Guitarist Features

Before the long beards, sold-out arenas, spinning fur guitars and MTV stardom, Billy Gibbons cut his teeth in a psychedelic group called the Moving Sidewalks, who opened for – among other A-tier rock acts – one James Marshall Hendrix...

Fame, flame and punchy tone – meet the ’Burst that has it all. And it’s yours for $500,000...

As the rock ’n’ roll legends gear up for their farewell tour, Perry names the trailblazers who inspired his trademark rock guitar swagger: “There are some wizards on YouTube that are incredible, but these guys are the ones that started it all”

Wolfe’s evocative music draws upon both Motown  and Zeppelin but has a taut and soulful contemporary edge. We joined the Texan on tour to learn all about it…

The Sicilian virtuoso is at the forefront of technical guitar playing, but as he explains, “I’m not a shredder and I’m not a jazz player – I listen to a lot of different stuff and I wanted it all in my music… You need to be open-minded”

With a career heading back as far as the 70s, Tina Weymouth never strayed far from the cutting edge of cool – just don't ask her about Jaco Pastorius

From electric to acoustic, modern to vintage, we take a look at the best fretless basses on offer

From classical, flamenco and crossover, to acoustic-electric models and beyond, these are the best nylon-string guitars around right now

When it launched in the early ’60s, Gibson’s double-neck was seen as a novelty and had limited success – that is, until, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page came along…

This 1967 semi-hollow Strat was built with zebrawood during a particularly experimental time for Fender – vintage expert David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars tells the story of an R&D oddity

He was the ghost player on Aerosmith's Train Kept a Rollin’, and defined many a classic Alice Cooper album with his stinging, melodic leads, but Lou Reed's ferocious Rock ’n’ Roll Animal live album may just be Steve Hunter’s finest hour – and contains one of the most underrated twin-guitar solos of the ’70s

Level up your rig with the best tube amps under $1K from the likes of Fender, Marshall, Orange, Vox and more

Relatively little is known about these popular pickups, but what we do know is that not all were created equal…

Used on recordings by everyone from Phoebe Bridgers to The National and Taylor Swift, the rubber bridge generates short-sustaining, almost otherworldly voices from an otherwise regular guitar

Matty Baratto's guitars have been played by Slash, Keith Richards, Zakk Wylde, Prince, Josh Homme, Joe Perry, and countless others. Seeing the Beatle use one of his four-string creations live with Nirvana, though, was a truly "surreal" moment for the luthier

The Stratocaster is the original guitar for all seasons. But which version represents the pinnacle of its evolution? We take a deep dive into Leo’s masterpiece, in the company of experts, to try to find an answer…

We talk to the Bourgeois Guitars luthier about his new collaboration with Eastman, the importance of tuning in a guitar top, and what lies in the future for the critically acclaimed acoustic brand

How the tones of Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer and Philip Sayce informed a signature set of single-coil pickups for one of guitar's most progressive players

Four years in the making and a victim of Covid-induced delays, ‘Foggy’ features an exclusive cloudy chrome colorway – and came to fruition as the Serbian blues ace went through the toughest period of her life

The ex-Metallica bassist recalls the making of Load and why James Hetfield had a lot to do with the bass