“He doesn’t make it sound like he's trying”: Eric Gales and Slash play Hendrix on the S.E.R.P.E.N.T tour By Will Simpson published 12 July 24 Younger man just nudges it with incredible solo
“2025 is all about Guns N’ Roses”: Slash plots course By Will Simpson published 20 June 24 Plus GNR producer Mike Clink talks about what sets him apart from other guitarists
“I think the biggest pitfall about learning the blues is faking it”: Slash talks true blues, his love for the pedal steel and valuable advice for new players By Daryl Robertson published 30 May 24 Switching out his fabled Les Paul for an ES-335 and his Marshall for Magnatones, Slash goes all in on the blues for Orgy Of The Damned – and lifts the lid on the gear that powered the album
“I'm not super-excited by this development... There’s just gonna be too much of the same kind of look or sound for different things. I see it happening already”: Slash dismisses AI By Will Simpson published 28 May 24 You’ll be unsurprised to hear that he’s not a fan.
"I commit at least two to three hours a day, no matter what": Slash has been learning to play pedal steel for two years By Rob Laing published 24 May 24 The Guns N' Roses legend tells us about his new hard-earned musical skills
Slash has a new signature Gibson guitar – and it's an ES-335! By Rob Laing published 9 May 24 The Gibson Custom Slash 1963 ES-335 Collector’s Edition is limited to only 50 guitars
"I can't stand them": Slash reveals he isn't a fan of using in-ear monitors live, but he does like using guitar plugins in the studio By Rob Laing published 7 May 24 "I've been tweaking them like crazy" Slash says of his ongoing battles with the "necessary evil" of using in-ears
"You don't need to know many scales to play guitar solos – but you do need to know this one": We can show you the minor pentatonic with just three chord shapes By MusicRadar published 26 March 24 Learning guitar scales doesn't have to be hard and our lesson proves it
“Brian May did an entire section, about a dozen guitar harmonies:” Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single, Going Home, is released – but who played what? By Jonathan Horsley published 15 March 24 Featuring over 50 A-list guitarists, the expanded Local Hero theme opens with Jeff Beck's final solo, has Joan Armatrading rocking on electric and May going harmony mad to raise money for teen cancer charities
Watch Slash cover Howlin’ Wolf’s Killing Floor on first single from new blues album, with AC/DC’s Brian Johnson on vocals, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on harmonica By Jonathan Horsley published 8 March 24 Orgy Of The Damned finds the GNR guitarist tackling blues standards with an all-star cast of vocalists – watch Slash rock a Bigsby-equipped ES-335 in the video for Killing Floor now