Best beginner guitar amps 2021: top guitar amplifiers for beginners By Chris Corfield, Daryl Robertson 08 October 2021 Looking for the best beginner guitar amp? Here are the amps you need to be checking out from Boss, Yamaha, Fender and more
How Chuck Berry shaped the sound of rock 'n' roll guitar By Guitar Gabby 07 October 2021 Dubbed the father of rock 'n' roll, Berry’s legacy has influenced whole generations of players – including Jackie Venson, who reflects on how her tone and style have been molded by the Gibson ES-350T-wielding icon
Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett look back on 30 years of The Black Album: "It really was the master key to everything" By Richard Bienstock 07 October 2021 How shorter, simpler songs and a bold vision helped the thrash pioneers make the biggest metal album of all time
Best bass guitars 2021: top long and short-scale bass options for beginners to pros By Jonathan Horsley 07 October 2021 Presenting the world’s finest low-end monsters, with the best bass guitars from Fender, EBMM, Yamaha and more…
David Crosby: “I’m usually trying to tell a story. Musically, I think it has to do with the fact that I like more complex chord structures and progressions” By Neville Marten 07 October 2021 The free-thinking founder of The Byrds and CSNY reflects on his storied career and discusses the making of his Joni Mitchell-inspired new album, For Free
Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen discuss their careers, friendship and the evolution of their guitar playing in this classic 2010 interview By Chris Gill 06 October 2021 Two of hard-rock's greatest guitar-slingers talk technique, career highs and lows, and how they influenced one another over the years
The 10 best pedalboard power supplies 2021: boost your 'board with our recommended pedal power supplies By Michael Astley-Brown, Daryl Robertson 06 October 2021 Get your effects sounding their best with our pick of the best pedalboard power supplies available today
Pom Pom Squad: "There are varying degrees and styles of how somebody can play guitar. It’s not a one-size-fits-all" By Jacob Uitti 06 October 2021 Mia Berrin breaks down toying with tropes on her new LP Death of a Cheerleader, the guitars that made it onto the record and how her affinity for all things grunge began
James Taylor: “All music is reiteration... We just pick stuff up and use it again. I mean, there are just 12 notes” By Alan Paul 06 October 2021 The fingerpicking maestro discusses auditioning for George Harrison and Paul McCartney as an unknown 20-year-old – and working with jazz master John Pizzarelli on his latest release
Samantha Fish: ”I’m finding modern tones to incorporate with the blues and rock ’n’ roll” By Ellie Rogers 06 October 2021 Pushing the boundaries of blues-rock with new album Faster, the Kansas City six-stringer is bringing her pop influences to the fore, and finding tone magic in a small combo driven hard
12 essential UK instrumental guitar folk albums By Glenn Kimpton 06 October 2021 Featuring John Renbourn, Gwenifer Raymond and a host of acoustic artists old and new
Types of guitar: everything you need to know By Ed Mitchell 06 October 2021 From solidbody to semi-hollow, electric to acoustic, this beginner's guide will introduce you to every type of guitar
Charlie Parra: “I love tapping so much. The main reason I use a V is because there’s basically no wood between my tapping hand and the fretboard” By Richard Bienstock 05 October 2021 The Peruvian shred whiz discusses the shreddable design of his signature Kramer Nite-V Plus
The best PRS SE Custom 24 deals in October 2021: own a top-rated PRS for less By Chris Corfield 05 October 2021 We’ve scoured the web to find today’s best PRS deals
The best Fender CD-60S Deals October 2021: lay your hands on a top-rated beginner acoustic guitar By Chris Corfield 05 October 2021 We’ve uncovered today's best deals on Fender’s epic entry-level acoustic
Tony Levin on his best bass albums By Bass Player Staff 05 October 2021 The bass player for David Bowie, Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel and more revisits his back catalog
Best acoustic guitar strings 2021: outfit your acoustic with the strings it deserves By Chris Corfield 04 October 2021 Our pick of the best acoustic guitar string sets, and everything you need to know about them
Gus G on his first-ever all-instrumental solo record: “I wanted to avoid making a boring album that’s 45 minutes of ‘widdly widdly’!” By Greg Prato 04 October 2021 The Firewind guitarist on his forthcoming solo effort Quantum Leap, what sets his signature Jackson guitars apart, and how he entered (and exited) his gig with Ozzy Osbourne
John Mayer shares his advice on how to write the perfect guitar solo By Richard Bienstock 04 October 2021 You've got to build a ramp. And a rollercoaster. Then you've got to stick the landing... Easier said than done
The true origins and evolution of Eddie Van Halen's legendary Frankenstein guitar By Chris Gill 04 October 2021 How the most famous guitar in rock history took shape and spawned a mythology all of its own
