Guitar Techniques
JOSÉ FERRER: Ejercicio No.7 in E Minor
Here Declan Zapala returns to Romantic-era Catalonia to explore some bitesize building blocks of classical guitar technique through this short and chirpy study
2 min |
May 2023
Guitar Techniques
THE CROSSROADS Roy Buchanan
For this month's meeting down at the Crossroads, John Wheatcroft shows us 10 top techniques from the country-blues Telemaster himself
3 min |
May 2023
Guitar Techniques
HUBERT SUMLIN
David Gerrish explores the pioneering style of the man that was able to hold his own next to the immortal Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters
2 min |
May 2023
Guitar Techniques
TIM HENSON
Play God and become a G.O.A.T. with the technical and creative brilliance of Polyphia, with Charlie Griffiths as your guide
2 min |
May 2023
Guitar Techniques
THIN LIZZY
This month Martin Cooper checks out the classic sound of Thin Lizzy, with the twin-guitar assault of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson
2 min |
May 2023
Guitar Techniques
ARIELLE
A minute's all it takes to discover what makes a great guitarist tick. Before she jumped into her limo for the airport, we grabbed a quick chat with the US singer-songwriter, guitar player, and Brian May Guitars artist
6 min |
May 2023
Guitar Techniques
PLAY LIKE...DAVID GILMOUR
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon, Jamie Humphries analyses the playing of David Gilmour, with five stylistic mini pieces.
3 min |
May 2023
Guitar Techniques
MITCH DALTON
The studio guitarist's guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by our resident session ace
3 min |
May 2023
Guitar Techniques
TASTY SOLOING
In the first column of a new series from LCCM's Andy G Jones we focus on one of the pillars of modern blues, the great innovator T-Bone Walker
2 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
A DIRECT LINE TO HEAVEN
As a guitarist, singer-songwriter and civil rights visionary who brought Black and White music together, Pops Staples created his own genre and the quintessential Americana guitar tone.
10+ min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
Torch Bearer
Ben Webster’s Warm Moods is a searing lesson in melody and skillful phrasing.
2 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
Euro Trip
This Wandre Roby is a groovy relic from the 1960s Italian guitar maker.
3 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
SPECIAL DELIVERY MAN
A look at the inspiring musical magic and distinctive touch in the playing of guitar legend Joe Walsh.
7 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
DONNER
DJP-1000
2 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
GIBSON
Les Paul Traditional Pro V
4 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
PRS
Sonzera 20 Combo
4 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS
They've sold millions of records in Europe and the U.K. With Rush!, Rome's Måneskin are introducing American ears to their infectious brand of glam-rock revivalism.
10+ min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
THRILL OF THE HUNT
On Dripfield, jam-band breakouts Goose let their muse lead them outside their comfort zone. Says guitarist Rick Mitarotonda, \"We chase what we hear.\"
7 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
TIP SHEET
These are the habits that have made Steve Howe a stylistic and technical virtuoso.
5 min |
May 2023
Guitarist
GARY ROSSINGTON 1951-2023
The survivor of the infamous Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, who helmed the band for a further three decades and gave countless gunslingers their start, has died aged 71
3 min |
May 2023
Guitarist
SOUND AND VISION
Timeless in tone and style yet built with advanced lutherie techniques, Furch Guitars deserves your serious attention. We travel to the Czech Republic to find out more…
10 min |
May 2023
Guitarist
Black Country
Based on the Takamine used by Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi, the GD34CE has all of its stablemate’s classic good looks on a budget. But how does it sound?
5 min |
May 2023
Guitarist
HÖFNER S7L
How a little known and short-lived guitar from Höfner found its way into the hands of The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell around the time of the band’s hit Golden Brown
6 min |
May 2023
Guitarist
DAVID LINDLEY 1944-2023
Remembering maxi-instrumentalist slide guitar master David Lindley, who died at the age of 78 after a long illness
3 min |
May 2023
Guitarist
Made To Measure
Most of us are happy with off-the-shelf guitar designs, but there’s nothing quite like ordering up your own custom-made guitar. We ask Maybury Guitars to build us one!
9 min |
May 2023
Classic Rock
RESURRECTION DAYS
After a career peppered with notable successes – and a fair few line-up changes and fall-outs – in the mid-80s Kansas came close to being dead and buried. But, taking the advice of their most famous song title, they picked themselves up and carried on…
10+ min |
May 2023
Classic Rock
GARY ROSSINGTON - December 4, 1951 - March 5, 2023
We look back at the life, times and music of the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist who survived the band's plane crash in 1977, and also survived all the band's other founder members.
9 min |
May 2023
Classic Rock
MEN FOR ALL SEASONS
Stranger things: in their 40-plus years Metallica have gone from being a cult metal band to a commercial juggernaut and a household name. But even with new album 72 Seasons ready to storm charts worldwide they're still angry, still insecure.
10+ min |
May 2023
Classic Rock
TIME BANDITS
Some bands are retro. Some bands are very retro. Dutch trio DeWolff take that to the max in everything they do, looking back for inspiration and feeding it into something new.
8 min |
May 2023
Guitar Player
How I Wrote..."Wooden Ships"
David Crosby reveals how he, Stephen Stills and Paul Kantner wrote a visionary classic.
3 min |