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Articles by: Guitarist editors

20 milestone moments in Marshall’s 60-year quest for bigger, badder tone

By Guitarist editors published 17 June 22

Featuring Hendrix, Townshend, Nigel Tufnel and more, this history of Marshall by numbers goes to 11 and beyond

Raise your lead guitar game with this Jennifer Batten masterclass

By Jennifer Batten, Guitarist editors published 8 March 22

The session great shares some stamina-building exercises to improve your phrasing and spice up your solos

6 signature and artist-favorite guitar picks you need to try

By Guitarist editors last updated 8 October 21

Top-quality, pro-approved picks to give your playing the edge...

Myles Kennedy on his greatest gear finds and regrets, and how a '53 Tele made him fall in love with guitar all over again

By Guitarist editors published 3 September 21

The Alter Bridge guitar man and vocalist recounts how sometimes you can strike gold when working in a music store – and there's money in horse manure…

Frank Zappa: ”I think my playing is probably more derived from folk music – Middle Eastern music, Indian music, stuff like that”

By Guitarist editors published 18 August 21

The guitarist, composer and trailblazer opens up on first guitars, primary influences and the search for better gear

Steve Vai reflects on working with Frank Zappa: "If you didn’t have the goods, you didn’t last. Frank expected everybody to rise to the occasion"

By Guitarist editors published 4 August 21

The virtuoso details his 'stunt guitar' days spent playing, transcribing and recording the most difficult compositions in Frank Zappa's oeuvre

Mike Keneally on working with Frank Zappa: “My mind was being blown on a daily basis”

By Guitarist editors published 14 July 21

The guitarist details how his stint with Frank Zappa's band in the late '80s was his “first professional music experience of any kind”

Alex Winter takes us behind the scenes of his extensive Frank Zappa documentary, Zappa

By Guitarist editors last updated 28 June 21

Wading through Zappa's exhaustive audio/video archive, Winter puts together a portrait of a visionary guitarist and artist at work

Justin Norvell on the past, present and future of guitar design at Fender

By Guitarist editors published 18 May 21

“We owe a lot to the body of musical work that’s been created on our instruments. We’ve gone from being timely to timeless”

Fender American Acoustasonic Stratocaster

7 electric guitars that can also handle acoustic sounds

By Guitarist editors published 12 October 20

From Fender to PRS, Taylor and beyond, these electrics can all deliver unplugged vibes on the fly

Howard Gee: “I’m a big fan of the Echoplex EP-3, because that, to me, is the sound of '70s rock guitar”

By Guitarist editors last updated 7 April 21

The ex-Catalinbread masterbrain talks vintage echo and reveals his new brand of guitar effects pedals…

Blues maverick Jonathon Long shows you how to get more mileage from your guitar licks

By Guitarist editors published 26 May 20

The Baton Rouge bluesman shares his talent for transforming licks into a multitude of styles, from loping gospel sounds through Delta blues and slick country riffs

Audio Kitchen’s Steve Crow: "Distortion is something you can hide behind. When you dial it back, it forces you to up your game"

By Guitarist editors published 19 May 20

The boutique pedal company's head chef serves up some tasty tone tips to expand your effects palate

Classic gear: Hofner Verithin

By Guitarist editors published 14 May 20

With American guitars thin on the ground in the UK in the '50s, Hofner filled the thinline gap...

David Rainger: "Do things the ‘wrong’ way if you like - then you’ll come up with the best stuff creatively"

By Guitarist editors published 12 May 20

The founder of London-based pedal mavericks Rainger FX talks tone and explains why stompboxes are here to stay...

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By Guitarist editors published 18 March 20

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Effectrode's Phil Taylor: "When I started making pedals, there were very few people building effects with tubes in them"

By Guitarist editors published 2 March 20

The head of old-school boutique builders Effectrode talks valves, Pink Floyd and Echorecs…

Diversify your playing with Greg Koch's red-hot hybrid-picking lesson

By Guitarist editors published 26 February 20

Koch serves up a little bit of country, a little bit of jazz and a little bit o’ blues on the side as he shares his 8 favorite licks

Own your tone: the guitar terms you need to know

By Guitarist editors, Dave Burrluck published 9 January 20

To help you perfect the feel and sound of your guitar rig, here’s a refresher on some key concepts…

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