Leprous

GW CATCHES UP WITH TOR ODDMUND SUHRKE, A PROVEN PROG MASTER (WHO'S ALSO A PROFESSIONAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST)

Kirk Fletcher

THE NASHVILLE-BASED BLUES MASTER ISN’T AFRAID TO ADD SOME II’S, III’S AND VI’S TO THE TRIED-AND-TRUE I-IV-V

Still a Ball of Fire

U.K. STRAT LEGEND ROBIN TROWER TALKS NEW MUSIC, THE SECRETS TO STELLAR TONE AND WHY HE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR AMERICAN FANS

Gore Obsessed, Old-School Death Metal

INTRIGUED? LET BLOODBATH GUITARIST TOMAS ÅKVIK FILL YOU IN

Z-One 4 Rock

REVEREND BILLY CORGAN SIGNATURE Z-ONE

Dark and Stormy

ESP GUITARS LTD DELUXE SN-1000HT FIRE BLAST

Sonic Reaction

LINE 6 CATALYST 100

ROLLING WITH the chaos

JIM ROOT AND MICK THOMSON DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE MAKING OF THE END, SO FAR THE SETBACKS, THE DEPRESSION, THE WILD GEAR EXPERIMENTS, THE WHAMMY-BAR HIJINKS AND MORE

THE problem CHILD

WILLIE ADLER AND MARK MORTON, LAMB OF GOD'S YIN-AND-YANG GUITAR DUO, TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE BAND'S "COMBATIVE," "CONFRONTATIONAL" (AND LIVE-IN-THE-STUDIO) NEW ALBUM

WELCOME TO THE machine

"YOU'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST OTHER BANDS....YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST YOUR GUITAR-PLAYING SKILLS FROM A YEAR AGO, OR 10 YEARS AGO" -ROBB FLYNN

A CHUNK OF change

MESHUGGAH'S MÅRTEN HAGSTRÖM TAKES YOU INSIDE THE MAKING OF THE SWEDISH DEATH METAL MASTERS' UNRELENTING NEW ALBUM, IMMUTABLE, HIS WEAKNESS FOR SIMON & GARFUNKEL AND THE RETURN OF CO-FOUNDING GUITARIST FREDRIK THORDENDAL

MXR DYNA COMP

POWER TOOLS

Lari Basilio

THE BRAZILIAN GUITAR ACE HELPS LISTENERS CUT THROUGH PANDEMIC-FUELED DEPRESSION WITH HOPEFUL TUNES AND HER CUSTOMARY KICKASS GUITAR PLAYING

S.G. Goodman

THIS KENTUCKIAN'S GUITAR-LADEN NEW ALBUM HAS PLENTY OF BITE — COURTESY OF HER UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND VINTAGE GUILDS

Billy Howerdel

THE A PERFECT CIRCLE GUITARIST UNVEILS HIS SOLO DEBUT, WHAT NORMAL WAS, WHICH TAKES HIS SYNTH ROCK AND SHOEGAZE INFLUENCES TO NEW LIMITS

Bartees Strange

THIS D.C. ARTIST’S LATEST ALBUM IS A CONVINCING REMINDER TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM — WHETHER IT’S THE MUSIC YOU WERE RAISED ON OR THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE

STARDUST MEMORIES

Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust producer (and Beatles engineer) KEN SCOTT recalls the making of two of DAVID BOWIE and MARK RONSON’s most iconic albums.

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON

The Texas guitar great has concocted not one, but two albums bursting with new material — plus a few extras. “It feels good to clear out the vaults and to get everything out there…”

The Meter Is Running Wild

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST FAREES AND METERS GUITAR LEGEND LEO NOCENTELLI DISCUSS THEIR DEBUT COLLABORATION, “THE MELTING”

This Year’s Model

AFTER SERIOUSLY REINING THINGS IN ON THE LATEST OFFERING BY HIS MAIN BAND, FROST*, PROG-ROCK STALWART JOHN MITCHELL BRINGS HIS AX TO THE FORE ON THE NEW LONELY ROBOT ALBUM, A MODEL LIFE

Lindsay Ell

THE COUNTRY-POP STAR GEEKS OUT ON ANALOG GUITAR GEAR

Charlie Worsham

HOW THIS SESSION SLINGER AND SINGER-SONGWRITER SWITCHES NASHVILLE’S GUITAR SCENE INTO OVERDRIVE

Lexi Rose

THIS PROLIFIC POSTER HAS AMASSED 500,000 FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF HER IDOLS. AND ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE KINGS OF LEON CONCERT

GWAR

PUSTULUS MAXIMUS and BALSAC THE JAWS OF DEATH discuss exactly what you’d expect super-powered outer-space al iens to talk about: old-school vs. new-school gear

PLAY BALL

Sixty years ago, a man named ERNIE BALL forever revolutionized the guitar string industry — and the rest, as they say, is history…

The Badass Ambassador

DAVE MUSTAINE DISCUSSES HIS “BRAND AMBASSADOR” RELATIONSHIP WITH GIBSON — AND LET’S NOT FORGET HIS TWO NEW SIGNATURE FLYING V’S!

LIFE & DEATH

THE STRENGTH. THE COURAGE. THE CRUSHING NEW ALBUM. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, MEGADETH MAIN MAN DAVE MUSTAINE WITH AN ASSIST FROM GUITARIST KIKO LOUREIRO TAKES YOU DEEP INSIDE THE SICK, THE DYING... AND THE DEAD!

THE HOTTEST NEW GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW

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Kirk Hammett's Solo Debut

WHY THE METALLICA GUITARIST - BOLSTERED BY HIS BAND'S HEARTFELT BLESSING - SET OUT ALONE TO EXPLORE THE WILDS OF "AUDIO CINEMATIC" INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

RICHIE FAULKNER

On September 26, 2021, while onstage with Judas Priest in Louisville, 42-year-old guitarist Richie Faulkner came incredibly close to dying. Lucky for all of us, he's here to tell the tale- and what a tale it is...