Guitar Techniques

Tim Henson playing Jason Becker's Peavey JB24 Numbers electric guitar

Watch Tim Henson improvise with Herman Li using Jason Becker’s original prototype Peavey Numbers guitar

By Matt Owen

The pair teamed up to trade licks in the latest installment of the Jason Becker fundraiser livestream event, which has raised nearly $250,000 so far

David Gilmour teases a sonic shift for his next album: "The electric guitar I'm currently playing is not as 'rock god' as one might expect"

By Matt Owen

The Pink Floyd legend hopes to have the record ready "in the next year or two"

Man listens to music on his phone sat on a couch

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By Guitar World

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Eddie Van Halen hated how he inspired a wave of “intense uber-shredding”, says Steve Lukather

By Matt Owen

The Toto and session legend says it "always bothered" Van Halen how he inspired a trend that "turned the guitar into more of a sport"

Rolling Stones fans, get 45% off a Guitar Tricks annual sub plus 32 Stones song lessons

By Chris Barnes

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John Mayer embraces the ’80s in a big way on new track Last Train Home

By Michael Astley-Brown

Accompanied by a hot pink PRS Silver Sky, Mayer sets course for yacht-rock central in the Toto-esque first single from new album Sob Rock

Yngwie Malmsteen unleashes Relentless Fury with second Parabellum single

By Michael Astley-Brown

The none-more-Malmsteen cut features a straight minute-and-a-half of pure, uninterrupted, blistering shred

Watch Def Leppard’s Phil Collen unleash fusion fury in a shred-heavy rendition of Quadrant 4

By Matt Owen

The Leppard legend reels off lightning-fast lead licks and blistering scale runs during a high-octane cover of Tommy Bolin and Billy Cobham's 1973 jazz-rock classic

Best online guitar lessons 2021: our pick of the 9 best remote learning platforms for guitar players

By Chris Corfield, Chris Schwarten

Develop your guitar skills from the comfort of your home, with the help of these online lessons services

Guitar Tricks review

By Chris Schwarten

The OG guitar tutorial site is still the benchmark for online learning

Andy Timmons shows you how to target chord tones in melodic improvisation

By Andy Timmons

Don't just play scalar runs when soloing – tell a story by accentuating the chords underneath with your note choice

Paul Gilbert Werewolves of Portland video

Paul Gilbert unleashes howling slide guitar on funky, fusion-y new song Werewolves of Portland

By Richard Bienstock

The six-string virtuoso gets wild with “fast guitar riffs, percussive picking and modulating dominant sus4 arpeggios”

Mike Dawes joins forces with Jack Gardiner and Plini for trailblazing acoustic/electric single, Push

By Michael Astley-Brown

The spellbinding track teams Dawes’ percussive wizardry with otherworldly leads from the two electric virtuosos

Tedeschi Trucks Band and Trey Anastasio share smoldering live performance of Derek & the Dominos’ Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

By Michael Astley-Brown

The track is taken from new collaborative live album Layla Revisited (Live at LOCKN’)

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By Chris Barnes

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Joe Satriani drops wailing wah-pedal leads over an orchestra in epic new Kitt Wakeley track

By Michael Astley-Brown

Forgive Me finds Satch tearing it up with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Watch Jon Gomm put his signature Ibanez JGM10 through its paces with dazzling Deep Sea Fishes playthrough

By Matt Owen

The modern fingerstyle maestro showed off both his signature six-string and his jaw-dropping arsenal of extended techniques during a new live performance