Total Guitar Features

The noise-punk frontman talks returning to the stage post-Covid, his copious pedal collection and the Atlanta duo's raucous new album, Give One Take One

Featuring the best electric and acoustic guitarists, best teacher, and best young guitarist, as picked by GW editors and star judges

Crunch, filth, mayhem! Dive into our expert round-up of the best distortion pedals available today

The Pennsylvania metalcore vets on stripping down tracks from 2020's Guardians, Mariah Carey covers and their music being used as a torture device on NCIS: Los Angeles

The Wye Oak guitarist and songwriter on the gear, ideas and thorny creative process behind spellbinding new Flock of Dimes album, Head of Roses

A deep dive into the forces behind MBV's formidable shoegaze approach, and how their pioneering take on the electric guitar changed the future of the instrument

Searching for the right guitar to rock people like a hurricane? Well, this list is sure to strike a chord

The blues-rock phenom lends her incendiary guitar style to Thorne's new single, Phantom, aided by a heavily customized Gibson Hendrix Flying V and lefty Fender Strat

The Aussie songwriter discusses how the guitar shapes her writing process, her COVID recovery, and the influence of spaghetti westerns on her music

The progressive virtuoso details new project Archival, his fresh Tele-style signature Schecter and why he's an "old man" when it comes to gear

Launched in 2014 and discontinued in 2019, Fender's affordable Vintage Modified Baritone Jazzmaster is now selling for upwards of $2,000 on the used market – we investigate why

These are the best practice amps for enabling you to keep the noise down when getting in some essential practice time with your electric guitar or bass

30 years ago, grunge changed the face of rock music forever. To celebrate, we chart the best guitar hooks to emerge from Seattle and beyond

The British folk-turned-alt-rock songwriter on his evolving playing, battling his Echoplex, and assembling his breathtaking new album with Aaron Dessner

Cameron Boggs details the direct death-metal brutalism of the band's groove-splattered, drop G-tuned debut, Tortured Whole

The Alabaman axeman talks amp modelers, why ambient guitar sounds are the “cherry on top of the milkshake” and writing Snowblood in a single day

“He played with so much feel and groove. I picture him doing most of his solos in one take. While jumping off a drum riser”

As the punk-rock legends drop new record Single Album, long-serving guitarist Abeyta reflects on how his six-string role has changed throughout their spirited career

Ahead of star-studded new album Homecoming, Beth Jeans Houghton discusses her love of dueling guitar solos, receiving a Custom Shop Strat from Jeff Garlin and why being a guitar geek is overrated