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By Matt Owen Published
As a 15-year-old, Bettencourt auditioned to become Randy Rhoads’ replacement. When the gig presented itself years later, he declined

By Matt Owen Published
The two blues guitar greats crossed paths at a festival in 2008 – but Taylor wasn’t interested in what Bonamassa had to show her

By Matt Owen Published
A broke, pre-Pink Floyd Gilmour rocked up to a free jam evening at a music club – and had his entire guitar world rocked

By Matt Owen Published
Vai – who had a gruelling practice routine growing up – has shed some light on what it takes to become a virtuoso

By Matt Owen Published
The two virtuosos went toe-to-toe during the Generation Axe tour, and Malmsteen walked away as the victor

By Phil Weller Published
The rock legend has revealed how he’s split the difference between two superlative players to claim the top spot

By Phil Weller Published
The Journey guitar hero has taken the Ibanez Custom Shop model for a spin across a series of Instagram videos

By Matt Owen Published
In 1985, Vai was recruited to join Roth's post-Van Halen band – and the singer had lofty ambitions for his new project

By Phil Weller Published
Filipe Rosset has been blowing minds with his insane handspan

By Matt Owen Published
The Cliffs of Dover icon spent the early years of his career cutting his teeth on the session circuit – but says he had a few studio disasters along the way

By Janelle Borg Published
Santana shares how he managed to borrow SRV's prized Dumble after both he and Stevie Ray's tech had the same dream...

By Janelle Borg Published
Reid toured with the Rolling Stones, Cream, Jethro Tull, and Fleetwood Mac, released seven studio albums, and was even a session player for the likes of Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt

By Phil Weller Published
Fresh from his spot at Back to the Beginning, Bettencourt is continuing to doff his cap to the Prince of Darkness’ legacy

By Phil Weller Published
The pair joined forces last year for a re-recording of the track, and now they’ve taken it to the stage – and Slash kills his solo

By Phil Weller Published
Though widely celebrated, Bonamassa isn’t without his critics – but they’re not in his mind when he’s selling out arenas

By Matt Parker Published
The 88-year-old blues star says the lack of mainstream platforms for blues concerns him – but his Sinners cameo gives him cause for hope

By Matt Owen Published
The pair would come full circle and perform the song together years later during an MTV Unplugged session

By Matt Owen Published
The acoustic virtuoso took a pilgrimage to Nashville and swung by the house of his hero, and came away having learned a lesson he still holds close to this day

