Guitar Techniques News

Richie Faulkner describes being part of a guitar trio with Downing and Glenn Tipton as “an experience I'll never forget”

The Black Label Society axeman revealed the biggest challenges he's faced preparing for the upcoming Pantera tribute shows – and how using Dimebag’s gear will help his cause

Trujillo – formerly of Obscura – offers stellar leads and fiery tremolo picking aplenty in this head-spinning playthrough of Iconic

“The pick is the thing that you’re interacting most with on your guitar,” the Alter Bridge man muses

Is this the most masochistic guitar learning device ever conceived?

Eight-string chugs abound as Scott LePage unleashes a scorching metal lead his bandmate Tim Henson dubs “my favorite Scott solo ever”

The Rush and Doors guitarists traded smooth Latin-inspired classic rock leads at a recent benefit concert in California

The seven-minute shred marathon features on the 2019 Guitarist of the Year finalist's latest Syndrone full-length, Neogenesis

“Nita and I finally got to collaborate – something we have both wanted to do for years!” White-Gluz says of the track, which features weighty riffs and blazing leads aplenty

More people are playing guitar than ever, says the Big F's main man, but they're doing so “for more reasons than just wanting to be a rock star”

With news of an upcoming Mötley Crüe tour with Def Leppard emerging, rumors of John 5’s recruitment are heating up

The session guitarist extraordinaire puts the model's “built-for-speed” tagline to the test with a blazing performance loaded with two-handed tapping, melodic vibrato-heavy leads and brutal riffing

In a video titled ‘Arpeggios at the speed of light’ – a pretty accurate title if you ask us – Damian Salazar deploys his Kiesel Jason Becker Numbers guitar to face-melting effect

Tom Hambridge and King Solomon Hicks will also join the blues guitar veteran, who bids adieu to extensive touring

The prog phenom paid tribute to his six-string hero with a blistering cover of the solo from Children of Bodom's If You Want Peace... Prepare For War

The rediscovered single was committed to record during the band's 1988 sessions for their 13th studio album, The Miracle, but never made the cut

After unveiling his triple-neck beast to the world in 2021, the guitar legend has finally let the Hydra out of its cage for its first live appearances

The Darkness frontman reacts to Ego Death, the prog-rockers' head-spinning new single with Steve Vai

The virtuoso says Wolfgang's playing at Foo Fighters' recent Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts was “the most natural, beautiful thing” he'd seen in a long time

The prog-rock pioneers swapped their trademark taps and meticulously composed melodies for pentatonic licks, lashings of wah and even a few “boomer bends”