Latest articles by Scott Rowley
The Big Country guitarist pulls some choice guitars and amps out of the vault, and explains why the Esquire beats the Tele
Bruce Watson shares the story of a guitar that encapsulates the time Big Country tried to break America – before they took their Scot rock sound to Moscow
Bruce Watson shares the guitar story of the Scottish rock stalwarts, the "Itch and Itch" amps so crucial to his tone, and how “Scotland’s answer to Jimi Hendrix” was the heart of Big Country's sound
In this 2000 interview, the late Gary “Mani” Mounfield discusses “trouser flapper” amps, groove, the making of Roses classics, and the problems of playing with a drum machine
Nu metal bassist Sam Rivers has died, Limp Bizkit confirm
Four years ago, we published this video of Erik Rutan. It's since become one of our most-watched videos
It was once the biggest-selling guitar magazine in Europe. Now Total Guitar is set to close after its latest issue. Here’s what its first and last editors have to say...
The last issue of Guitar Techniques goes on sale this week, after 30 years of publishing. Read Editor Jason Sidwell's final editorial letter
Is tone in the fingers or in the gear? What’s the best piece of guitar advice you’ve received? What would you like to be better at? Pete Thorn takes our guitar nerd questionnaire…
VIDEO We went to Universal Audio's HQ for the launch of their new reverb, delay and compression units, and James Santiago and Yvette Young demonstrated how they captured the Black Dog sound in a box
"I don't want to play for bass players – I want to play for truckdrivers! I want people to dance!" The rise of a reluctant virtuoso
Music photographer Mick Hutson, the man behind iconic shots of all your favorite guitarists, has died
Every episode of "the Desert-Island-Discs but for pedals", starring Vai, Trout, Smith, Krasno, Fletcher, Grossi and McKeon, in one binge-able place
The Stranglers’ Jean-Jacques Burnel looks back on his playing style and sound, his habit of punching basses, fighting Paul Simonon and where he ranks in the bass players of punk
Walter Trout explains and demonstrates why he doesn't use pedals: it's all in his volume control and pickup selection
The Grammy-winning Soulive and Lettuce co-founder on the three effects pedals he'd take with him in the event of a zombie apocalypse
EXCLUSIVE! Grammy award winner Kingfish takes to the roof of the Hard Rock Hotel in London for an exclusive tribute to Hendrix
Released on 8 October 1980, Talking Heads’ Remain in Light is a paranoid funky masterpiece, thanks in no small part to Tina Weymouth’s sinuous basslines
Blues wizard Kirk Fletcher on the three effects pedals he'd rescue in the event of an unlikely effects pedal-related apocalypse
Steve Vai does Pedalpocalypse, and gives us a quick glimpse into his huge pedal collection. But which pedals couldn't he live without?
