Latest about Guitarists
Eric Johnson on why pick choice and picking style are fundamental to your playing – and how his favourite jazz player got his sound by using his thumb
Your guitar pick, the material it's made from and how you use it are "the beginning of the whole thing," says the Texan virtuoso
Mark Morton on the chemistry behind Lamb Of God's twin-guitar groove and what he owes ZZ Top
Morton gets geeky with rhythm and discusses the making of Lamb Of God's pummelling new album, Into Oblivion, and explains why he is proud to be (just) behind the beat
“Look at AC/DC. Whatever was popular, it didn’t matter. It’s like McDonald’s. ‘We make the Big Mac and we make fries and we don’t care about doing sushi’”: Zakk Wylde on musical identity, jailhouse rocking with Ozzy and the return of Black Label Society
The maestro of the pinched harmonic and pentatonic blitzkrieg sits in to talk Engines Of Demolition, Randy Rhoads' greatness, and the origin of his style
“His dependents became incredibly greedy”: Queen are being sued by the relatives of Mick Rock
And May and Taylor are at odds over another Queen tour
Geddy Lee on the making of Rush’s 1984 classic Grace Under Pressure
How the trio battled cabin fever in the depths of winter in search of a sound that had more of Alex Lifeson's guitar, more cutting-edge synths, "more of everything!"
“I’ve got to compete with Bach and Beethoven and Mozart and The Beatles!”: Inside the mind of guitar hero Paul Gilbert
Featuring: his “mouse” heartbeat, the jazz pianist so good he's “inhuman” and the most courageous thing a shredder can do
“Brian Jones was the first steel slide player I heard”: Keith Richards pays tribute to Stones guitarists past and present
“Once I heard Brian playing Elmore James, I thought, ‘I’ve found a guy here who I can mess with’”
Freaky Style-AI: Hillel Slovak’s voice on new Chili Peppers documentary has been AI-generated
Film looks at the band’s early years
