Music
Guitar Player
INTO THE GROOVE
Nylon-string maestro Jesse Cook finds release in electronic beats on Libre, his latest fret-burning effort.
9 min |
March 2022
Guitar Player
FOREVER '50s
Rockabilly’s top cat talks about beating tinnitus, resurrecting Dick Dale, why you’ll never catch him with a Strat, and why rockers can’t play the ’billy.
9 min |
March 2022
Guitar Player
Time Is on Her Side
Stripping away the heavy rock guitars of her previous albums, Courtney Barnett makes a fresh start with Things Take Time, Take Time.
10+ min |
February 2022
Guitar Player
Leo Rising
After 50 years, Leo Nocentelli’s long-lost solo debut reveals a softer side to the hard-nosed electric funk legend.
9 min |
February 2022
Guitar Player
How I Wrote... "I Love Rock 'N' Roll"
The late Alan Merrill recalled how his flop became Joan Jett's runaway hit.
3 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt.4
Slide song suggestions with insights from Ben Harper and Roy Rogers.
2 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI
Armed with a Rickenbacker and a Fender Twin, Peter Buck helped R.E.M. put alternative rock on the map. Producer Mitch Easter reveals the genius behind the jangle pop.
10+ min |
February 2022
Guitar Player
THESE THINGS TAKE TIME
Rejecting traditional rock guitar stylings, Johnny Marr created a new ethos that defined alternative rock and placed it at the forefront of the U.K.’s 1980s music scene.
10+ min |
February 2022
Guitar Player
EARTHQUAKER DEVICES
Hizumitas Fuzz Sustainer
2 min |
February 2022
Guitar Player
WINNING LAP
Having mastered Guitar Hero, Yasmin Williams turned her attention to the real deal and became a lap-tapping superhero in her own right for a new generation of players.
8 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
SHOUT IT OUT
LOUD It took four albums for Kiss to rise from Rust Belt cult act to national rock stars. Now the pressure was on for a follow-up. They responded with Destroyer, the 1976 album that turned the New York City glam-rockers into Gods of Thunder.
10+ min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
RUST BELT Troubadour
After making his mark with Gregg Allman and members of the Band’s camp, Scott Sharrard now takes his place in Little Feat while dropping a solo album infused with his Midwest roots.
10+ min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
Light and Shade
Zakk Wylde emerges from lockdown with an album that laces ballads with twin-guitar rockers.
5 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
Cicognani Engineering
Sexyboost2 Analog Tube Boost
2 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
Lake Effect
The late Pat Martino took a stirring voyage on fusion's treacherous waters.
2 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
With thousands of sessions to his name, Lee Ritenour picks five solo tracks that define his multi-genre career.
7 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
LONE STAR Mojo
Sue Foley brings swagger, sweetness and bite to the bold and unfiltered Pinky's Blues.
10 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
RETRO-MODERN MARVEL
Mike Baranik’s “Arabella” B-1 brings 1960s-inspired guitar design to the boutique market.
5 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
Switched-On Box
With its range of tones and innovative features, the Teisco Spectrum 5 will push your buttons.
3 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
THE SPACEMAN'S RETURN VOYAGE
Back on the road, Ace Frehley is still struttin' and smokin'.
6 min |
January 2022
Guitar Player
COLD TRUTH
Guthrie Govan delivers a faithful account of the Aristocrats onstage with Freeze! Live in Europe 2020.
6 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 3
Open roots tuning tips.
3 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
Dave Navarro picks a handful of Jane’s Addiction tracks that define his glammy heyday.
8 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
FENDER
Tone Master Super Reverb
4 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
How I Wrote…“Cult of Personality”
Vernon Reid opens up about Living Colour’s 1988 breakthrough hit.
3 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
Astronaut Chris Sembroski took a Martin ukulele to space and discovered the joy of making music in microgravity.
9 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
CUTTHROAT AUDIO
Francene 2x10 Combo
5 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
Red Rocker
It’s standard issue beneath its custom skin, but this 1974 Marshall 50 Lead stack has looks that thrill.
5 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
PURE BLISS
Santa Cruz Guitar’s Happy Traum Signature HT/13 is a fingerpicker’s delight.
5 min |
Holiday 2021
Guitar Player
TAYLOR
TaylorSense Guitar Health Monitoring System
3 min |