Latest articles by Jenna Scaramanga
Amy Love and Georgia South on the making of their uniquely heavy sound – and why their pedalboards remain a closely guarded secret
The electric blues pioneer, Chicago guitar great and world's greatest living bluesman's career in five key tracks
Get to know the Hendrix Chord and a whole lotta options for adding variety to your blues rhythm playing
The music of Larkin Poe is both deep-rooted and future-facing, but as the Lovell sisters tell us, there are no rules but one golden rule: “Every song has to have a riff!”
With no previous film experience, the session guitarist recorded the iconic theme for Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster. Here’s how she did it, without the ability to read music and while battling a rare bone marrow disorder
Why the future of guitar music is secure in the hands of Nova Twins, Mdou Moctar, Covet and more
The Australian polymath on an iconoclastic Unplugged performance that brought Strats and Teles to the party
The modern singer-songwriter fingerstylist keeps cranking out hits – but doesn’t care what gear he uses to make them... In fact, he doesn’t even know the names of his guitars
From Pearl Jam to Pantera, Metallica to Morello
One of today's foremost bass virtuosos on how he honed his chops, what makes up his formidable rig, and why his band's bass parts got so weird
Sometimes the best answers to our tone problems are right there in front of us. As Geordie Greep explains, even if you play experimental post-punk a dimed Marshall solves everything
We examine the forward-thinking era that gave us monster records from Slash, Metallica and Randy Rhoads – and Joe Satriani tells us what made Van Halen's 1984 such a game-changer for guitarists
Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...
As chosen by you, here are the albums that defined guitar music in the swinging ‘60s, featuring the Beatles, Cream and some guy named Hendrix... He could play
Here we unpack the rudiments of funk scratching in a lesson that will help you perfect your strumming technique and improve your rhythmic sensibility
Sharpen up your picking and soloing skills with these string skipping exercises in the style of Nuno Bettencourt, John Petrucci, Frank Gambale and more
The Venezuelan guitarist was playing festivals at 14. Within a few years she won a Berklee scholarship, then lost everything she owned in a fire. Now she works with Adam Sandler and plays guitar on Netflix films. This is her story...
Finding time to practice is the biggest obstacle facing most guitarists. We discuss some ways to fit it into your day...
Jack White is a guitar hero like no other. Here we profile his gear choices, his stylistic curveballs, and find a player whose restless creative vigor drives him on
From Eddie Van Halen's uncanny elephant noise to Steve Vai's insane joint shifting approach, here are the most challenging techniques you can learn on guitar
Leppard guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell on the art of the stadium rock banger. Rule number one: “Respect the melody...”
The RHCP guitarist's finest recordings, as voted by you – there's no Give It Away but plenty of deep cuts…
Lissack has two of the most complex pedalboards ever amassed. So how many pedals did he have when making the band’s new album? “Probably a hundred,” he laughs...
