Latest articles by Amit Sharma
Five Finger Death Punch’s Zoltan Bathory - my top 5 tips for guitarists: "Turn the gain all the way down so you have to hear every f**k-up"
Hungarian-born hard-rocker shares his songwriting, gear and technique secrets
Michael Lee Firkins’ top 5 tips for guitarists: “A solo is an open field where you can play anything; filling it with just a scale or sequence seems like a waste”
Country shredder shares his technique secrets
Brent Cobb's 10 essential country guitar albums: "What those guys were doing was imitating the sound of their surroundings"
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter names the country records you need to hear
Gus G's top 5 tips for guitarists: "All techniques need to have a musical meaning"
Greek shred sage talks building speed, effective practice and life after Ozzy
Galactic Empire's Dark Vader: "This was all about making a cool YouTube video. We didn’t have any expectations about this turning into a band"
The viral Star Wars superstar and Sith shred lord on the band's guitar orchestrations and unlikely success story
Def Leppard's Rick Savage: “As a bassist, you should be the perfect bridge between the rhythm and the colour”
Heavy rock. Heavy metal. Pop-rock? Def Leppard bassist Rick ‘Sav’ Savage has heard it all, played it all and sold millions of copies of his band’s music. whatever it is, it has enduring power
Miyavi's top 5 tips for guitarists: "The distance between you and the guitar - you need to overcome that"
Japanese superstar reveals the secrets to passionate playing
Andy Summers' career in gear: "It’s all mythology: sometimes old guitars are great but not always"
The Police guitarist on the guitars, pedals and amps that shaped his hugely influential sound
The Darkness: “Less can be more… because more is too much sometimes”
As roadies soundcheck around them at Guildford’s G Live venue, The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins and brother/ rhythm guitarist Dan are firmly poised for another night of thunderous classic rock.
Kamelot’s Thomas Youngblood: "If you’re tight at riffing and rhythm, you can apply it to soloing"
Metal guitar wizard on his technique-altering bone graft and why power metal is a misnomer
Mastodon's Bill Kelliher: “Guitar is less intimidating when you can see patterns - that’s what scales are for”
Access all areas at the metal riff-master's sold-out, preshow guitar clinic
Korn’s Fieldy: my top 5 tips for bassists
“It’s all about the way your fingers attack the strings”
Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman: my top 5 tips for guitarists
“Not overplaying is the hardest thing to do as a guitar player”
Zakk Wylde: these are the 10 guitarists that blew my mind
“Now at 51, I still get as inspired from him as I did when I was 15”
John 5: these are the 10 guitarists who blew my mind
"His fierce overall musicianship really did change my life big-time"
Def Leppard's Phil Collen: these are the 11 guitarists that blew my mind
"I honestly feel like he was not only the first proper guitar player but also the best..."
Danny Carey: “It’s a sad thing when almost every band you see is keeping time to clicks and backing tracks”
Prog drumming titan on supergroup Legend Of The Seagullmen’s debut and Tool’s long-awaited new album
Rig tour: Weezer
There’s always been as much economy to Weezer’s guitar sounds as there has been behind the songs they’ve been writing since 1992.
Marty Friedman’s top 6 tips for guitarists
“Hold that note and literally start having sex with it…”
Slipknot’s Mick Thomson: my top 5 tips for guitarists
“Crazy shred guitar is only enjoyed by the person playing it and the other people trying to play it!”
Steve Vai: these are the 10 guitarists that blew my mind
"I very rarely agree with the term best guitar player, but if I had to say there was one, I would pick…"
Rig tour: Eric Gales
The hottest name in modern blues, Eric Gales, gives us an exclusive run through his current touring rig.
