Latest articles by Phil Weller
Why Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds and joined the Bluesbreakers, according to his former bandmate
Jim McCarty says one particular factor forced Clapton’s hand
John Mayer lends his talents to Matthew McConaughey’s Hollywood book launch
The guitarist accompanied readings of the actor’s poems for a one-of-a-kind event
Justin Hawkins names the guitar virtuoso who could have been EVH’s equal in the 1980s
The Darkness guitarist believes this shredder would have been better appreciated in the ’80s
How Hedras became one of today’s leading virtuosos by fusing shred smarts and boomer sensibilities
The Cort signature artist on why it’s worth the long climb up Shred Mountain, teaching Tosin Abasi tapping tricks and standing by an effect that many of his contemporaries have abandoned
Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal remembers his radical mad scientist fretless guitar experiments
The virtuoso once wanted a fretless guitar, so he took matters into his own hands
Richard Fortus on how he’s held down the Guns N’ Roses gig – and his other favorite GNR guitarist
Fortus reveals who his favorite co-guitarists have been, and the man whose parts he'll never change
Frank Zappa’s ‘Baby Snakes’ SG is heading to auction for the first time – and expected to sell for half a million dollars
The heavily modified SG copy was bought for $500 and became one of his most well-known guitars
Buddy Guy remembers the first time he saw Jimi Hendrix play – and the warning he used to give him before gigs
Guy also remembers how Hendrix won the guitar amp “dogfight”
John 5 on the unlikely player who started his life-long love affair with the Telecaster
John 5 has played with David Lee Roth, Rob Zombie, and Mötley Crüe, but the player that inspired his guitar choice is from a whole other world
Joe Bonamassa trades licks with “the future” of the blues, Marcus King, during virtuosic Albert King cover
Bonamassa invited the 29-year-old blues sensation on stage during his headline show on the Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea Alaska cruise
Nuno Bettencourt announces four day guitar camp – and he's recruited some big-name players to help
Steve Vai, Eric Gales, Rick Beato, and Mateus Asato are among the guest stars who will take part
Joe Bonamassa shares his top tips for blues players looking to level up – and it’s not to learn more solos
There’s no “Rosetta Stone of the blues” – but he says doing this will transform the fundamentals of your playing
Are Guns N' Roses going to release a new record? This is what Slash had to say
The band have “so much material” to work with, but Slash isn’t giving a timeline for its release
Neural DSP Archetype: Misha Mansoor X review
The Finnish firm’s new signature plugin for Periphery’s chief riffer is its most feature-packed to date, and it serves up utilitarianism and uncanny weirdness in equal measure
Klon creator Bill Finnegan’s lawsuit against Behringer over its Centaur clone has been dismissed
The lawsuit had been filed following the release of Behringer’s Klon Centaur copy, which was originally called the Centaur Overdrive
PRS launches an affordable, all-mahogany take version of David Grissom’s celebrated signature
The all-mahogany PRS SE DGT Standard costs less than $700 and promises to deliver its own unique tonal twist
Nova Twins on keeping sonic secrets, putting vocals through a Plexi – and blowing up amps
Amy Love and Georgia South reveal everything they’re prepared to tell about the atypical tones on latest album Parasites & Butterflies. And if you think they’re miming on stage, they’d like you to think again
The botched luthier job that convinced John Suhr to get into guitar building
The celebrated luthier may have had a different career if it weren’t for someone else’s careless craftsmanship
Joe Bonamassa’s ultra-rare 1959 ‘Black Beauty’ Les Paul Custom is one of 20 in existence – now it’s been recreated as an Epiphone signature guitar
Unique for its twin humbuckers and Bigsby vibrato, Bonamassa’s unicorn Les Paul has been recreated for under $1K
Yungblud responds to critics following divisive VMAs Ozzy Osbourne tribute with Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Perry and Steven Tyler
Yungblud claims they were the only performers to sing live on the night
Brad Paisley gifted his new favorite guitarist a prized Telecaster – and left a hidden message under the pickguard
Paisley has sung the praises of country guitar’s new kid on the block
Oasis guitarist Bonehead temporarily pulls out of reunion tour following cancer diagnosis
The band’s founding guitarist was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year
That time Jeff Beck gave an impromptu guitar lesson to a future pop pioneer – who didn’t know who he was
The serendipitous hangout led to the pair working together on Beck’s 2000 album, You Had It Coming
