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Alex Lifeson his a chord and feels it on his cherry quilted maple top Les Paul Standard.

Alex Lifeson on throwing sonic curveballs with Envy of None – and why he’s all in on plugins

By David Mead published

As Alex Lifeson launches the second album from his latest prog project, Envy of None, we delve deep into the mists of its sonic landscape

Guitarists
Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda [left] and Peter Anspach at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall, June 25, 2022

How Goose took flight to become the world’s hottest jam band

By Alan Paul published

Rick Mitarotonda and Peter Anspach play without fear, reading the room, letting their improv instincts guide them. But those rooms are getting mighty big. Just how did a Connecticut jam band reach Madison Square Garden?

Guitarists
Junior Marvin plays a white Fender Stratocaster onstage at Rewind Festival, in Scotland

Junior Marvin on Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Survival – and the influence Hendrix’s guitar pedal guru had on its sound

By Andrew Daly published

After the success of Exodus and Kaya, Bob Marley took the Wailers into a more politically charged direction to deliver a slept-on classic in the Wailers’ discography

Guitarists
Hank Marvin of the Shadows plays his red strat and wears and orange and black graphic shirt.

My day interviewing Hank Marvin over beans on toast and chickening out of a Paul McCartney 'audition'

By Neville Marten published

Neville Marten's first assignment for Guitarist was one for the ages, at a venue that is now sadly lost but for a time was the place for the biggest bands to rehearse

Guitarists
Cory Wong wears a green tracksuit and plays his blue Highway Strat. James Hetfield plays his white Flying V copy on a stage lit up in green.

What funk maestro Cory Wong learned from James Hetfield

By Cory Wong published

Papa Het has got a brand new bag when it comes to downpicking, and it’s full of lessons for the funk guitar player

Artist Lessons
Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe of Tetrarch pose with their weapons of choice. Fore holds white ESP singlecut, while Rowe has her signature Monarkh from Jackson

Tetrarch on the joy of handing out signature models to their heroes and designing metal’s gnarliest tones

By Gregory Adams published

The Ugly Side of Me is an utterly crushing exercise in 21st-century riffs and tones, and if you're wondering how they get these sounds, well, Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe take us behind the scenes and tell all

Guitarists
Steve Stevens shreds onstage with a red-and-white stripped video behind him.

Steve Stevens on his Dave Friedman pedalboard, his fave klone and why he can't quit guitar synths

By Andrew Daly published

The effervescent Billy Idol guitarist reveals the secrets of his pedalboard

Guitarists
Ozzy Osbourne embraces Jake E. Lee as the latter takes a solo during an '80s live performances.

Jake E. Lee on his wild Ozzy Osbourne days and why Tony Iommi is harder to emulate than Randy Rhoads

By Andrew Daly published

Arthritis and the small matter of being shot didn't stop Jake E. Lee from honoring his old bandmate/boss Ozzy Osbourne and hero Tony Iommi at Sabbath's final show. And Tom Morello needed him bad

Guitarists
Richard Dawson performs live: his Fidelity Signature JB facilitates a low C tuning, with the bridge being shifted back to accommodate heavy strings. The single pickup is custom-wound by Mojo

Richard Dawson on writing melodies with the feel of a “newborn foal staggering around a barn”

By Glenn Kimpton published

Richard Dawson on balancing the mundane and profane, and the "unsteady" melodies of his staggering new album

Guitarists
Black Sabbath bathed in red stage lights as they play Madison Square Garden in the late '70s. Tony Iommi is in black. Ozzy Osbourne in white, with white tasselled sleeves and arms aloft.

The complete history of Black Sabbath – lineup by lineup, album by album

By Joel McIver published

As Black Sabbath took a triumphant bow at Back to the Beginning, we reexamine their recorded works, from the riff that started metal through the Dio years, to the return of Ozzy Osbourne and 13

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