Latest articles by Joe Bosso
John Petrucci: “When you solo, you’re the vocalist in the band... In that way, I’ve always been influenced by guys like David Gilmour, Neal Schon and Gary Moore”
Beard oil, bourbon, eight-string guitars and 20-minute songs – the Dream Theater virtuoso takes us inside his epic year
The Police's Andy Summers: "The way I was casting myself was like a sonic experimenter – I was leading the way and everybody was copying me"
One of rock's greatest tone gurus discusses the making of Ghost in the Machine, which turns 40 this month
Dirty Honey's John Notto: “There was no doubt I was going to succeed as a guitarist... failure just wasn’t an option”
The Dirty Honey six-stringer shares the secret of the LA rock band's success and talks influences, practice regimes, and the totemic power of the Gibson Les Paul Standard
Ayron Jones: "I can’t say the guitar provided me with a direction – the guitar became an obsession, and that’s what provided the direction"
Seattle's self-taught six-string dynamo talks tone, tension, channeling Tom Morello – and why he considers himself the Bruce Lee of guitarists
Marty Friedman: "I spend 80 percent of my time on the arrangement. If I have that beautiful frame, the notes I play inside it are going to really come through"
On the goosebumps-inducing Tokyo Jukebox 3, shred great Friedman tackles the Japanese pop charts
Rivers Cuomo: “We suppressed these impulses for many years... It was a real joy to open up that Pandora’s box of evil guitar tools and go crazy“
The Weezer frontman and hair-metal enthusiast takes us back to the '80s, when big hair and fast shred was sowing the seed for going off the rails on the crazy Van Weezer train
16 pro guitarists name the live shows that changed their lives
Featuring Billy Gibbons, Joe Bonamassa, Nita Strauss, Tom Morello and many more...
How Paul Gilbert, Vince Gill and Gretchen Menn powered through the pandemic – and what it means to return to the road
With live music reopening, we talk to three touring pros about life mid-pandemic and how it will feel to see an audience again
Greta Van Fleet's Jake Kiszka: “I work very hard to articulate chords and notes. All of that sensitivity and technicality gets lost when you have too much overdrive“
Can one of rock’s most polarizing young bands silence critics with their cinematic new album, The Battle at Garden’s Gate?
Reb Beach: ”When I was a kid, I took an aptitude test, and it basically said I had no aptitude for anything except music”
The guitar legend on re-learning his solos, juggling Winger and Whitesnake and his new solo album, A View from the Inside
Five Finger Death Punch’s Zoltan Bathory and new recruit Andy James on new beginnings and shred in the era of Covid
Augmenting the FFDP sound with seven-string shred, James' arrival marks a new chapter for the perennially touring metal juggernaut
Cory Wong: “Joe Satriani told me, ‘You’re the funkiest guitar player around, and I’d love to do something with you.’ I decided to call his bluff!“
The Vulfpeck rhythm king is as prolific as ever – and this time, some high-profile names have come along for the ride
Plini: ”The biggest thing is writing music I think is interesting... Once I’ve done that, I find room to put guitar on it”
The Australian guitar phenom on the perils of “guitar fame,” the challenges of modern prog and his stunning new album
Richard Williams: “Not to sound pompous, but Kansas pretty much gave birth to American prog bands”
The Kansas co-founder and guitarist talks highlights, hits, classic guitar solos and new album The Absence of Presence
U2's The Edge discusses his approach to gear, songwriting and solos on The Joshua Tree in this classic 1987 Guitar World interview
"I will never play without effects, because they're too much a part of what I do as a player. I rely on being creative with sound"
Brothers Osborne: “We try to stay true to the music we hear in our heads. That’s how you establish your own identity“
Turning up the heat on new album Skeletons, TJ and John Osborne explain how it's all about getting lost in the licks
Steve Morse: ”I do have the ability to take a good solo and screw it up – sometimes I’ll need 20 takes, by which time Bob Ezrin runs out of the room screaming!”
The Deep Purple guitarist on his unusually busy downtime, Purple's smoking new album and his dedication to the art of the solo
L.A. Witch's Sade Sanchez: ”People can’t go out, so this is a perfect time for everybody to learn how to play the guitar”
How the burgeoning SoCal trio went from getting fired to playing for keeps with a reverb-drenched garage rock sound
John Petrucci on his lifelong love of Rush: "I still use Alex Lifeson licks that I learned in high school!"
The spirit of radio is strong in Dream Theater's shredder-in-chief, as he details how Rush lit a progressive fire in his playing
Jason Isbell: “As I get older, I tend to play fewer notes to try and make my point“
The alt-country rocker discusses his "clean and loud" approach to recording a Strat through a Roland Jazz Chorus on Reunions
Hits, misses and major labels: Veruca Salt’s Louise Post and Local H’s Scott Lucas on surviving the '90s alt-rock boom
Post and Lucas remember a febrile time for alternative-rock – and what came after
100 things every guitarist should know
GW joins forces with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa and many more to teach you 100 essential lessons in the art of the six-string
Black Pumas: "A lot of groups fall into that 'soul revival' thing, but we embrace rock equally"
Adrian Quesada and Eric Burton on their unlikely pairing, vintage gear and letting the ear guide the song
