Latest articles by Henry Yates
James Valentine and Sterling Ball: “Building a guitar is not like writing a song. You’re creating a three-dimensional tool”
The Maroon 5 star and Ernie Ball Music Man head honcho discuss the making of the Valentine signature model
Gibson: how did we get here?
Charting the troubled guitar giant's decline and how it can rise once more
Def Leppard's Phil Collen: “We worked. We went somewhere. I came out of Hysteria a better player”
30 years on, the guitarist revisits a classic album
The history of the Gibson Black Beauty
Hackett, Hawkins and Heafy on the be-suited 'Beauty's origins and evolution
Mike Oldfield: “It’s the age-old story. Out of suffering comes beauty”
When Oldfield’s world fell apart in 2012, he found salvation through a new album that channelled the spirit of his 70s work
Steve Vai tells the story of the Ibanez JEM
"I had no expectations. I thought I was just designing a guitar for myself"
One for the road: Black Star Riders
Scott Gorham and Damon Johnson reflect on snakes, the cocaine days and shattered kneecaps...
Laurence Jones and Mike Vernon on why Take Me High is "the future of blues"
Exploring the burgeoning British guitarist's latest
Eric Gales' 11 tips for guitarists
On first impression, Middle Of The Road seems a strange choice of album title for Eric Gales
Nick Johnston talks technique, gear, Guthrie and Gilbert
If you think instrumental guitar is mindless widdling, then you haven’t heard genre-blurring visionary Nick Johnston
Steve Morse's 12 tips for guitarists
Deep Purple and Flying Colors man reflects on 50 years of guitar playing
Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil on new album Ellipsis and beating writer's block
"I don't think there's anything that can compete with a guitar"
Round table: Whitesnake and Black Star Riders on the ultimate rock guitar and what makes a great solo
Scott Gorham, Damon Johnson, Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra speak
Def Leppard talk wild tours, guitar playing style and coping with Hysteria
A candid conversation with Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell
Andy Summers on developing his guitar style and new album Metal Dog
The Police legend on his ear-twisting solo collection
Warren Haynes's top 12 tips for guitarists
The Southern master tells us about jumping genres, duelling with Derek Trucks, and what it really takes to ride with The Allman Brothers…
Ian Thornley: my top 13 tips for guitarists
Watch Ian Thornley on stage with Big Wreck and he's every inch the untouchable rock god. Meet the 43-year-old in person, though, and it turns out he sees himself in less grandiose terms.
Status Quo on riffs, grooves, punch-ups, prison and Kit-Kats
A no-holds-barred interview with the six-string double act
The making of Metallica's Master Of Puppets
Behind the scenes of James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett's metal masterpiece
Mark Tremonti on amp hoarding, his fear of guitar clinics and why he blew out Bonamassa
Ask Mark Tremonti for his solution to writer's block and the 41-year-old metaller can only shrug: "I don't run into that too often."
Brian Setzer talks Gretsch Hot Rod signature and rockabilly's roots
The Stray Cat's new reason to strut
Derek Trucks on tone secrets, first records and keeping it real
The Southern slide maestro tells us why gear doesn't make a player, why mediocre guitarists should pipe down, and why he'll never be satisfied...
A-Z of classic rock guitar
Music styles don't come much wider, cooler or more inspirational than the behemoth that is classic rock
