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How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings
When the King speaks, his subjects listen
When a 13-year-old Jimmie Vaughan was stopped from watching B.B. King play, another blues great came to his aid
Vaughan wanted to watch his guitar hero play live for the first time – and another hero saved the day
“Steve was on the session when history was made”: Why Steve Cropper was one of guitar’s most humble heroes
The departed soul man was the Stax band’s MVP, writing and driving the R&B classics that ruled the ’60s
Is this the holy grail of all holy grail Fender Stratocasters?
Only two features distinguished a Mary Kaye Stratocaster from any other Strat that might have rolled off Fender’s production line during the mid-to-late 1950s. So why are vintage examples so darn valuable?
How to record acoustic guitars at home – and why you need a dedicated setup
Recording acoustic guitars at home can be frustrating and rewarding in equal measure – but it doesn't need to be. Here’s how to get started, and how to get great results
Guitarists are looking for more bang for their buck – but does the cheaper guitar always mean better value?
With so much choice and range in price, is it getting harder to know the true worth of a potential purchase?
How Boss reimagined the wildest effect on your pedalboard
Boss's Matt Knight gives us the lowdown on the XS-1 and XS-100 Poly Shifter series, the pitch-shifting pedals that put the DigiTech Whammy on notice
Meet the mystery guitarist rewriting a new future for prog – with a little help from superstar players Greg Howe and Mohini Dey
DarWin guitarist Greg Howe and bassist Mohini Dey, plus the supergroup’s mysterious namesake, tell us about new album, Distorted Mirror, and how it is reinventing the concept album
How Georgie Hume’s “surf exotica” is taking instrumental guitar into a whole new world
Starting out in a London pub, Georgie Hume and the Pity Party are taking a wayfaring approach to jazz, soul, and surf guitar, and Hume has some help from a left-field “secret weapon” pedal
Keith Urban tells the tale of the Dumble that got away – and why he let down the buyer of his ’Burst
The country superstar shares his love for holy grail amps, writing riffs on cheap guitars, and the Nocaster once owned by Cinderella’s Tom Keifer that’s “worth every cent”
Larry McCray on rubbing shoulders with blues royalty and playing through Joe Bonamassa’s epic rig
Living blues legend Larry McCray is keeping on keeping on and keeping the blues alive, and on his latest LP, Heartbreak City, he's taking his guitar to places his voice can't reach
Steve Stevens on resisting shred, how Paco de Lucia made him go nylon, and Billy Idol’s eternal appeal
Billy Idol’s collaborator of 40-plus years transcends the punk-rock guitarist mold, taking in flamenco, jazz‑fusion, prog and classical styles – and he is as excited about guitar today as he was when he first picked one up
![Mike Sullivan [left] of Russian Circles plays a Dunable electric guitar. Adam Jones [right] of Tool wears all white as he performs at Lollapalooza in 2009.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JzvHLXtiWjphtArnELCxMf-840-80.jpg.webp)
The time Adam Jones saved Tool's support band from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness
We've all been there, sweating with a borrowed backline that's not playing ball. Luckily, Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles had a guardian angel looking over him
How acoustic wizard John Smith went back to the future in search of acoustic transcendence
Celebrating 20 years as a pro musician, singer-songwriter John Smith reimagines personal and fan-favorite songs for his latest album – and changed his choice of acoustic in the process
Lee Anderton on guitarists' changing tastes, and why it’s not all doom and gloom for guitar stores
The owner (and Captain) of legendary UK gear retailer Andertons gives us reason for optimism that the brick-and-mortar guitar store has still got some life left
T-Bone Walker and the guitar that gave birth to electric blues
The author of the newly released Electric Blues! T-Bone Walker & The Guitar That Started It All, Tony Bacon, joins us to spotlight T-Bone’s personal contribution to the creation of this game-changing style
How T-Bone Walker invented electric blues guitar
T-Bone Walker may have been the first true hero of modern electric blues, but he stood upon the shoulders of jazz and blues giants
Joanne Shaw Taylor on how the blues helped her find her voice, and why she'll always choose Teles
Having embarked on a journey from classical guitar to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins, Taylor is determined to keep the blues alive... until she can open that dog shelter
