Latest articles by Amit Sharma
Guitar round table - Supersonic Blues Machine: "The blues appears very simple on first glance, but there are some real complexities to this artform"
ZZ Top honcho Billy F Gibbons & friends look at the roots of guitar music
Angel Vivaldi's top 5 tips for guitarists: "If you can’t write a riff or a song, you can play guitar until you are blue in the face and it will be for nothing"
Instrumental virtuoso talks songwriting, technique and channelling your influences
Pixies' Joey Santiago: "I was afraid people would tell me I never grew up as a guitar player... but f**k it, so what?"
The anarchic guitarist reflects on perfecting the art of the anti-solo and recording landmark debut Surfer Rosa with Steve Albini
Steven Wilson: "I fall in love with music more than the tools to make it"
Leading prog light on how gear influences his guitar playing, what he looks for in musicians and his spellbinding Royal Albert Hall show
Rabea Massaad’s top 5 tips for guitarists: "The more you listen to what you do, the better a guitar player you become"
Unlock your creativity with the YouTube star and Toska soundscaper’s advice
Polyphia: "We make rap music through guitars"
Timothy Henson and Scott LePage on their genre-splicing, mind-bending songwriting and techniques
Jeff Schroeder: "The Smashing Pumpkins guitar sound is very unique in terms of what’s required"
Long-time SP guitarist on honing the band's triple-axe assault with Billy Corgan and James Iha
Tom Morello: "The idea was to fight back against this world of radio with no electric guitar anymore"
Rage Against The Machine's sonic revolutionary reveals the guitar ideology behind star-studded solo album The Atlas Underground
Walking Papers' Jeff Angell: my guide to the best Seattle guitar albums
Frontman shares his grunge-era faves
Rammstein’s Paul Landers: "I’ve always been the no-amp guy! I have never really bothered with them"
German metal titan on his signature Tech 21 Fly Rig and tone secrets
Fantastic Negrito: "I want the guitar tone that makes it feel like you’re in a club that you may get stabbed in"
Grammy-winning songwriter Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz tells his incredible career, gear and recording story
Slash: "Technique can become the main aspiration, but for me, it’s more about expressing some sort of emotional content"
The guitar legend talks technique, relearning old classics and the future of Guns N' Roses
James Bay – The World Guitar Day interview: "I don’t want to copy. I want to find new ways to make people hear the guitar"
Award-winning and chart-topping British singer/songwriter James Bay explains how playing guitar changed his life...
Tom Morello: "The guitar itself, independent of any lyrics, can be politically revolutionary"
Rage Against The Machine legend Tom Morello explains how we can all use the guitar as a force for good…
Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka: "I think the guitar still has a lot of evolving to do"
If Greta Van Fleet are the new Led Zeppelin, that makes Jake Kiszka today’s answer to Jimmy Page. Here he explains how the guitar helped unleash the magic inside of him and keep demons at bay...
Testament/Dragonlord's Eric Peterson - my top 5 tips for guitarists: "I think of my right hand as the drum within my playing; it's in charge of the beat"
Metal titan talks warm-up secrets, rhythmic mastery and his six-string partnership with Alex Skolnick
Session ace Monte Pittman’s top 5 tips for guitarists: "Versatility is a huge thing for me. If I just did one style, I don’t know if I would have survived this long"
In-demand player on the merits of diversity, the key to faster speed-picking and teaching Madonna to play Pantera
Uriah Heep’s Mick Box: "I try to stay away from the scales and just go with my heart"
Rock stalwart reflects on his fluid guitar approach, the band's 25th album and… wah-wah shoes
Production legend Michael Beinhorn: my 12 career-defining records
Reflections on working with Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marilyn Manson and much, much more...
Alex Skolnick: "Being on a track with Joe Satriani made it feel very real - time to up the game!"
Testament guitar ace on Metal Allegiance's star-studded second album
Code Orange: “We don’t give a s**t about what the typical structure should be; it’s about what we feel is right for our sound”
We speak to the Grammy-nominated hardcore band
The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord: the 10 guitar albums that blew my mind
Prog mage names his faves
Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal’s top tips for guitarists: “Learn things that aren’t guitar solos - learn horn parts, violin pieces or piano parts on your guitar”
From Shrapnel to Guns N’ Roses and now newest project Sons Of Apollo, Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal dissects his mad professor-like approach to the fretboard and beyond…
