Nahko Bear: “The journey with the guitar is never-ending - I'm always learning something new” By Jonathan Horsley The Nahko and Medicine For The People frontman on becoming a guitarist, the power of storytelling and how one new chord can change everything
James Taylor: "American Standard is a guitar album - I’ve had some of these arrangements since I started playing" By Neville Marten We get the lowdown on the arrangement, composition and recording of the original singer-songwriter's new covers album American Standard, including a full track breakdown
Phoebe Bridgers: “I think of the writing process as going into the studio to f**k up the thing I just wrote” By Matt Parker The US indie-folk star talks gigging in pajamas, her love of baritones and how a flower-related injury made her rethink the way she plays guitar
Jared Dines: "When I was 12, the artist list on the back of Ernie Ball string packs was my primary way of discovering new music!" By Adam Kovac The YouTube titan goes deep on the future of his channel, his partial move to Twitch, and why his signature guitar was always going to be an Ernie Ball Music Man
Michael Mondesir: “In 36 years of playing professionally, I haven’t really owned a high-end bass” By Joel McIver The Jeff Beck and Whitney Houston session great on reading music, learning by ear, and why there are few better-sounding basses than the Yamaha BBN5 II
Ed O'Brien: "The guitar to me is like an oscillator on a synthesizer - it’s the start of a sound rather than the sound in itself" By Amit Sharma Total Guitar joins the six-stringer to discuss his plethora of effects pedals, the future of Radiohead and his debut solo album as EOB, Earth
Cory Wong: "When I play a Stratocaster, it draws out my voice in an easy and effortless way" By David Mead The funk rhythm master goes deep on gear, playing with Vulfpeck and The Fearless Flyers and his unending love for the Fender Strat
Stone Temple Pilots' Dean and Robert DeLeo reveal how and why they made their first-ever acoustic record, Perdida By Richard Bienstock The brothers go deep on the album's diverse instrumentation, and why writing always begins emotionally rather than musically
Fatoumata Diawara: “When I started to play guitar, it resolved everything. It was like healing my soul” By Rod Brakes The guitarist, actor and singer talks about her musical journey, the power of the Gibson SG, and why she wants to see more women playing guitar
Yvette Young: "I feel like an outsider to the whole virtuoso guitar world... I would jokingly call my genre 'detail rock'!" By Amit Sharma The Covet leader and math-rock innovator goes deep on her Ibanez signature model, latest single Parachute, and how the guitar saved her life
Andrew Watt: "Elton John tracked his entire piano part in under an hour on Ordinary Man - it was pretty incredible" By Richard Bienstock The producer and Ozzy Osbourne himself reveal the story behind Elton's contribution to Ordinary Man
9 actors who are also skilled guitar players By Jacob Uitti Even A-listers get down with the six-string on occasion...
Nova Twins' Amy Love: “My playing can be quite abrasive - but in the best way!” By Jonathan Horsley The guitarist/vocalist on creating an incendiary sound and dragging the electric guitar out of its comfort zone
Jack Garratt: “The guitar is a litmus test of how I am feeling” By Chris Bird The multi-instrumentalist on SRV, juggling MIDI, and the importance of the Strat to his kaleidoscopic pop sound
Joe Satriani on his greatest used guitar find, Bonamassa-inspired buyer's remorse and why he just can't play SGs By David Mead Satch on his six-strings past and present, and a previously unthought-of attachment to a 1958 Fender Esquire…
Olivia Jean: "I always wanted to play a Gretsch 6120, but with the amount of dirt I use, that was never going to work!" By Mark McStea From Garage Bats to Night Owls, this quirky rock ’n’ roller’s new album is packed with animal magnetism - not to mention some dangerously catchy riffs
Tony Iommi: "I've got hundreds of riffs - new music is going to happen" By Richard Bienstock The godfather of heavy metal goes deep on his iconic "Monkey" Gibson SG, jams with Led Zeppelin, recording with Brian May, and what he plans to do with all those unheard riffs...
Slash dishes the dirt on his sessions for Ozzy Osbourne's Ordinary Man By Richard Bienstock The top-hatted one reflects on his time in the studio with Andrew Watt and the Prince of Darkness
Payton Smith: "It’s really important to me that people realize I’m a guitarist as much as a singer" By Mark McStea The up-and-coming country singer-songwriter discusses the importance of building his audience steadily and why nothing beats a Gibson into a Marshall Plexi
Adam 'Nergal' Darski: "If you have something to say, you'll say it through your instrument regardless of whether you know theory" By Brad Angle Dear Guitar Hero: the Behemoth frontman on everything from his dark blues side project, Me and That Man, to visiting cannibal priests in India, and why he loves Whole Foods
