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Alain Johannes

Alain Johannes: "I love the immediacy of acoustic instruments but I love the crazy worlds you can create with pedals - all I’m looking for is honesty and rawness"

By Amit Sharma

The enigmatic multi-instrumentalist talks working with everyone from Chris Cornell to Mark Lanegan, and his breathtaking new solo record, Hum

Gary Lucas

Gary Lucas: "The guitar is like an extension of my nervous system - I try to play what I feel and transmit it"

By Joshua M. Miller

From Jeff Buckley to Gods and Monsters and beyond, the Captain Beefheart alum celebrates his diverse career on an impressive new compilation album

Best wah pedals 2020: add a great tone shaping effect to your pedalboard

Best wah pedals 2020: add an essential tone-shaping effect to your pedalboard

By Alex Lynham

Get to know your Cry Baby from your Bad Horsie and choose the best wah pedal for you

Meg White and Jack White of the White Stripes

The secrets behind Jack White's guitar tone on the White Stripes' Seven Nation Army

By Chris Gill

How White got the sound of one of the most iconic guitar riffs of all time - and how you can nail the tone for cheap

Brian May: "I will never claim to be a great guitarist in the sense of a virtuoso. I just try to play from my heart"

By Chris Bird

The man recently voted greatest rock guitarist in the world reflects on his heroes and friends, finding his tone, and orchestrating guitar genius with Queen

Adam Hann of The 1975

The 1975's Adam Hann talks embracing heavy riffs, recording on the road and why he loves John Petrucci's signature model

By Gregory Adams

The versatile pop guitarist reveals the gear and production secrets behind the band's Notes on a Conditional Form - and why they'll never make an album like it again

Harkin

Harkin: "I’ve been playing guitar long enough to know that if something has P-90s, it sounds more like me"

By Alison Richter

After years backing Sleater-Kinney, Kurt Vile, Wild Beasts and beyond, a nomadic six-stringer makes her uncompromising solo debut

10 best beginner bass guitars 2020: our pick of the best four-string bass guitars for beginners

10 best beginner bass guitars 2020: our pick of the best four-string bass guitars for beginners

By Jonathan Horsley

The best beginner basses for young players, newcomers and the budget-conscious – featuring Yamaha, Squier, Ibanez and more

Guitar Gabby

Guitar Gabby: "Understanding where guitar music came from helps young black women like me, out here paving our own paths"

By Amit Sharma

The LTD-wielding guitarist talks the music business, The TxLips Band and the genius of Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Best guitar cables 2020: top instrument cables for acoustic, bass and electric guitars

12 best guitar cables 2020: top instrument cables for acoustic, bass and electric guitars

By Guitar World

Try these recommended guitar leads from Planet Waves, Mogami, Ernie Ball, George L’s and more

Adam Carroll and Chase Becker of Warbringer

Warbringer: "We’re not walking on eggshells, as far as the riffs we write. We don't go, 'It’s gotta be thrash!'"

By Gregory Adams

California thrashers Chase Becker and Adam Carroll talk epic tracks, happy accidents and Weapons of Tomorrow

Best headphones for guitar amps 2020: practice in peace with the best guitar amp headphones

Best headphones for guitar amps 2020: practice in peace with the best guitar amp headphones

By Amit Sharma

Studio cans, noise cancelling headphones… even headphones that are the amp – explore the best headphones for guitarists, from Boss, Audio-Technica, Sennheiser and more

The 100 greatest guitarists of all time

The 100 greatest guitarists of all time

By Total Guitar editors

Featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, the best jazz, rock, indie, blues, metal and acoustic players - and the best guitarists around today...

Best beginner guitar amps 2020: guitar amplifiers for beginners

Best beginner guitar amps 2020: top guitar amplifiers for beginners

By Chris Corfield

Looking for the best beginner guitar amp? We have them right here, and they don’t cost the earth either, thanks to Boss, Yamaha, Fender and more

Louis Hardy and Max Harper of Higher Power

Higher Power: "You can pull guitar ideas from anywhere - even grime music"

By Brad Angle

Louis Hardy and Max Harper talk 27 Miles Underwater, the second outing by the UK hardcore squad. But wait - are they really hardcore?

Best acoustic guitar amps 2020: let your acoustic guitar tone shine

Best acoustic guitar amps 2020: let your acoustic guitar tone shine

By Chris Corfield

Our expert pick of the best acoustic guitar amplifiers for all budgets, from Boss, AER, Mesa Boogie, Fender and others

Everything you need to know about guitar amps

Everything you need to know about guitar amps

By Chris Corfield

Stuck wondering “which guitar amp should I buy?” Read on to understand your combos from your heads, and your tubes from your effects loops

Jakub Zytecki

Jakub Zytecki: "I don’t really listen to guitar music - I’m not even sure if I like it!"

By Adam Kovac

One of today's most exciting instrumental guitarists on his latest album Nothing Lasts, Nothing's Lost, and why excessively technical guitar music doesn't spark his interest

9 best boost pedals 2020: including the best clean boost pedals for guitar

9 best boost pedals 2020: including the best clean boost pedals for guitar

By Alex Lynham

Vamp up your tone with the best boost pedals for guitarists, as well as the best clean boost pedals for making your electric guitar solos really sing

The 10 best acoustic guitars for beginners 2020: easy strummers for new acoustic guitar players

The 10 best acoustic guitars for beginners 2020: easy strummers for new acoustic guitar players

By Chris Corfield

The best beginner acoustic guitars, featuring quality six strings from Epiphone, Taylor, Fender and more – prices start from $149