Lane Theatre: Speaking Truth To Power Through Stories And Song
Taylor Momsen: "Guitars are like people. The longer they've been in your life the better" By Amit Sharma The Pretty Reckless leader remembers Chris Cornell, and goes deep on the guitars, gear and creation of the band's star-studded upcoming album, Death By Rock And Roll
Curt Chambers: "I've always loved matching the energy in hip-hop with aggressive guitar playing" By Amit Sharma The sought-after session man on playing with Eminem, Dr. Dre and Travis Barker, and how a 50th Anniversary Fender Strat Reissue shaped new solo single, Good Thing
Shaun Morgan: "Grunge guitarists are really good players, but they put aside finesse for the sake of emotion" By Amit Sharma The Seether frontman on rock music's place in South Africa, why he switched from Schecter to Ernie Ball Music Man and new album, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
4 signs your guitar strings need replacing By Amit Sharma ...plus 5 ways to extend the life of your strings, and why boiling them should only be a last resort
Black Veil Brides: "We really hated the lead tones on that first album - it was exciting to go back and re-record it all" By Amit Sharma Jake Pitts and Jinxx wax lyrical on technique, classical influences and completely re-recording the band's debut album, Re-Stitch These Wounds
Brian May's 20 greatest guitar moments By Amit Sharma From Brighton Rock to Bijou, here are the Queen icon's finest songs, solos and acts of melodic genius
Dance Gavin Dance's Will Swan: "I don’t want to sound like Liam Neeson here, but I really do have a specific set of skills!" By Amit Sharma The pedal-keen six-stringer on feel over theory, his love for Kiesel guitars and the making of eclectic new album, Afterburner
Best Telecasters 2021: top Fender Tele electric guitars for all budgets and styles By Amit Sharma We pay homage to Fender's iconic electric guitar and help you figure out which is the best Telecaster for you
Fender releases 5 new short-scale offset Player Series models By Amit Sharma The Mustang, Mustang 90, Duo-Sonic, Duo-Sonic HS and Mustang Bass PJ officially join the Player line-up, complete with fresh finishes
Alain Johannes: "I love the immediacy of acoustic instruments but I love the crazy worlds you can create with pedals - all I’m looking for is honesty and rawness" By Amit Sharma The enigmatic multi-instrumentalist talks working with everyone from Chris Cornell to Mark Lanegan, and his breathtaking new solo record, Hum
Guitar Gabby: "Understanding where guitar music came from helps young black women like me, out here paving our own paths" By Amit Sharma The LTD-wielding guitarist talks the music business, The TxLips Band and the genius of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Best electric guitars under $500: 10 epic electrics for smaller budgets By Chris Gill, Amit Sharma, Guitar World Staff These budget electric guitars offer fantastic tone and great playability, all within a more wallet-friendly price range
Michael Angelo Batio: "This new generation of guitarists is the best I’ve seen. They're where I was in my 20s but at the ages of 10 or even 5!" By Amit Sharma The thousand-notes-a-minute shred hero talks competing with younger players, effects pedal minimalism and his face-melting new album, More Machine Than Man
Ed O'Brien: "The guitar to me is like an oscillator on a synthesizer - it’s the start of a sound rather than the sound in itself" By Amit Sharma Total Guitar joins the six-stringer to discuss his plethora of effects pedals, the future of Radiohead and his debut solo album as EOB, Earth
Yvette Young: "I feel like an outsider to the whole virtuoso guitar world... I would jokingly call my genre 'detail rock'!" By Amit Sharma The Covet leader and math-rock innovator goes deep on her Ibanez signature model, latest single Parachute, and how the guitar saved her life
Fiokee on how he became Africa's most in-demand guitarist and the secret to writing guitar parts that connect By Amit Sharma "I see the guitar as a microphone - I try to keep my melodies very simple so that everyone can understand the message"
Tash Sultana: "I can play different instruments, but my home is the guitar" By Amit Sharma The Aussie multi-instrumentalist talks us through their extensive live setup, love of Fender's Richie Kotzen Teles, and the $20 pedal that will never leave their pedalboard
Nick Johnston, Lari Basilio and Plini on the genius of Joe Satriani By Amit Sharma Disciples of Satch weigh in on what makes the guitar world's shredder-in-chief king of six-stringers
The 9 best guitar amps under $1,000 2021: our pick of top combo amps and heads By Amit Sharma Looking for the best-sounding guitar amps under a grand? We’ve got you covered…
