Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Cream – as they get covered in cream By Matt Parker published 26 June 23 The couple take on Sunshine of Your Love with the help of dairy products
Learn the playing styles of every Eric Clapton era with this epic lesson By Andy Saphir published 15 June 23 Five EC pieces for the Slowhand in training...
Watch Marcus King play a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom once owned by Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton By Jonathan Horsley published 22 March 23 King was on tour in France when super-collector Matthieu Lucas of Matt’s Guitar Shop dropped by with a very special single-cut in tow
4 soloing ideas you can learn from Leslie West By Richard Barrett published 15 February 23 Scale the blues-rock mountain and balance on the edge of major and minor tonalities with this lesson in the style of one of rock's greatest players
A piece of bass history has been listed on Reverb By Nick Wells published 7 February 23 What do you mean, you don’t have $7,250 for an original Gibson EB-1?
Joe Bonamassa shares the blues lessons he learned from Peter Green By Joe Bonamassa published 2 December 22 Today's biggest-selling bluesman takes you inside the style of the late, great Bluesbreaker and Fleetwood Mac guitarist, and explains why it's all about the phrasing
The 20 heaviest songs before Black Sabbath By Richard Bienstock last updated 11 November 22 Behold, gentle reader, a sizzlin’ slew of down and dirty tracks that helped forge heavy metal
Aclam The Woman Tone review By Trevor Curwen last updated 26 October 22 Eric Clapton adjusted his guitar’s knobs to get that signature sound, and now it can be yours by stomping on a footswitch
Jack Bruce: “Jimi Hendrix regarded the guitar as an extension of himself. But in an instrumental sense, I would argue that Eric Clapton was probably better” By Joel McIver last updated 3 October 22 In this classic 2003 interview, the pioneering bass guitarist and rock legend talks Cream, explains why Clapton was better than Hendrix and confesses his love for gangsta rap
The greatest guitar albums of the ‘60s: From Beatlemania to Electric Ladyland, a rock ’n’ roll revolution takes shape By Total Guitar editors last updated 19 August 22 As chosen by you, here are the albums that defined guitar music in the swinging ‘60s, featuring the Beatles, Cream and some guy named Hendrix... He could play
Get Eric Clapton’s Cream-era guitar tone from just one pedal By Matt Parker published 5 July 22 Aclam Guitars’ The Woman Tone is Clapton-in-a-box, a pedal pairing overdrive with a humbucker pickup simulation circuit for pure tonal cream – and it’s painted by ‘the Fool’ artist Marijke Koger
11 essential Willie Dixon covers By Damian Fanelli published 1 July 22 These covers – by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, the Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Cream, and more – show the influence of this hugely important figure in blues and rock history
The secrets behind Eric Clapton’s guitar tone on Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love By Chris Gill published 15 April 22 How Slowhand brought the power of his stage rig to bear on a rock classic that inaugurated his his famous “woman tone”
10 essential Gibson SG albums By Glenn Kimpton published 19 November 21 The solidbody double-cut with the instantly recognizable silhoeutte has graced some of the greatest recordings of all time
Todd Rundgren: “I reached a point with my technique where I said, ‘I don’t want to play faster than I can listen’“ By Henry Yates published 26 April 21 The legendary guitarist and producer reflects on his prolific and stellar career
Queen and David Bowie jammed on Cream covers at the 1981 sessions that produced “Under Pressure” By Richard Bienstock published 11 March 21 The artists played I Feel Free and NSU, according to Queen drummer Roger Taylor
Thundercat names his favorite basslines and explains why slap bass is so controversial By Richard Bienstock published 6 April 20 “If your feel sucks, you just suck,” says the multi-instrumentalist Dragonballer
The 25 greatest wah solos of all time By Guitar World Staff, Intro by Josh Hart published 9 March 20 From Satriani to Sabbath, here are the greatest wah moments in guitar history
Watch Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood, Roger Waters, Nile Rodgers and more jam Cream and Blind Faith in tribute to Ginger Baker By Richard Bienstock published 18 February 20 “He was a scoundrel but I loved him and he loved me,” Clapton says of his two-time bandmate
Final tickets released for Eric Clapton & Friends: A Tribute to Ginger Baker By Richard Bienstock published 3 February 20 The one-time-only event takes place February 17 in London