Nile Rodgers

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Nile Rodgers plays his hitmaker Stratocaster under the stage lights at the Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
Improve your syncopation now with this lesson in funk guitar 101

By Simon Barnard Published

Taking small chord shapes, single notes and 16th-note strums, we unpack the essentials for funk guitar and target those offbeats for rhythmic intrigue in your playing

Techniques
Alfie Templeman
How rising Gen Z guitar star Alfie Templeman wound up with Nile Rodgers on his new album

By Andrew Daly Published

With Rodgers guesting on his second album, the 21-year-old is committed to Strat-ing his way out of his comfort zone – preferably without TikToking all the time

Guitarists
Nile Rodgers with CHIC performs on stage at Fremantle Prison on October 27, 2023 in Perth, Australia
Nile Rodgers on how he found The Hitmaker – and how the Fender Strat changed the world

By Matt Owen Published

The funk guitar superstar looks back at trading in his old Barney Kessel for the budget Strat that would go on to become The Hitmaker – the fabled instrument heard on Get Lucky, Le Freak and countless others

Electric Guitars
Nile Rodgers playing guitar with Le Sserafim at Coachella
Nile Rodgers makes a surprise appearance at Coachella with K-pop group Le Sserafim

By Janelle Borg Published

Nile Rodgers lent his signature playing style to the group’s track Unforgiven

Artists
(left to right) Mateus Asato, Nile Rodgers, Ari O'Neal and Rei
“Forever ahead of its time”: Fender kicks off the Strat’s 70th anniversary party with star-studded Voodoo Child (Slight Return) mega-jam – featuring Tom Morello, Nile Rodgers, Mateus Asato, Ari O'Neal and Rei

By Matt Parker Published

The fiery, tag-teamed take on the Hendrix classic is designed to showcase the Strat’s enduring legacy – and tonal flexibility

Electric Guitars
Bassist Bernard Edwards and Guitarist Nile Rodgers, both of the group Chic, in a recording studio, New York, New York, July 29, 1981.
“The last thing Bernard Edwards wanted to be was a bass player who used a pick”: Nile Rodgers on the funk behind Chic’s Le Freak

By Nick Wells Published

In 1978 Bernard Edwards helped define one of the most distinctive sounds of disco

Bassists
Nile Rodgers
Fine-tune your rhythm chops with this lesson on classic disco funk

By Steve Allsworth Published

The glitter ball is spinning and it's time to throw some shapes on the guitar in the style of the funk heroes behind Chic, Sister Sledge, Earth, Wind & Fire and more

Lessons
Whitney Petty performs with Thunderpussy at The Showbox in Seattle, Washington on April 15, 2022
From cowboy licks to all-star speaker-smashing remixes: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Parker Published

Treat your ears to some scintillating six-string action courtesy of Robert Smith's take on Noel Gallagher, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Eric Bibb, Svalbard, Thunderpussy, The Lathums, Cafuné, Skating Polly, Rose City Band and more

Music Releases
(from left) Krist Novoselic, Nile Rodgers, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson perform onstage
Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys

By Sam Roche Published

The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those who have made “creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording”

Events & Trade Shows
[L-R] St. Vincent and Nile Rodgers
St. Vincent and Nile Rodgers are working together in the studio

By Sam Roche Published

Calling St. Vincent the “real deal”, the funk guitar legend says he's “trying not to lose his mind” at the thought of working with her

Guitarists
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