Jackson Maxwell
Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
Latest articles by Jackson Maxwell
Glenn Schwartz is one of America's great unsung guitar heroes – as evidenced by this new single with Joe Walsh and Dan Auerbach
By Jackson Maxwell published
Auerbach says there would be no Black Keys without Schwartz, who was the original guitarist in the James Gang, and would go on to be replaced by a then-unknown Walsh
My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields hid new music in a flash drive inside his signature Fender Blender pedal
By Jackson Maxwell published
With the flash drive comes instructions for listeners to “please play at 80db and above on speakers“
John 5, Nikki Sixx, Rob Halford and... Dolly Parton – metal's newest, and best, supergroup?
By Jackson Maxwell published
Bygones, a new single from Parton's aptly-named Rockstar album, features a star-studded cast of supporting players, and is perfectly suited to her vocal delivery
This week’s essential guitar tracks: from a former Megadeth shredder’s Pink Floyd cover to Dumble-assisted slide brilliance
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Fresh six-string inspiration from Joe Bonamassa, Voice of Baceprot, Cory Wong, Alice Cooper, Rivers of Nihil, Duff McKagan and oh so many more
Watch Nita Strauss rip Pantera's Cowboys From Hell as she kicks off her Summer Storm tour
By Jackson Maxwell published
It's not the first time the Ibanez-wielding virtuoso has tackled a tune by the Texas groove-metal legends, either...
Unassuming guitar teacher goes viral after channeling Brian May and Eddie Van Halen in epic America's Got Talent audition
By Jackson Maxwell published
Under the handle @oldgreyguitarist, John Wines has amassed 1.3 million followers on TikTok
Seymour Duncan's latest humbucker set channels one of rock guitar's most successful albums
By Jackson Maxwell published
Unveiled in tandem with new Steve Miller and Pete Anderson pickup sets, the Frampton Comes Alive 'buckers are part of a limited-edition series celebrating longtime Seymour Duncan Custom Shop manager Maricela “MJ” Juarez
Kirk Hammett remembers his last encounter with Dimebag Darrell: "I still regret not taking the time to have a full conversation with him"
By Jackson Maxwell published
The two last spoke backstage at the 2004 Download Festival, as Hammett frantically searched for a temporary replacement for an ill Lars Ulrich
Move over, Steve Vai: Senior Apple software engineer shreds on triple-neck guitar at 2023 Apple Developers Conference
By Jackson Maxwell published
It's not the first time that Apple exec Craig Federighi has incorporated guitar into the much-watched conference, either...
This week’s essential guitar tracks: thrash wigouts that sound like Tool on acid and the best MTV video pastiche you’ll see all month
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Unmissable new jams from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Gov't Mule, Nita Strauss, Towa Bird, Empire State Bastard, My Ugly Clementine and LOADS MORE
Watch Nuno Bettencourt shred Van Halen's Hot for Teacher – on a Strat
By Jackson Maxwell published
In a long-form chat with Rick Beato, Bettencourt also discussed a part of EVH's guitar arc that “nobody talks about”
The biggest pickup drop of the year? Seymour Duncan unveils new Alex Skolnick, Warren DeMartini signature sets and the EVH-inspired Little '78
By Jackson Maxwell published
Also new from the pickup firm is the Exciter humbucker, which takes its sonic cues from the glory days of glam rock
John Mayer's maple-fretboard PRS SE Silver Sky is finally here – and so are some sleek new finishes
By Jackson Maxwell published
First road-tested by Mayer in the spring, the SE Silver Sky Maple comes in its own set of smart colorways
Watch Tom Morello trade blues licks with Buddy Guy on the Strat legend's spotted Fender
By Jackson Maxwell published
Joining Guy onstage at the Best of Blues and Rock festival in São Paulo, Morello laid down some licks far bluesier than those that populate his catalog with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
Rob Caggiano has left Volbeat
By Jackson Maxwell published
The rest of the Danish hard-rock group wished Caggiano, who they referred to as a “brother,” “all the best with everything he does in the future”
Here's what you voted the best guitar solo of the 21st century
By Jackson Maxwell published
The winner was recorded more recently than you might think...
Watch Brian May, James Burton, Arielle, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and 11-year-old Britain's Got Talent star Harry Churchill rock Johnny B. Goode
By Jackson Maxwell published
Albert Lee, Ronnie Wood, Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter and Tommy Emmanuel were also on hand at the London Palladium for a tribute to Burton, a legendary guitarist most famous for his tenure as Elvis Presley's six-string sidekick
Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett's new podcast aims to uncover the secrets behind some of rock's biggest guitar solos – and the first round of guests is ridiculous
By Jackson Maxwell published
Alex Lifeson, Richie Sambora, Nile Rodgers, Lindsay Ell, Rivers Cuomo, Brad Paisley, Mike McCready, Brent Mason and more will share their lead guitar wisdom on the first season of Shred with Shifty
This week's essential guitar tracks: from the biggest rock band on Earth to Nuno Bettencourt's favorite solo
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Songs you gotta hear from Rockin’1000 ft. Chris Robertson, Extreme, Elegant Weapons, Foo Fighters, Code Orange, ONI feat. Jared Dines and oh so many more
11-year-old guitarist brings literal shred fireworks and Marty McFly-flavored tapping to Britain's Got Talent stage
By Jackson Maxwell published
Having already won plaudits from Brian May, young Harry Churchill further wowed viewers and judges alike with Johnny B. Goode á la Back to the Future, and Kiss-like theatrics
Brian May and Eddie Van Halen's Star Fleet Project mini-album is finally coming to streaming – with unreleased EVH solos
By Jackson Maxwell published
Among other never-before-heard gems, the reissued set will feature a dozen takes of Star Fleet, which together chart the course of a solo that May cites as "one of the greatest things" Eddie Van Halen ever did
Watch Ben Harper play Ed Helms' custom Gene Autry acoustic in spellbinding kitchen duet with Jack Johnson
By Jackson Maxwell published
If you're in need of a fingerpicking fix, look no further
Ibanez revives the Paul Gilbert PGM for 2023
By Jackson Maxwell published
The full-scale version of the virtuoso's classic signature has returned to the Ibanez lineup, and it's never looked better
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