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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

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

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

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...

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 2021: let your acoustic guitar tone shine

Best acoustic guitar amps 2021: 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 2021: including the best clean boost pedals for guitar

9 best boost pedals 2021: 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

Neige of Alcest

Alcest's Neige: "I went with my aggressive feelings and wrote these songs very quickly - they were true to my emotions"

By Jon Wiederhorn

The frettin' frontman takes you inside the cult French blackgazers’ latest album, the turmoil-driven Spiritual Instinct

Nick 13 of Tiger Army

Tiger Army's Nick 13: "'50s rock is so great - it just needs another generation to rediscover it"

By Mark McStea

The psychobilly frontman on the band's fittingly titled sixth studio record, Retrofuture, and the possibility of another country-driven solo album

Best electric guitars under $500: 10 epic electrics for smaller budgets

Best electric guitars under $500: 10 epic electrics for smaller budgets

By Chris Gill, Amit Sharma, Guitar World Staff

These budget electric guitars offer fantastic tone and great playability, all within a more wallet-friendly price range

Def Leppard

Def Leppard: "Steve Clark was a very unique player - he didn't get enough credit for the stuff he was doing"

By Joe Matera

Joe Elliott and Phil Collen look back at the band's first two albums - On Through The Night and High ‘N’ Dry - and the impact of guitarists Pete Willis and Steve Clark

Lillie Mae: "I might write a melody on the fiddle. But I've loved the guitar since day one - everything comes from that"

By Mark McStea

The Americana singer/songwriter talks image-based prejudices in Nashville, and signing with Jack White's label, Third Man Records

Larkin Poe

Larkin Poe: "We want to take roots American music to new places - and not treat the blues like a time capsule"

By Jonathan Horsley

The multi-instrumentalist sister duo discuss recording efficiency and the vintage gear that fed into Self Made Man

Torche: "Playing blues-based leads makes us feel weird - we're not into that!"

By Gregory Adams

The Miami sludge-metallers discuss their procession of line-up changes and how they made Admission, their best album yet

Mark Potter

Mark Potter: “I wouldn’t have survived in the Motown studio. They’d be like, ‘We’re not getting him in, he takes five hours to start playing!’”

By Total Guitar editors

The Elbow guitarist discusses his weirdest gig, a Brian May meltdown and Elbow's love of Pignoses

MIYAVI: "I love Strats - they are sexier and like an all-around good guy, whereas a Tele is a bad guy, a rebel"

By Bruce Fagerstrom

The adored Japanese guitarist on his incredible string-slapping technique and how he uses a trio of amps to cover both the high- and low-end live