Sam Roche
Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.
Latest articles by Sam Roche

By Sam Roche Published
Both the SolidGoldFX and Diamond brands will continue to operate independently, but all products will now be built at SGFX's Montreal shop

By Sam Roche Published
The Philadelphia-born guitarist landed hits with Butterfly and Fabulous, and toured with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and The Everly Brothers
![[L-R] St. Vincent and James Hetfield](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w6WcsSvwprBu5abBReP8Tm-320-80.jpg)
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The band's third annual Helping Hands benefit concert also played host to the first-ever performance of new single Lux Æterna

By Sam Roche Published
The pop megastar performed My Hero with the Foo Fighters frontman and Motion Sickness with Bridgers

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The guitarists all filled in on the band's recent Spirits on Fire US tour, as Dave Navarro continues to battle long Covid

By Sam Roche Published
Get your James Hetfield/Eddie Munson on for just 500 V-Bucks (about $4)
![[L-R] Steve Vai and Randy Hansen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SFnre4pJVULocQwWw9xN6Q-320-80.jpg)
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The surprise duo put their fingers – and teeth – to work in a blistering lead guitar performance at Seattle's Moore Theater

By Sam Roche Published
In this high-risk sonic experiment, the Austrian YouTube extraordinaire has placed sparklers in the soundhole and at both ends of his guitar, making for spectacular viewing

By Sam Roche Published
Fueled by the guitar tag team of Michael Quick and Steve Di Genco, Candy's uncompromising sound is a vulgar display of modern metal power

By Sam Roche Published
The demonic new stompbox features an updated white-and-bronze aesthetic, and a new mid-frequency pot for greater versatility and tonal control

By Sam Roche Published
Bass duties look like they'll be shared by Cattle Decapitation's Derek Engemann and former Down bassist Bobby Landgraf for the band's two remaining shows in São Paulo, Brazil

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Former Cattle Decapitation bassist and Phil Anselmo collaborator Derek Engemann assumed low-end duties for the event
![[L-R] Steve Lukather, Eddie Van Halen and Prince](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o6HhXGwyUFp5SqjnSwuTX5-320-80.jpg)
By Matt Parker Published
The Toto guitarist waxed lyrical on his illustrious career in a new conversation recorded at Hollywood's Sunset Sound
![[L-R] Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SzAgi5C2jCTfqMPr9jzdUY-320-80.jpg)
By Sam Roche Published
The King Crimson man injects some powerchords into the Christmas classic, while Toyah pours shaving cream on his head

By Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Owen, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche Published
Beat the cold with searing, guitar-driven songs from White Reaper, George Lynch & Jeff Pilson, Paramore, Steel Panther, Zeal & Ardor, Day Wave, Obvurt, NOFX and more

By Sam Roche Published
Boasting a double-cut body shape with horns like its namesake mythical beast, the Minotaur comes in a host of different configurations, with Grover hardware as standard

By Sam Roche Published
Armed with a Wylde Audio Warhammer guitar – the same he used for Pantera's December 2 show in Mexico – Wylde channeled the guitar icon with renditions of Manic Depression, Little Wing and Purple Haze
![[L-R] Phil Anselmo and Zakk Wylde](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XtYFM7sSbkW78beoeXv4a7-320-80.jpg)
By Sam Roche Published
The band's reformed lineup – Phil Anselmo, Rex Brown, Wylde and Charlie Benante – looked in fine form as they played a set of classics at Mexico's Hell & Heaven Metal Fest

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche Published
Kick off December with a bang with invigorating new songs from Metallica, Donovan & David Gilmour, Band-Maid, Leap, Jack Gardiner, Bury Tomorrow, Subsonic Eye, Miniature Tigers, and more

By Sam Roche Published
The Aussie virtuoso has celebrated the announcement with a new live video of Pan, shot in Sydney and Melbourne

By Sam Roche Published
The young musician puts the Gibson Adam Jones Les Paul Standard to good use, stitching together the likes of Lateralus, Descending and 7empest

By Sam Roche Published
Watch the mystifying duo take on the opener from the thrash metallers' classic 1990 album, Rust in Peace

By Sam Roche Published
A Taylor GS Mini has been listed for sale in a charity auction, with teeth marks and a confession written in permanent marker
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