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After a decade playing together in Dead & Company, John Mayer and Bob Weir reveal the invaluable lessons they’ve learned from each other
The veteran guitarist and Slow Dancing In a Burning Room hitmaker also set the record straight on whether we can expect a Dead & Company studio album anytime soon
Brian Setzer says he’s recovering well after an autoimmune disease left him unable to play guitar
The Stray Cats’ rockabilly legend dreams of returning to the stage as soon as possible
Nuno Bettencourt joins Van Halen tribute band for blazing Hot For Teacher cover
The Extreme axeman used an EVH striped guitar to blast out Van Halen licks like he's been doing it all his life
Joe Satriani reveals the Eddie Van Halen guitar parts he found most difficult to play
Satch also discusses his years-long search for the quintessential Van Halen tone
Why some of the guitar parts on Ozzy Osbourne's Diary of a Madman made Randy Rhoads “cringe”
Ever humble, the late guitar legend told GW in a 1982 interview that he felt many of his contributions to the album “lack feeling”
John Fogerty deploys Eddie Van Halen-style two-hand tapping on an Ibanez RG in unlikely guitar practice video
Even veteran guitarists have to keep their chops up
Hans Zimmer on the time he unwittingly gave Jeff Beck a guitar lesson
The pair were working on a film score together when the composer found himself showing the world’s “most inventive” player a thing or two on the guitar
Peter Frampton called Grace Bowers his favorite new guitarist. Now they’ve collaborated on a Beatles classic with Trey Anastasio
The three guitarists delivered a masterclass in soloing on this 10-minute-plus rendition
Steve Lukather sets the record straight on his reported involvement on a new Van Halen album
After a Dutch newspaper reported that Alex Van Halen had hired Lukather to help finish a new Van Halen record, the guitarist has now cleared the air
When Stevie Ray Vaughan met his oft-overlooked, pioneering, V-wielding guitar hero
Though their respective brand and model loyalties stood in the way of them swapping licks on that particular evening, that show sparked a years-long musical relationship that would span the stage and studio
George Harrison typically sketched out his solos in advance – his lead break on this classic Beatles track was an exception
Harrison told GW that while he was happy to improvise when needed, when it came to laying something down in the studio, he was far more comfortable charting out a path in advance
Alex Van Halen says a new Van Halen album is in the works – and he’s recruited Steve Lukather to help him complete it
Reports coming out of the Netherlands have seemingly confirmed a new Van Halen record will become a reality
When Shane Fontayne had to play the Stairway to Heaven solo – in front of Jimmy Page
As a member of the Kennedy Center house band, Fontayne – best known for his tenures with Bruce Springsteen and Lone Justice – played lead guitar on Heart's legendary cover of the none-more-iconic eight-minute epic
Cory Wong says you’re not an advanced guitarist unless you can ace this one test
The funk guitar guru has issued players a quickfire challenge to prove their chops, and it’s divided opinion
Steve Vai on how players can instantly change their guitar tone – without buying new gear
The virtuoso has offered some sage advice that can help players achieve instant results without having to spend any money
D’Wayne Wiggins, influential Tony! Toni! Toné! guitarist who helped pioneer neo soul, dies aged 64
Wiggins founded Tony! Toni! Toné! with his brother Raphael Saadiq, and later established a label that worked to support emerging artists
Nita Strauss on the Swedish melodic death metal group she considers her “Beatles”
The guitar hero selected one of the band’s tracks while running through the five riffs that changed her life
Before Andy Fairweather Low joined George Harrison’s band, the Beatle was eyeing up Gary Moore and Alvin Lee
The prolific session player joined Harrison for his 1991 tour of Japan, but it turns out he was rather low on the pecking order when the Beatles legend came to assembling his band
