Learn how to cover the entire fretboard with Joe Bonamassa’s soloing scale secret By Joe Bonamassa published 26 November 22 By memorizing scales as blocks, the notes will come to you and let your lead playing take flight
The 10 best covers of Jimi Hendrix songs By Josh Hart published 24 November 22 A good Hendrix cover is a rarity, so we've taken it upon ourselves to compile the 10 greatest takes on Hendrix classics
Watch Jeff Beck’s flawless jam of Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing with Johnny Depp on rhythm guitar By Matt Owen published 24 November 22 Beck once again proves he's just getting better and better, delivering an emotive, improv-heavy performance of the 1967 classic
Wilko Johnson, Dr. Feelgood guitarist and major influence on the '70s English punk movement, dies aged 75 By Sam Roche published 23 November 22 Johnson passed away in his home on Monday (November 21), a statement on his social media pages confirms
How to incorporate open-string drones into an improvised blues solo By Andy Aledort published 23 November 22 Taking inspiration from Muddy Waters' Rollin' Stone, this lesson will teach you how to make your one guitar sound fuller
Watch Manuel Gardner Fernandes test-drive Tim Henson's Ibanez nylon-string signature model with an otherworldly harmonic-heavy fingerstyle performance By Sam Roche published 22 November 22 Fernandes joins the likes of Marcin Patrzalek and Ichika Nito in trying out the TOD10N, and throws his hat into the ring with considerable style
Watch Christone "Kingfish" Ingram blaze through an epic version of Jimi Hendrix classic Red House By Scott Rowley published 21 November 22 EXCLUSIVE! Grammy award winner Kingfish takes to the roof of the Hard Rock Hotel in London for an exclusive tribute to Hendrix
Brian May says a boxset for his Eddie Van Halen Star Fleet collaboration is coming next year – and it will be full of never-before-heard outtakes By Matt Parker published 21 November 22 “You’ll hear us in the studio, trading licks,” says May
Learn 5 Eric Johnson chords that utilize his trademark ‘shell’ voicing for big ambient clean tones By Richard Barrett published 21 November 22 Got a wicked clean tone but don't know what to play? Step right this way...
Watch Ichika Nito take Tim Henson’s new nylon-string signature guitar on a test drive – and deliver the most technical 18 seconds you’ll hear all week By Matt Owen published 21 November 22 Ichika is the latest Ibanez signature artist to put the TOD10N through its paces, and did so in spectacular fashion
Watch Peter Frampton end his touring career with a final show-closing cover of The Beatles’ While My Guitar Gently Weeps By Matt Owen published 18 November 22 The guitar legend played his three-pickup Gibson Les Paul sat down, and brought the curtain down on his prolific live career at the last show of his farewell tour
“Bob Dylan knows my name?” Joe Satriani responds to alleged slight in the rock icon’s new book By Matt Parker published 18 November 22 The guitar virtuoso offered a masterfully diplomatic response to his mention in The Philosophy of Modern Song
Mike Dawes: “Guitar right now is heavily edited, very engineered to engage, snippets of sound – the result is music that doesn’t sound like a journey” By Alison Richter published 18 November 22 Fresh off the back of his latest EP with Tommy Emmanuel, the fingerstyle acoustic virtuoso reflects on the state of the guitar in the social media age, the benefits of practicing songs in the wrong tunings, and why every solo guitarist should have an imaginary drummer
How to play blues like Eric Johnson By David Gerrish published 18 November 22 Crank up the delay, and grab a Strat, SG or ES-335: it's time to take a look at the bluesier side of the Texan virtuoso and Grammy award winner
How does Dolly Parton play guitar with such long fingernails? By Laura B. Whitmore published 17 November 22 The country hitmaker shaped her entire guitar style around her trademark talons
Jared Dines' 5th “biggest shred collab song in the world” will have the most star-studded lineup of any guitar video ever By Sam Roche published 17 November 22 John Petrucci, Zakk Wylde, Synyster Gates, Nita Strauss, Steve Vai, Tim Henson, Ichika Nito and John 5 are all in the running to appear – and only the first wave of guitarists has been announced
15 young guns making the Gibson Les Paul cool again By Andrew Daly published 17 November 22 The iconic single-cut has faced its fair share of opposition over the past 70 years, but its fire is burning once more – and these guitarists are carrying the torch for a new generation
Watch Julian Lage’s astonishing take on Charlie Christian’s Seven Come Eleven, using the jazz great’s own Gibson ES-250 By Matt Parker published 16 November 22 Phoenix’s Musical Instrument Museum handed Lage a very special loaner for his September show
Rhythm and lead guitar lessons you can learn from John Frusciante By Martin Cooper published 16 November 22 The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist borrows from the best and puts them through his unique filter. Here we take a look at his Hendrix-esque rhythm and fuzzed-out Strat soloing approach
Eddie Van Halen used to play this Nuno Bettencourt riff at “every single soundcheck” By Matt Owen published 15 November 22 The late guitar legend played the song so much that his guitar tech – then working with the Extreme guitarist – believed it to be a Van Halen riff that never got released
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