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Ed Sheeran, John Lennon and Taylor Swift
New study names the most inspiring bands for aspiring guitarists – and The Beatles have been beaten to top spot

By Phil Weller Published

UK retailer guitarguitar studied the top 5,000 guitar tabs from Ultimate Guitar to see which artists are having the greatest influence on today's players

Artists
James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett
EMG founder on why this Metallica guitarist’s pickup set was the most challenging he’s ever made

By Phil Weller Published

The band first started working with the pickup builder before they scored their first record deal

Guitar Pickups
Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian building a Gibson SG
The hardest part of building a Gibson guitar from scratch, according to CEO Cesar Gueikian

By Matt Owen Published

Gueikian has spent around three years learning and building guitars under the CEO Series – and one of his most recent builds was played by Kirk Hammett at Back to the Beginning

Artists
Troy Van Leeuwen and Josh Homme of QOTSA perform on Saturday Night Live with Will Ferrell on the cowbell.
From David Bowie going rogue to George Harrison x Paul Simon, EVH and SRV – the 50 greatest guitar moments in SNL history

By Gregory Adams Published

Saturday Night Live has presented some of pop-culture's most iconic moments in musical history. We document its legacy in guitar

Guitarists
Robert Trujillo
Robert Trujillo gatecrashes group Enter Sandman lesson at Guitar Center

By Phil Weller Published

He then joined in with Dave Kushner, Senior Director of Music Education at Guitar Center, and Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto to play the riff with the students

Bassists
James Hetfield dressed as a kangaroo for Halloween 2025
James Hetfield wins Halloween by donning inflatable kangaroo costume to rip through a thrash classic – and he doesn’t miss a beat

By Phil Weller Published

Two Metallica members didn’t get the Halloween memo for the gig

Guitarists
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth [left] plays his signature Gibson Flying V live. On the right, an archive pic of Metallica frontman James Hetfield playing his white V copy, in his element circa 1984
Dave Mustaine reveals why Megadeth are covering Metallica on their final album

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Megadeth's new album will find Mustaine and co playing a Metallica classic, co-written by Mustaine in the early days, and MegaDave promises us we've never heard Ride the Lightning like this before

Guitarists
Kirk Hammett Gibson CEO4
The mystery Gibson SG Kirk Hammett played at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show is heading to auction – along with more than 150 other guitars from his collection

By Matt Owen Published

The SG was used to play a Black Sabbath cover at Back to the Beginning, and it’s headed to the auction block alongside some other choice picks from Hammett's collection

Electric Guitars
James Hetfield of Metallica during K-Rock DFP-7-Tarium at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, New Jersey, United States.
Meet Dino Muradian, the pyrographer who makes a living burning artwork into stars’ guitars

By Phil Weller Published

Defecting from his home country by flying himself over the border, the Romanian pilot wound up making guitar art for Metallica, B.B. King and the ESP Custom Shop

Guitars
Scott Reeder
Scott Reeder on the last days of Kyuss, QOTSA and what he told James Hetfield after that Metallica audition

By Andrew Daly Published

The veteran bassist enthuses about his Spinal Trap tribute album, his part in a James Hetfield lyric session and the heady days of desert rock

Bassists
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