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From David Bowie going rogue to George Harrison x Paul Simon, EVH and SRV – the 50 greatest guitar moments in SNL history
Saturday Night Live has presented some of pop-culture's most iconic moments in musical history. We document its legacy in guitar
Richard Fortus on his bond with Slash, evolving classics and why he’s as surprised as anyone he’s still in the band
What does it take to be in Guns N’ Roses for 23 years and counting? For Richard Fortus, it requires tone mastery, the ability to mesh with his legendary gunslinger partner and a highly desirable signature Gretsch
Joe Bonamassa on the vintage Gibson that makes a great power chord guitar
What makes the Gibson ES-350 so good for rock? Bonamassa says they are a real live wire, with “a lot of pop” and no shortage of low-end
From teenage prodigy to modern guitar royalty, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is ushering in a new era for blues guitar
Hard Road is the sound of an artist maturing, dealing with tragedy, life, and new ideas for putting a fresh twist on one of electric guitar's foundational sounds
How Ibanez’s era-defining RG550 transformed high-performance guitar
It had the tones, it had the super-stable floating vibrato for divebombs, and it had the fastest neck around. The RG550 pushed shred guitar further and faster – just ask Paul Gilbert
“A shoo-in for completely natural drive sounds”: Nobels ODR-1X review
The green pedal loved by Nashville session players gets a reboot with added versatility
Cory Wong on how to create a bigger, wider sound by layering baritone guitar parts
Using a Fearless Flyers classic as a case study in baritone layering, the funk-master GW columnist peels away the onion to explain how these individual parts all stack up
He’s inspired by Buddy Guy, played EVH in a Van Halen tribute band and made his name in GA-20 – say hello to Pat Faherty's new power trio
Canyon Lights gives Faherty the opportunity to draw from all corners of his musical vocabulary but ask him what he wants as a player and he'll tell you it's all about Buddy Guy, 1970, and that touch and feel...
Chris Buck on vintage “dogs”, signature model intrigue, and how rock royalty helped his regal blues-rock tap into America
How many bands take 16 years to craft their debut album? This one did… But Chris Buck and Cardinal Black are making up for lost time
Ernest Ranglin talks Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, James Bond – and how he influenced “almost every aspect of Jamaican music”
Bob Marley asked him to teach him how to play and how to write. He wrote music for Dr. No. He worked with Jimmy Cliff, Millie Small, and more. Ernest Ranglin reflects on his peerless legacy
