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3 of the Greatest Guitarists Who Ever Shredded With a Fender Stratocaster

3 of the Greatest Guitarists Who Ever Shredded With a Fender Stratocaster

3 Classic Rock Guitarists Who Could Sing as Well as They Shred

“The guitar community came through and sent about one million solos to me”: The world’s buzziest guitarists fought to ge...

The winner beat out the likes of Intervals' Aaron Marshall and Connor Kaminski to have their solo featured on the final song

Before he went solo, Ronnie James Dio had already worked with two guitarists etched onto heavy metal’s Mount Rushmore. B...

From a 17-year-old prodigy to a future stadium-conquering guitar superstar, Ronnie James Dio had a dream team of six-string sidekicks over the course of his solo career – and their...

“I’d put his riffs up against anyone in rock today. He’s as good as Homme or Morello”: First he got a DM from Pearl Jam,...

The Pearl Jam guitarist took British alt-rock trio Tigercub out of their comfort zone – leader Jamie Hall was dialing Marshalls to 10, down-tuning a gift from Rabea Massaad, and fi...

These Are the 20 Best Guitarists in Country Music

These people are six-string wizards! Continue reading…

“The guitar players barely holding onto control as they go into the corners at top speed are my favorite players”: How t...

Weaned on the Stooges, Luke Bentham developed a taste early on for any player who could “peel paint” from the walls. Here, he walks through the high-volume approach behind the Dirt...

3 of the Greatest “Guitar Heroes” of Punk Rock History

These guitar heroes from punk rock's past deserve more love for being as insanely talented at the axe as they were. The post

These Are the 20 Best Guitarists in Country Music

These people are six-string wizards! Continue reading…

I saw Angine de Poitrine live – and witnessed the greatest polka-dot guitar hero since Randy Rhoads and Buddy Guy

Some have dismissed the microtonal duo as a gimmick, but their musicianship is no joke

“I couldn’t believe he was a guitar player”: Ritchie Blackmore says most guitarists aren’t nice people – but names one p...

Blackmore reserves particularly high praise for one of his Deep Purple successors

“I haven’t heard anything this cool in a generation”: Nuno Bettencourt names the up-and-coming guitarist who has blown h...

Bettencourt rarely reposts players on his social media accounts, but this Instagram guitarist-producer has got him all worked up

Who is the most iconic Fender Telecaster player?

The Telecaster doesn’t get enough credit for its versatility – and in its 75 years of production, it’s found its way into every genre. Let us know who you think is the greatest Tel...

“I don’t have any favorite guitarists from the ’90s. I wasn’t following those trends”: He wrote some of the defining ant...

Camp started out as a drummer before EVH made him realize the advantages of guitar. The young Carson Daly helped make his band famous. Now he’s powering forward with supergroup The...

“You can get a little bit of everything”: Grace Bowers’ tone tips to get the most out of the Gibson SG

There’s one pickup position she hardly ever uses

Nuno Bettencourt and Rick Beato form unlikely partnership to rip through a Thin Lizzy Classic at the Six-String Sanctuar...

The two guitarists were joined at the Las Vegas guitar camp by Steve Vai, Eric Gales and Mateus Asato

3 Underrated Guitar Moments From Artists Who Aren’t Known For Solos

These famous songs all feature iconic guitar moments, from artists who aren't typically known to feature solos. The post 3 Underrated Guitar Moments From Artists Who Aren’t Known...

Watch: Al Di Meola Tests Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” Guitar, Dickey Betts’ Fillmore Played 1958 Les Paul and Trey Anastasio’s...

Photo Credit: Screenshot via Al Di Meola on Facebook Artful six-string innovator Al Di Meola has been testing out some famous axes. In a series of posts shared on social media, the...

“It’s going to piss off anyone drilling their sweep picking, but it’s brittle and human and alive in a way that I adore”...

Fresh new cuts from all corners of the guitar world courtesy of Muse, Arlo Parks, Jack White, Ed O'Brien, Weezer, Periphery, and more...

Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Pete Thorn trade solos over Led Zeppelin classic at recent SatchVai Band show

Huge tunes from Led Zep and Steppenwolf, and three shredders brought the house down in Portland

“His legend has only grown since his death. He comes closer than anyone to being the best guitar player that ever lived”...

Steve Vai once described Danny Gatton as “the guitarist’s guitarist”

“They had already gone through a lot of guitar players, but there were only a few they liked. One of them was this kid,...

Guitar-synth master Amir Derakh was already well established in the industry when he got the once-in-a-lifetime call to become Ozzy's next guitarist...

“I heard him say in some interview that if you only play electric guitar, you're half a guitar player”: Her guitar playi...

Already an established instrumental composer, Rebecca Mardal took up acoustic guitar at the Smiths man’s suggestion, and she changed her playing style after he gave her a slimmer n...