Guitar Techniques Features

Back in the summer of 2008, Mayer harnessed his inner Eddie Van Halen and treated multiple audiences to a series of energetic, tap-heavy guitar performances

We chart the influential axe-slingers who shaped the sound – and look – of rock to come

The Deep Purple legend divulged the origin of the riff in an interview back in 2007. But was he telling the truth?

The fusion guitar master shares his thoughts on the next generation of players, maintaining speed on the fretboard, and what makes his '59 Gibson Les Paul the best-sounding guitar he's ever played

From once-in-a-generation talents to hair metal heavy hitters, here are some of the biggest unsung heroes of the guitar world whose time in the spotlight was all too brief

Even when he was barely old enough to drive a car, Becker was clearly ready for far bigger stages

The revered outing from 2020 saw Mayer share the stage with David Ryan Harris, Isaiah Sharkey, Terence Clark and Sean Hurley, and the result was something extraordinary

Back in 1993, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist threw everything he had at this revolutionary solo

The Aristocrats and Hans Zimmer virtuoso on the art of a good instrumental, the limitations of vocals, and his favorite examples of the genre

The Schecter-toting virtuoso details his musical approaches, influences and how his style came together

Watch Aaron demonstrate the technique in the solo instrumental Star Castle, with no effects besides a little compression and an MXR Phase 90 set at zero

Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Marty Friedman and more pay tribute to the maestro of instrumental guitar and give us the ultimate Satch playlist

From Eddie Van Halen's uncanny elephant noise to Steve Vai's insane joint shifting approach, here are the most challenging techniques you can learn on guitar

The rock royals, pop icons and blues heroes who kept their cool in the heat of battle and styled it out even after going a string down...

Lyrics? Where John 5 is taking the electric guitar, we don’t need any lyrics. Besides, as the Rob Zombie guitarist admits, oftentimes he can’t remember them anyway

10 production-savvy guitarists breathing fresh life into guitar playing with hip-hop inspired arrangements and dizzying chops

Who could have imagined an everyday act of guitar technique would become so controversial? We take a deep dive into bending and see how it's changed over the ages

Forget goose: here, Mr Gilbert shares his festive recipe for perfect Christmas electric guitar, and he's putting emu picking on the menu. You might never hold a pick the same way again

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Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather, Marty Friedman, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Morse and Michael Landau on how they get stage-ready