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Jesse Williams

Meet Jesse Williams, the Joe Bonamassa-backed singer-songwriter tackling the mountain blues

By Andrew Daly published

Raised on fingerpicking and the blues but now beginning to explore pedals, Williams explains why it’s worth remaining independent no matter the challenges

Guitarists
Alex Lifeson his a chord and feels it on his cherry quilted maple top Les Paul Standard.

Alex Lifeson on throwing sonic curveballs with Envy of None – and why he’s all in on plugins

By David Mead published

As Alex Lifeson launches the second album from his latest prog project, Envy of None, we delve deep into the mists of its sonic landscape

Guitarists
Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda [left] and Peter Anspach at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall, June 25, 2022

How Goose took flight to become the world’s hottest jam band

By Alan Paul published

Rick Mitarotonda and Peter Anspach play without fear, reading the room, letting their improv instincts guide them. But those rooms are getting mighty big. Just how did a Connecticut jam band reach Madison Square Garden?

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Angus Young of AC/DC performs live on stage during the 'Rock or Bust' World Tour, at Wembley Stadium on July 4, 2015 in London, United Kingdom.

Thunderstruck on bass? With slapping and tapping? Bass hero Toby Peterson-Stewart flexes his chops in tribute to AC/DC

By Nick Wells published

From parallel distortion to cutting-edge tapping, Toby Peterson-Stewart breaks down some of the highlights from his latest cover

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Junior Marvin plays a white Fender Stratocaster onstage at Rewind Festival, in Scotland

Junior Marvin on Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Survival – and the influence Hendrix’s guitar pedal guru had on its sound

By Andrew Daly published

After the success of Exodus and Kaya, Bob Marley took the Wailers into a more politically charged direction to deliver a slept-on classic in the Wailers’ discography

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Hank Marvin of the Shadows plays his red strat and wears and orange and black graphic shirt.

My day interviewing Hank Marvin over beans on toast and chickening out of a Paul McCartney 'audition'

By Neville Marten published

Neville Marten's first assignment for Guitarist was one for the ages, at a venue that is now sadly lost but for a time was the place for the biggest bands to rehearse

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Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe of Tetrarch pose with their weapons of choice. Fore holds white ESP singlecut, while Rowe has her signature Monarkh from Jackson

Tetrarch on the joy of handing out signature models to their heroes and designing metal’s gnarliest tones

By Gregory Adams published

The Ugly Side of Me is an utterly crushing exercise in 21st-century riffs and tones, and if you're wondering how they get these sounds, well, Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe take us behind the scenes and tell all

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Steve Stevens shreds onstage with a red-and-white stripped video behind him.

Steve Stevens on his Dave Friedman pedalboard, his fave klone and why he can't quit guitar synths

By Andrew Daly published

The effervescent Billy Idol guitarist reveals the secrets of his pedalboard

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Ozzy Osbourne embraces Jake E. Lee as the latter takes a solo during an '80s live performances.

Jake E. Lee on his wild Ozzy Osbourne days and why Tony Iommi is harder to emulate than Randy Rhoads

By Andrew Daly published

Arthritis and the small matter of being shot didn't stop Jake E. Lee from honoring his old bandmate/boss Ozzy Osbourne and hero Tony Iommi at Sabbath's final show. And Tom Morello needed him bad

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A black and white shot of Thin Lizzy guitarists Gary Moore and Scott Gorham both working their Les Pauls – Moore on the Junior, Gorham on a Standard.

Scott Gorham on how his guitar partnership with Gary Moore came to a dramatic end

By Henry Yates published

The Belfast-born virtuoso brought blues-rock fireworks to Thin Lizzy's sound and a muscular foil for Gorham who was always trying something different

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