Are your favorite Instagram guitarists faking their incredible technique? By Michael Astley-Brown Advanced audio and video editing trickery allegedly used to achieve ultra-precise clean playing styles
Listen to Slash tear it up on new Ozzy Osbourne song Straight to Hell By Richard Bienstock The crushing track hails from Osbourne’s forthcoming 12th studio album, Ordinary Man
David Lee Roth: I "structured" the guitar solos on Van Halen’s debut album - and EVH's guitar stripes were my idea By Richard Bienstock In a new interview ahead of his Las Vegas residency, Diamond Dave talks up his creative role in the Van Halen catalog
Noel Gallagher: I want to play guitar if The Smiths reunite By Richard Bienstock Even if, the former Oasis man adds, “it’s never gonna happen”
Kerry King plays his new $8,666 Dean USA V Limited Edition onstage, messes up song intro By Richard Bienstock King took the guitar for a spin at Slayer’s New York City gig, but struggled - in good humor - with When the Stillness Comes
Steve Vai recalls Whitesnake’s Slip of the Tongue, dubs it the first rock record to have “seven-string guitar throughout the whole thing” By Richard Bienstock "Little did I know this subculture that it was going to create”
Zakk Wylde reveals the one song he was never able to nail on guitar By Richard Bienstock It’s “unbelievable and mind-boggling,” the Black Label Society main man says
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt: “I love Joe Bonamassa's playing, but I wouldn’t be able to pick him out of a hundred players” By Richard Bienstock The Opeth singer and guitarist weighs in on guitar greats, from JoBo to Blackmore to Yngwie
What guitar changed John Mayer forever? Hint: it’s not his signature PRS By Richard Bienstock “The tone of this guitar was so good,” the blues hero enthuses
John Mayer: “I'm not a Zeppelin guy; everyone I love comes from the Strat side” By Richard Bienstock Blues hero describes Jimmy Page's playing as “genetically just a little outside my zone”
Pete Townshend would smash a guitar again - but only for charity By Richard Bienstock "I haven't smashed guitars for a long time - for me, it was an expression of youth,” the Who legend says
Tosin Abasi's 2019 pedalboard has just been revealed in glorious detail By Michael Astley-Brown Watch how the guitar hero's rig was put together and learn tips for your own setup
Rage Against The Machine announce 2020 reunion shows By Richard Bienstock Band will perform five dates, play Coachella, take the power back
Kirk Hammett: my ideas get shot down by Metallica’s “tone police” By Michael Astley-Brown Thrash icon reveals his failed attempts to integrate outside influences in candid conversation with St Vincent
Watch Felix Martin give traditional Venezuelan music a 16-string prog-metal makeover By Michael Astley-Brown Presenting the exclusive premiere of Querencia from the mind-blowing virtuoso
Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere dead at 71 By Richard Bienstock Bandmates pay tribute to a man “always dedicated to the muse and the music”
Kurt Cobain’s 1993 In Utero Fender Mustang sells for $340,000 By Richard Bienstock His MTV Unplugged tattered sweater wasn’t far behind
Tool fan asks fellow gig-goer to take his picture, fails to realize it’s Eddie Van Halen By Michael Astley-Brown Guitar god turns photographer for clueless fan
Billy Corgan shares advice for upcoming bands: “Going out into the world and playing down the street? Don’t even bother” By Michael Astley-Brown Smashing Pumpkins leader on why you should focus completely on the internet
Watch John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards play the Beatles' Yer Blues By Damian Fanelli John Lennon embraced his inner rock 'n' roller on his first two non-Beatles live performances
