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Charlie Starr on guitar collecting, his vintage Juniors theory – and the time he was gifted a ’58 Les Paul
The Blackberry Smoke guitarist reveals his greatest guitar triumphs, the pitfalls and blessings of his Les Paul Junior addiction, and his outright disdain of “bad amps”
How Ibanez flipped the script for Japanese electrics with the Iceman
The story of an electric guitar so cool, there's no wonder they called it the Iceman
Tom Lieber apprenticed to Jerry Garcia's guitar builder Doug Irwin in the ’70s – now he’s raising the ’Dead once again
This is the story of Tom Lieber, the aspiring guitar builder who wouldn’t take no for an answer and ended up learning how to make some of the rock world’s most prized instruments
He was described by Bert Jansch as “the most underrated guitarist ever” – the life and times of a beatnik folk pioneer
Wizz Jones may not be a household name but he came out of the same scene as Eric Clapton and influenced everyone from Keith Richards to Thurston Moore
Gary Holt on his thrash metal redemption, balancing Exodus and Slayer – and why even Hetfield cheats on downpicking
Exodus and Slayer mainstay Gary Holt reveals what compelled him to finally roll up his sleeves and unflinchingly tell his life story
Joe Bonamassa on the influence of the great Eric Johnson
What’s so special about Eric Johnson? “The tone, the technique, everything!” says Joe Bonamassa, and in this video lesson he shows us what he’s taken from the Texan virtuoso
Brian Ray on how he wowed Etta James at 18 and landed his gig with Paul McCartney – after auditioning at the Super Bowl
Brian Ray's career is like no other. As Paul McCartney's guitarist for over 20 years, he gives us a unique perspective on what it's like to play with a Beatle – and how it all started with the Monster Mash
![A black-and-white portrait of Deafheaven's Shiv Mehra [left] and Kerry McCoy playing guitar in close-up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g7ES9cMBnW4L769Nr2W5q7-840-80.jpg.webp)
Shiv Mehra and Kerry McCoy on stompbox thrill-seeking and Deafheaven's return to super-heavy guitars
Lonely People with Power takes Deafheaven back to the frontiers of black metal and shoegaze, and once more torching the rulebook of genre orthodoxy in search of sonic enlightenment
Cory Wong on why approaching rhythm guitar like a drummer makes you a better guitar player
One of the great rhythm guitar virtuosos teaches us how not only to play to the beat but to be the beat itself. This video and tab lesson explains all...
Alex Lifeson on Envy of None’s evolution, moving on post-Rush, and jams and coffee with Geddy Lee
Stygian Wavz, the new album from Envy of None, finds Lifeson showcasing his prodigious chops again. Here he talks about the gear behind it, where he is as a player, and that huge Rush box set
