Latest articles by Jonny Scaramanga
Guitarists Luke Mark and Isaac Wood are sawing up Teles and sending the press reaching for the hype button
Improvisation, guitar abuse... the UK post-punk noisenik shares his guitar wisdom, and you'd best pray for truss rod fortitude
The Biffy frontman shares his fat Strat strategies, demystifies weird time signatures and tells us why the Scottish rockers’ latest album is all joy and togetherness
Guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan unpack the breathtaking sonic evolution of the world's most innovative post-punk band and share the secrets of their pedalboards
Hester Chambers on how the Chaise Longue duo's novel approach to playing and anything-goes songwriting ethos made them a viral smash – and one of 2022's bands to watch
A sleek and speedy hardtail Superstrat with humbuckers that would hold their own in any company
Recorded at Sonic Ranch, El Paso, Back In Love City finds the Vaccines reference classic rockabilly tones, Morricone, and the irresistible energy of Mexico City
In 10 key collaborations, John Mayer has travelled from classic blues to hip-hop, modern rock to mainstream pop and beyond...
How single-coil pickups, stone room reverb and a DIY ethos turned the chart-topping Londoners a deep shade of Drunk Tank Pink
The English singer-songwriter on her idea to finish and release John Mayer’s new single before he could...
The Manic Street Preachers guitarist/vocalist discusses how he gets his chops up – by jamming classic rock and soul tunes, and working that little finger...
Yvette Young, Plini, Nita Strauss, Jared James Nichols and more salute the maestro
The guitarist for the Danish post-punks talks wizard producers, the weird appeal of offsets, and finding gold in unorthodox gear combinations
How a hardware calamity led the Quo legend towards the Telecaster
One of Fender's latest signature artists explains how jazz, soul and pop and whatever else goes, just so long as it makes sense for the song
The multi-instrumentalist details the recording of Mammoth WVH, and explains why making the music he wants to make is the best way to honor his father
The Def Leppard guitarist reveals the role of the Fender Telecaster on the band’s multi-million selling albums Pyromania and Hysteria
The Slipknot riff master explains how the Fender Telecaster fits perfectly with the Iowa metal institution's super-heavy sound
Opinion: With guitar solos absent from the charts, Green Day championing the anti-solo and Eddie Van Halen gone, is it the end for the fret-melting guitar hero?
The Black Star Riders and Thin Lizzy icon on a life spent at the sharp end of rock's greatest hits
Guitarists Mark Trotter and Ross Smithwick talk stripping back the overdubs and maximizing the emotion on blockbuster new album The Hope List
The guitarist from Britain's fastest-rising rock band talks open tunings, Les Pauls and how Phil Collen stole his solo
Led Zeppelin's magic writ large, from the free-form jams of Dazed to the grandeur and majesty of Kashmir
