Guitar Techniques
JUSTIN SANDERCOE
The founder of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This Month: Mysteries Of The Pedal Steel!
4 min |
September 2023
Guitar Techniques
DINOSAUR JR/J MASCIS
This month Martin Cooper checks out the sound of the Massachusetts rock pioneers, and the six-string talents of guitarist J Mascis.
3 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
THE GYPSY IN HIS SOUL
As he wraps the 20th installment of his celebrated Django A GoGo Festival, Stephane Wrembel reflects on the guitarist whose musical essence inspires his own.
7 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
TIP SHEET
Nili Brosh shares hard-earned wisdom from her years as a solo and supporting guitarist.
5 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
When Japan Was the Future
Intended as a Les Paul killer when it bowed in 1976, Yamaha's SG-2000 appealed to players fed up with declining U.S. quality.
4 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
DRIVE SHE SAID
As she drops her latest album, Mother Road, Grace Potter reveals what she learned from playing on nylon strings - and why a Flying V is still the best rock and roll guitar.
9 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
After the Flood
Devastated by his partner's death, Alexandre Lagoya reclaimed his life and artistry on his own.
2 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
FORCE of NATURE
Faced with a choice between David Bowie and his own band, Stevie Ray Vaughan took a bet on the blues and unleashed a torrent 40 years ago with his debut album, Texas Flood. Double Trouble’s Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton fill in the details.
10+ min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
WEATHER CASTER
How climate extremes led Gene Baker to re-envision the acoustic-electric with b3 Guitars' Cielo Deluxe.
5 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
On Double Exposure, Vinnie Moore unites both spheres of his rock guitar influences.
6 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
SHINE A LIGHT
As Greta Van Fleet prepare for a massive tour and the release of Starcatcher, Jake Kiszka talks tone, gear...and what everyone gets wrong about his 1970s hard-rock approach to guitar playing.
10+ min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
HOLIDAY IN THE SONS
With a new Rival Sons album in the charts, Scott Holiday is back in the spotlight following a four-year absence.
8 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
How I Wrote..."Crimson and Clover"
Pop icon Tommy James reveals the magic combination behind the Shondells' timeless psychedelic hit.
3 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
Open Source
The world of open tunings, according to Peppino D'Agostino.
2 min |
September 2023
Guitar Player
TAYLOR
Builder's Edition 814ce
4 min |
September 2023
Classic Rock
Rush Subdivisions
Musically it was influenced by some of the newer bands they were listening to, and sonically it took Rush further into the world of synthesisers and not all of the trio were happy about that.
4 min |
August 2023
Classic Rock
Lucinda Williams
The singer-songwriter on post-stroke recovery, losing the ability to play guitar, and the thrill of a Bruce Springsteen cameo.
4 min |
August 2023
Classic Rock
PARADISE CITY
Taking cues from the big rock of the 60s, 70s and 80s (with a particular nod to GN'R), The Dust Coda are hoping their just-released third album Loco Paradise will excite you listening to it as much as it excited them making it.
8 min |
August 2023
Guitarist
Preamp Glory
This classy tone-shaping boost and drive from Origin Effects is based on a vintage valve-powered preamp
2 min |
Summer 2023
Guitarist
RIGHT PLACE, RAITT TIME
Bonnie Raitt on her new guitar sideman
2 min |
Summer 2023
Guitarist
DUKE LEVINE
What makes a great professional guitarist? Excellent chops, world experience, all-round versatility, eclectic taste in music, superb tones and the ability to blend seamlessly into a new band - all talents of Duke Levine, who recently took over guitar duties in Bonnie Raitt's band of premier musicians
6 min |
Summer 2023
Classic Rock
STARS IN THEIR EYES
Greta Van Fleet, prodigious guardians of rock's eternal flame, have emerged from the darkness and uncertainty of the last few years with Starcatcher, a retrofuelled blast of cosmic light and love that feels like it's one for the ages.
10 min |
August 2023
Classic Rock
The Damn Truth
The Canadian rockers undertake a headline tour of UK venues - probably fully clothed - in July.
3 min |
August 2023
Classic Rock
SMILE LIKE THEY MEAN IT
In their 25 years, by their own admission Skindred have \"never been massively commercially successful or super-cool\". But with new album Smile they reckon \"our time is now\".
10 min |
August 2023
Classic Rock
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
Life isn't always a bed of roses when you're following in a famous parent's footsteps. But with his two albums so far Wolfgang Van Halen is escaping from his father's shadow and determined to succeed on his own terms.
10 min |
August 2023
Guitarist
Animal Instinct
The pedal that Electro-Harmonix could have made in the 1970s (but didn’t) is now here with some help from JHS Pedals
2 min |
Summer 2023
Guitarist
Blues For Greeny
Being invited to speak and play at the preview of Peter Green's guitar sale at Bonhams was a huge privilege - and a worry, says Neville Marten
3 min |
Summer 2023
Classic Rock
AC/DC/50
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of AC/DC - half a century of riffs, rambunctiousness, schoolboy uniforms and some of the greatest rock'n'roll music ever created.
9 min |
August 2023
Guitarist
Ultimate STRATS
The Strat is the most famous electric of all time - the original guitar for all seasons. But which version represents the pinnacle of its evolution? We take a deep dive into Leo's masterpiece, in the company of experts, to try to find an answer...
10+ min |
Summer 2023
Guitarist
Experience In Sound
The sonic adventures of Paul Reed Smith show no signs of slowing down. We drop in for a catch-up, but can we keep up?
4 min |