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Metallica's James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett perform at the band's 2024 charity event, the All Within My Hands Foundation Presents The Helping Hands Concert And Auction 2024

Why did the world’s biggest metal band switch to amp modelers?

By Jacob Paul Nielsen published

Metallica officially said goodbye to quote/unquote real amps after an epiphany at the South Pole. James Hetfield’s tech, Chad Zaemisch, explains how it was Fractal all the way after their day on the ice

Guitar Amps
Phil Lynott and Eric Bell of Thin Lizzy perform at London's Marquee in 1973.

Original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell on reinventing an old Irish standard as a rock track and performing it with the “cartoon” Metallica

By Andrew Daly published

Original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell explains the roots and finer points of his Whiskey in the Jar guitar solo and phrasing and how he got the tone on the record

Guitarists
Cear Gueikian building the Gibson CEO-4 SG and Kirk Hammett playing the Gibson CEO-4 SG at Back to the Beginning

Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has spent 3 years learning how to build guitars – and his prized SG was played at metal’s most historic concert

By Matt Owen published

Gueikian has juggled the demands of his CEO role with learning the art of guitar making, and his builds already have some high-profile admirers – including Jason Momoa, Kirk Hammett and Tony Iommi

Guitarists
Ed Sheeran, John Lennon and Taylor Swift

New study names the most inspiring bands for aspiring guitarists – and The Beatles have been beaten to top spot

By Phil Weller published

UK retailer guitarguitar studied the top 5,000 guitar tabs from Ultimate Guitar to see which artists are having the greatest influence on today's players

Artists
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett

EMG founder on why this Metallica guitarist’s pickup set was the most challenging he’s ever made

By Phil Weller published

The band first started working with the pickup builder before they scored their first record deal

Guitar Pickups
Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian building a Gibson SG

The hardest part of building a Gibson guitar from scratch, according to CEO Cesar Gueikian

By Matt Owen published

Gueikian has spent around three years learning and building guitars under the CEO Series – and one of his most recent builds was played by Kirk Hammett at Back to the Beginning

Artists
Troy Van Leeuwen and Josh Homme of QOTSA perform on Saturday Night Live with Will Ferrell on the cowbell.

From David Bowie going rogue to George Harrison x Paul Simon, EVH and SRV – the 50 greatest guitar moments in SNL history

By Gregory Adams published

Saturday Night Live has presented some of pop-culture's most iconic moments in musical history. We document its legacy in guitar

Guitarists
Robert Trujillo

Robert Trujillo gatecrashes group Enter Sandman lesson at Guitar Center

By Phil Weller published

He then joined in with Dave Kushner, Senior Director of Music Education at Guitar Center, and Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto to play the riff with the students

Bassists
James Hetfield dressed as a kangaroo for Halloween 2025

James Hetfield wins Halloween by donning inflatable kangaroo costume to rip through a thrash classic – and he doesn’t miss a beat

By Phil Weller published

Two Metallica members didn’t get the Halloween memo for the gig

Guitarists
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth [left] plays his signature Gibson Flying V live. On the right, an archive pic of Metallica frontman James Hetfield playing his white V copy, in his element circa 1984

Dave Mustaine reveals why Megadeth are covering Metallica on their final album

By Jonathan Horsley published

Megadeth's new album will find Mustaine and co playing a Metallica classic, co-written by Mustaine in the early days, and MegaDave promises us we've never heard Ride the Lightning like this before

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