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“I live through the guitar. This is like a projection of my soul... It’s like therapy”: Juanes on his signature Strat, Metallica’s influence and learning from Tomo Fujita
The Grammy-winning superstar on fighting through the pain for a style that applies Hetfield-style downpicking to Colombian folk, returning to his essence, and why his new Strat is the guitar for all seasons
Nita Strauss: “I am extremely satisfied with digital. If I didn’t think it sounded as good I would have redone it through real amps”
Hurricane Nita drops by to discuss her all-star new solo album, the tone dividend from using digital tech, and argues that you should be proud to call yourself a shredder
Steve Vai: “One ear has been pulled towards rock my whole life, the other towards high-information music; my brain mixes it up and that’s when you get the weird Vai s**t”
Steve Vai drops in to talk Vai/Gash, Whitesnake, the unmatched integrity of Tom Waits, the appeal of ‘big, hairy guitars” and what guitarists can learn from the human voice
Polyphia’s Scott LePage: “There is a small aspect of, ‘OK, this needs to be performable.’ But sometimes we just do cool shit for the sake of doing cool shit and worry about it later”
LePage explains how collaborations, nylon-string guitars, the thrill of the new, and going all in and over the top with virtuosity made the most radical guitar album of 2022
Dimebag day: "He was like Santa Claus with a pink beard" - Zakk Wylde remembers his friend
In memory of Dimebag Darrell on the 15th anniversary of his passing, we revisit an archive interview with Zakk
While She Sleeps’ Sean Long: “I don’t want people holding this guitar and being scared to put it down. I want people to f**k it up!”
Sean Long discusses his new signature Charvel, explaining why its utilitarian build prepares it for the physicality of his sound, and how open tunings help him find fresh musical ideas
Eric Bibb: “I love cheapo guitars that have a unique quality. They’ll tell you what songs they want to play“
One of blues guitar's storytelling greats discusses his dependency on groove, the genius of Eric Gales, and the sounds and themes of his new album, Dear America
Joe Satriani: "I just wanted to raise my bar – I just wanted it to be higher on every level"
With time on his side, Satriani went down the rabbit-hole of his imagination for an album that holds reality and the absurd in equilibrium as he once more broadens the guitar's horizons
