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Nili Brosh: "I try to be diverse because I want to feel challenged – I don't want to feel like I'm doing the same thing all the time"

By Adam Kovac

The Israeli-American guitarist talks shredding alongside acrobats, hopping on stage with the biggest metal band in the animated world and her new mystery project with Danny Elfman

Susan Santos: “The wonderful thing about music is that there are always new things to learn... we are the eternal students”

By Amit Sharma

The Spanish singer-songwriter on the gear behind new EP The LA Sessions, and why Madrid's a great place to be a musician

Al Di Meola on his VIP dinner parties, losing Chick Corea and unearthing a new guitar trio record with John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía

By Richard Bienstock

The jazz-fusion legend is spending his days writing, playing and performing – and doing plenty of cooking

Adult Mom: "We looked at the songs as buildings and where we could put certain structures"

By Cheri Amour

Stevie Knipe and Allegra Eidinger discuss driving forward with intention and welcoming their pop sensibilities – if not the EHX Worm – along for the ride

The 13 best guitar amps 2021: the top tube, solid-state and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets

By Chris Corfield, Alex Lynham

These are the best combo amps and heads from Marshall, Fender, Orange, Boss, Kemper and more

Brian May goes deep on Bohemian Rhapsody: the gear, the solo and the magic of Freddie Mercury’s finest hour

By Chris Bird

In a Total Guitar exclusive, the Queen guitarist reflects on BoRhap's legacy and how its orchestral majesty came together

The 10 best budget guitar amps under $500 for 2021: affordable amps for new players and home practice

By Michael Astley-Brown

Get great sounds and features without blowing your budget – from affordable tube amps to wallet-friendly digital modeling amps and everything in between

10 best pedal amps 2021: including the top amp simulator pedals

By Chris Schwarten

As the best pedal amps prove, bigger doesn’t always mean better. Here we round-up top-rated pedal amps from Hughes & Kettner, Seymour Duncan and others

[L-R] Adam Christianson and Josh Middleton

Architects: “Some of the most fun we had on this record was without guitars… although guitarists might not want to hear that!”

By Amit Sharma

Adam Christianson and Josh Middleton talk the gear, guest stars and film score influences that forge expansive new album, For Those That Wish To Exist

Tony Iommi names his top 5 Dio-era Black Sabbath riffs

By Greg Prato

Ahead of the reissues of two classic Ronnie James Dio-fronted Black Sabbath albums, the godfather of heavy metal takes a trip down memory lane

10 best beginner bass guitars 2021: 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

Sophie Lloyd: “Trolls got me down, so I made a ‘shredding to Justin Bieber‘ video as a retort. You can shred over anything you want!”

By Jonathan Horsley

The six-string social media phenom talks online shredding, her love of high-gain guitar tones and her approach to breaking down the classics

Gargoyl's Dave Davidson: "I like to have some technicality to my solos, but for me it’s more of a storytelling element now"

By Gregory Adams

This multifaceted new band’s brooding songcraft has Revocation axeman Dave Davidson re-evaluating shred

The 50 greatest guitar solos of all time

By Total Guitar editors

The best lead playing ever committed to record, as voted by you

Nilüfer Yanya: “I never used a pick until I recorded my first album – it needed to sound angry, and I didn't want to break my fingers!”

By Amit Sharma

The London singer-songwriter on her stripped back pedal collection, what she's planning in 2021 and why she declined a place in a band put together by a member of One Direction...

Tori Ruffin talks about his new album with Freak Juice

Freak Juice's Tori Ruffin talks high-profile gigs with Prince and Morris Day, and backing Eddie Murphy in Coming to America

By Richard Bienstock

As funk-rock collective Freak Juice release new album, They Call Us Juice, Ruffin discusses how he ended up reprising his role in Sexual Chocolate for this year's Coming 2 America

The best guitars for beginners 2021: 10 epic entry-level acoustic and electric guitars

By Chris Corfield

Start playing today with our pick of great beginner guitars from Squier, Epiphone, Yamaha and more

[L-R] Emma Ruth Rundle and Andy Gibbs of Thou

Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou detail the "arduous and long process" that led to their dark collaborative masterpieces

By Chris Schwarten

How the ethereal singer-songwriter and NOLA sludge merchants found space for four guitar players on May Our Chambers Be Full and The Helm of Sorrow

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath performs on stage at British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park on July 4, 2014 in London, United Kingdom.

Tony Iommi names the best (and worst) Black Sabbath albums

By Jeff Kitts

The heart and soul of Black Sabbath offers his own thoughts on the highs and lows of the band's vast discography

The 8 best headphones for guitar amps 2021: practice in peace with our pick of the best guitar amp headphones

By Amit Sharma

From studio cans to noise cancelling headphones - and even headphones that ARE the amp - these are the best headphones for guitarists, from Boss, Audio-Technica, Sennheiser and others

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