Latest articles by Grant Moon
Sam Fender’s first guitar was a budget Strat copy – and even though he's selling out stadiums, he still plays it to this day
The indie rock phenom looks back on his beginnings – and how a humble rig, along with Slash’s autobiography, served as his tools for becoming part of the UK’s contemporary rock royalty
The 50 greatest guitar riffs of all time
From metal to rock, punk to grunge, these are the best guitar riffs ever recorded, as voted for by you
Inside the strange world of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, the most eclectic and prolific guitar band on Earth
Stu Mackenzie dishes on the modal and microtonal jam experiments that populate the Australian rock band's sprawling discography
Sophie May on confronting TikTok-fried attention spans and setting Leonard Cohen-style arpeggios to slam poetry
The rising TikTok star is building a sound of Gen Z confessionals of love stories gone wrong, and writing, recording, and learning on Squier Mustang as she goes...
Feeder’s Grant Nicholas shares his tips on on songwriting, gear and tone: “You can always find a new way of playing a chord”
Grant Nicholas checks in from his rehearsal space to drop some science, advising players to keep our pedalboards close and our acoustic guitars closer, and to keep on experimenting
Khruangbin’s Mark Speer: “Don't be afraid of space. You can spend your time either filling up every section of the sonic void, or you can embrace that space”
Speer tells us how chords, repetition and a healthy serving of reverb helps the eclectic, hypnotic and brilliant Texan trio open up pathways to transcendence
Robben Ford: “Tone has always been number one to me. It needs to sound good first – otherwise, who cares what the notes are?”
A revered guitarist who has played for legends such as Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell, and created a series of brilliant solo albums, Robben Ford sits down to share his wisdom...
Andy Summers: “One of the things I loved about playing in The Police was that it was all guitar all the time! But it needed someone like me to fill that out”
From jazz roots to worldwide fame with The Police, he developed a signature style that defined the post-punk era. “Being a guitar player,” says Andy Summers, “is who I am”
James Dean Bradfield shares the secrets behind his songwriting and guitar craft
He started out playing a Les Paul to sound like the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones. Now, he’s channeling Abba and declaring “I love my Strat!” The Manic Street Preachers frontman offers a few lessons he’s learned along the way
Pond’s Jay Watson on the search for improv gold, the freedom to make weird noise and why lead guitar rules
The multi-instrumentalist unpacks the Australian psych-rocker’s freewheeling sound and explains why they don’t need rhythm guitars to make a guitar album
Joe Bonamassa: “Being semi-retired for a year and a half has given me a new lease of life”
The blues-rock maestro on how a no-frills recording approach didn't get in the way of his most musically ambitious record to date
Sam Fender: “When you write a melody, it’s like your soul talking – you’re finding it through pure feeling”
Acclaimed by Elton John and Paul Weller, Fender's new album Seventeen Going Under is a masterclass in songwriting – he walks us through his process and looks back on his guitar journey so far
Rory Gallagher bassist Gerry McAvoy remembers making the great bluesman's debut album
“Rory was experimenting with everything – he loved folk, he loved jazz, he loved blues... And pop elements would creep in there as well”
How John Mayer conquered the world
Inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan and feted by Clapton, John Mayer is one of the most gifted guitarists of the modern era. This is his story
Jocelyn Gould: "Jazz is a language – if you don’t hear it, you can’t speak it"
The Canadian guitarist and composer on balancing teaching with writing original, award-winning jazz
Billy Gibbons: “I was fearless when I started playing, but learning that agonizing F chord was miserable!”
With new solo album Hardware in record stores, the ZZ Top icon sits down with TG to share some hard-earned wisdom
How Gary Moore's propulsive playing and fiery tone changed the course of blues guitar
The life and times of the Irish guitar hero who became a hugely influential figure in the world of blues and rock, with Thin Lizzy and beyond
Steve Lukather: “I used to learn George Harrison s**t and everyone thought I was a badass! Now little kids on YouTube play like Stevie Ray Vaughan“
Lukather has played on the biggest-selling album of all time, is in a band with Ringo Starr and remains a member of Toto, and here he shares some of his hard-earned wisdom
Why Albert Collins was the true master of the Fender Telecaster
The Iceman put a whole lot of fire in his playing with wild vibrato and a stinging blues tone
Jonathan Wilson: “Timing and rhythm is what makes you money, not speed and tons and tons of notes”
The Americana artist on Nashville, his musical father, touring with Roger Waters and perfecting your craft...
Seafret's Harry Draper: “We wrote Oceans in an hour after being in the pub. Now we go all over the world and play it”
Draper takes us below the surface to reveal the secrets of the Yorkshire duo's indie-pop sound
