Articles by: Amit Sharma

Amit has been writing for titles like Total Guitar, MusicRadar and Guitar World for over a decade and counts Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govan and Jeff Beck among his primary influences. He's interviewed everyone from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy to Slash and Jimmy Page, and once even traded solos with a member of Slayer on a track released internationally. As a session guitarist, he's played alongside members of Judas Priest and Uriah Heep in London ensemble Metalworks, as well as handling lead guitars for legends like Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols, The Faces) and Stu Hamm (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, G3).

Articles by: Amit Sharma

Gurus Echosex 3º Steve Lukather Delay review

By Amit Sharma published 22 March 23

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The legendary Toto guitarist releases his own signature delay inspired by the legendary Binson Echorec

Eric Gales interview: “I asked Stevie Ray Vaughan for an autograph and he said ‘Only if you sign one for me first!’”

By Amit Sharma published 30 December 22

Best of 2022: We talk jamming with guitar icons and becoming one with a player in his prime: “It takes guts and fortitude to even attempt the blues,” he tells us

Ty Tabor on the new King's X album, his greatest riffs, how he picks differently to most guitar players and why he uses solid state amps

By Amit Sharma published 24 September 22

Guitar Showcase 2022: "I prefer the gear I use to sound the same from the beginning to the end of the night… or tour. I can’t get that from tube amps"

James Bay talks Fender and his 10 tips for guitar players

By Amit Sharma last updated 8 August 22

The songwriter on sounding bigger with one guitar, string choice and why it's all about the right hand for him

Electro-Harmonix Canyon delay pedal on wooden floor

Best delay pedals 2023: add dimension to your tone with pedals from Boss, Strymon, Electro-Harmonix and more

By Amit Sharma last updated 23 February 23

Explore the best analog and digital delay pedals for all budgets

PRS SE Mark Holcomb electric guitar on top of a flightcase

Best metal guitars 2023: 12 riff machines for any budget

By Amit Sharma last updated 19 October 22

When you want to thrash and burn these are the best guitars for metal, tailor-made for world-conquering heaviness

Best metal amps 2023: get juggernaut tones with these heads and combos

By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 28 March 23

Tube, solid-state and digital guitar amplifiers... these are the best amps for metal from Mesa/Boogie, Orange, Peavey and more

Best 7-string guitars: the top pro and cheap 7-string guitars

Best 7-string guitars 2023: the top pro and cheap 7-string guitars

By Amit Sharma last updated 20 October 22

Tap into the world of low-end with the best 7-strings guitars, from pro level to cheap 7-string guitars that still sound the business

Symphony X shredder-in-chief Michael Romeo’s 5 tips for guitarists: “Keep speeding up those patterns you’re working on. That’s the way to build up speed… there are no shortcuts”

By Amit Sharma published 13 April 22

With the neoclassical shred maestro returning with War Of The Worlds, Pt. 2, he stops by to share hard-earned wisdom, and give props to Shawn Lane, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie and more

Best guitar effects pedals: our pick of effects in every pedal category

Best guitar effects pedals 2022: our pick of effects in every pedal category

By Amit Sharma last updated 20 October 22

Looking for the right delay, reverb, fuzz, flange or overdrive for your pedalboard? We’ve rounded up the best of everything

Mark Lanegan: 9 albums that changed my life - "If any record ever truly saved me, it was this one"

By Amit Sharma last updated 23 February 22

In memoriam: Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age alt-rock giant on Bowie, Iggy, Kraftwerk and more

Billy F Gibbons: 10 guitarists who blew my mind

By Amit Sharma published 3 February 22

ZZ Top's guitar legend names the blues players who changed his life

Rush's Geddy Lee: 10 bassists who blew my mind

By Amit Sharma published 1 January 22

Best of 2021: "…he was quite possibly the greatest rock bassist of all time. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that"

Steve Cropper‘s 5 tips for guitar players: “I always look at my guitar before playing and say, ‘If you don’t play good tonight, you’re firewood in the morning!’“

By Amit Sharma last updated 24 December 21

Best of 2021: The Stax Records six-string legend shares 60 years of music-making wisdom, reminding us that tone is always in the hands

5 songs guitarists need to hear by… Dream Theater

By Amit Sharma last updated 24 December 21

Best of 2021: Premium Petrucci

"I’ve worked with so many people but I have to say Axl Rose’s voice is amazing, truly one of a kind" – remembering late vocal coach legend Ron Anderson with this 2019 interview

By Amit Sharma published 22 December 21

Anderson taught artists including Myles Kennedy, Janet Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Seal, Alicia Keys and even Tom Cruise

Zakk Wylde on stepping up for Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears: "It was like taking all the crayons out of the box, leaving myself just four to play with and seeing what I could draw with that"

By Amit Sharma published 21 October 21

Interview: "If you don’t wanna sound like Eddie, don’t do any taps, harmonics, divebombs or whammy bar stuff.”

Phil Collen interview: the Def Leppard guitarist talks Jackson, taking Eddie Van Halen's advice and why he's not a pedal guy

By Amit Sharma published 24 September 21

"I did it because Eddie told me to do it!"

"You can’t have a Plan B in this business and expect to be successful" – Dave Mustaine's top 5 tips for guitarists

By Amit Sharma published 13 September 21

To celebrate the Megadeth thrash legend's 60th birthday, we revisit his wisdom from this 2015 interview

Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo chooses the 10 players who blew his mind

By Amit Sharma published 23 August 21

We celebrate the versatile guitarist's 60th birthday by revisiting this tribute to his own heroes

Paul Gilbert: “Hendrix had his thumbs all over the guitar, beating away at it. He kinda invented Stevie Ray Vaughan when he did Killing Floor“

By Amit Sharma published 3 August 21

The affable shred pioneer talks slide, rock guitar physicality and the joys of radically modding vintage Ibanez guitars

Joe Bonamassa: the 10 guitarists that blew my mind

By Amit Sharma published 30 July 21

The blues ace on the players that rocked his world

Best acoustic electric guitars 2022: 9 budget to high-end guitars from Epiphone, Martin, Taylor and more

Best acoustic electric guitars 2023: 9 budget to high-end guitars from Epiphone, Martin, Taylor and more

By Amit Sharma last updated 20 October 22

Thinking about investing in an electro-acoustic guitar? Here’s our round-up of the best models available…

Wolfgang Van Halen interview: "I really think I found my own way, I never tried to replicate anyone”

By Amit Sharma published 10 June 21

The multi-instrumentalist on stepping into the spotlight with his debut album as Mammoth WVH

Spiritbox: watch an exclusive guitar playthrough of Circle With Me and interview with Mike Stringer

By Amit Sharma last updated 2 June 21

The guitarist from THE heavy band to watch in 2021 demos the Neural DSP Quad Cortex

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