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Nik Nocturnal: “A lot of what makes a song heavy isn’t the riff – the mix, I’d argue, makes something heavier than the riff itself”
The prolific metal content creator talks blending trap and metal with his new solo project, NIK NXK, how reaction videos became the bread and butter of his online presence, and the one amp modeler he uses for “literally everything”
The secrets of Jimi Hendrix's guitar setup: Roger Mayer reveals what made the guitar hero's Strat tone sing
Jimi's right-hand man dishes on what made Hendrix's custom string gauges so important, and why guitar pickups "really don't make much difference" to the sound
Nickelback's Chad Kroeger reveals the 10 guitarists who shaped his sound – and they're heavier than you might expect
The Canadian rocker on the two guitarists he'd love to see face off in a downpicking contest, how a Dimebag Darrell solo ended up on a Nickelback song, and what it's like to play Angus Young's Gibson SG
Brian May on unearthing an unreleased Freddie Mercury track and how The Beatles: Get Back inspired the reissue of Queen's 1989 album The Miracle
May dubs it “Queen's most cohesive album of the '80s” – here, he explains why the rock legends chose to reissue The Miracle some 33 years after its original release with a massive boxset featuring lost tracks, outtakes, live cuts and loads more
Mike Dawes: “Guitar right now is heavily edited, very engineered to engage, snippets of sound – the result is music that doesn’t sound like a journey”
Fresh off the back of his latest EP with Tommy Emmanuel, the fingerstyle acoustic virtuoso reflects on the state of the guitar in the social media age, the benefits of practicing songs in the wrong tunings, and why every solo guitarist should have an imaginary drummer
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Jake E. Lee on how he nearly lost the Ozzy Osbourne gig, why he considers using the whammy bar "cheating" and the pressures of replacing Randy Rhoads
In this classic 1986 Guitar World interview, Lee reveals what he likes (and dislikes) about Bark at the Moon and The Ultimate Sin, what he thinks of Eddie Van Halen, and how being late to his audition very nearly cost him his place in the Ozzy lineup
Nothing More on the personal challenges that fed new album Spirits, and how 2014's Jenny moved the band into a position of mental health advocacy
Written for vocalist Jonny Hawkins' sister, who suffers with bipolar disorder, Jenny saw considerable mainstream success, and even spawned mental health movements. Here, guitarist Mark Vollelunga and bassist Daniel Oliver reflect on how music can be "more than just frequencies"
Hoobastank's Dan Estrin names the 10 guitarists (and one bassist) who shaped his sound
The Hoobastank guitarist on getting hold of Rage Against the Machine's first demo tape, how Dave Navarro broke his heart, and why he'd rather watch Victor Wooten than Eddie Van Halen
10 power ballads that are easy to play on guitar
Pick up a six-string and maybe even a box of tissues: these epic, heartstring-pulling numbers are surprisingly simple to play
Sammy Hagar on his all-time favorite Van Halen album, and why Michael Anthony's bass playing is better than ever on The Circle's new album, Crazy Times
The former Van Halen frontman says The Circle's musical chemistry was so potent the band recorded “two songs a day and were partying by 5 o'clock”
