“Hopefully the neck isn’t… warped”: Kauer has made a Star Trek guitar that we actually want to play By Matt Parker published 2 October 23 Kauer’s latest custom build deserves to live long and prosper
Burls Art builds guitar out of 1,000 aluminum cans – and the result is insane By Sam Roche published 23 January 23 The fully functioning six-string is what happens when you combine piles of cans collected from barbecues and camping trips with a 1,800 degree propane furnace
Someone built a guitar that tases you for missing a note By Sam Roche last updated 28 October 22 Is this the most masochistic guitar learning device ever conceived?
This busker just delivered one of the best shred guitar performances of the year By Sam Roche published 19 October 22 In a video titled ‘Arpeggios at the speed of light’ – a pretty accurate title if you ask us – Damian Salazar deploys his Kiesel Jason Becker Numbers guitar to face-melting effect
Fingerstyle acoustic guitarist covers Slipknot's Before I Forget – and the results are astounding By Sam Roche published 10 October 22 Italian maestro Luca Stricagnoli puts his formidable skills on display while repurposing the Nine's Vol. 3 classic
This is what an acoustic guitar sounds like when you fill it up with water By Sam Roche published 6 October 22 Watch YouTuber Bernth Brodträger pump litres of water into the soundhole of an Ibanez acoustic, making for some incredible sonic results
5 classic YouTube guitar videos that will make you nostalgic By Sam Roche published 30 September 22 YouTube has become one of the most viable ways to gain a following as a guitarist, and these videos helped pave the way
This guitar was made entirely out of Ikea furniture By Sam Roche last updated 11 August 22 YouTuber Tchiks Guitars has constructed a six-string using wood from his daughter's old crib, a chopping board, door handles and more
Watch 9-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan tackle Tool’s 16-minute epic, 7empest By Matt Parker published 10 June 22 The young player posted the cover on her YouTube channel after receiving a new Epiphone Les Paul for her birthday
Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and AC/DC guitar riffs performed on obscure percussion instruments sounds surprisingly brilliant By Matt Parker published 13 May 22 You didn’t know you needed a cover of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck on the slap-o-phone in your life… until today
Paul Davids removes Jimi Hendrix Monterey Strat video until a panel of “independent industry experts” can verify the guitar's authenticity By Sam Roche published 14 February 22 The YouTuber published a video in December in which he claimed to play Jimi Hendrix's black Monterey Fender Stratocaster, but some viewers weren't buying it
YouTuber builds an entire guitar using reclaimed ocean plastic By Sam Roche published 17 January 22 For his latest build, Burls Art has teamed up with 4ocean – a company which aims to remove waste from the ocean
Guitarist plays the Enter Sandman riff over and over, donning an extra pair of rubber gloves each time By Matt Parker published 20 October 21 YouTuber JmapMusic takes on the Metallica classic wearing more and more gloves. Why? Because the internet
Knobs: “The function of pedals has changed – they're collaborative devices that don't have a fixed function. They're instruments in their own right” By Alex Lynham published 9 September 21 In 2014, this YouTuber changed the pedal demo game. We get the lowdown on their creative process, the joys of collecting guitar pedals, and why music making is all about intent
YouTuber attempts to write and record the first single from Megadeth's new album before it's released By Sam Roche published 4 August 21 Shawn McNair has pieced together The Sick, The Dying and the Dead track from various snippets revealed by Dave Mustaine – and the results are monstrously heavy
Guthrie Govan explains why he'll never be an "online guitarist" By Matt Owen published 21 July 21 "I just can't get excited about the prospect of making videos of myself for a living," says the fusion virtuoso
Guitarist covers Sleep while standing on a motorcycle that's balancing on an amp By Sam Roche published 28 May 21 Multi-instrumentalist Bassil displays his gymnastic prowess whilst performing a cover of Sleep's Dragonaut
Watch Ichika Nito play an impossibly virtuosic solo using just one finger By Sam Roche published 14 May 21 The intrepid YouTuber raises the bar once again
What would Metallica's Battery sound like performed in a major key? By Sam Roche published 27 April 21 YouTuber Börje Unchained! reimagines the Master of Puppets cut as an easycore/pop-punk anthem
Man builds guitar out of his dead uncle’s skeleton, uses it to play black metal By Richard Bienstock published 10 February 21 The surprising story of one metal fan's quest to have his uncle “shred for all eternity”