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Yungblud, Dream Theater, Wet Leg, Turnstile among guitar’s heavy hitters at the 2026 Grammy nominations
07/11/2025

Yungblud, Dream Theater, Wet Leg, Turnstile among guitar’s heavy hitters at the 2026 Grammy nominations

There are no guitar-led artists in the AOTY shortlist but there's no shortage of guitar talent here, including Joe Bonamassa, Billy Strings, Buddy Guy, Larkin Poe, and Deftones

“I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play g...
07/11/2025

“I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down

What would you do if Frampton handed you his black Les Paul? Beato? He handed it right back

“My vision closed up. I felt like I was gonna throw up. I started sweating profusely, but I was freezing”: Wolfgang Van ...
07/11/2025

“My vision closed up. I felt like I was gonna throw up. I started sweating profusely, but I was freezing”: Wolfgang Van Halen on the panic attack he suffered on the way to his Metallica support – and how it inspired his new album

Flying out to Mexico City, Wolfgang felt his body betray him – a terrifying experience that turned out kinda useful when writing The End

Every year, Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang write and record an album in a day. For 2025, they did it in an open Guitar Cen...
07/11/2025

Every year, Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang write and record an album in a day. For 2025, they did it in an open Guitar Center – and used any gear they wanted

The two YouTubers have taken their First of October recording project to the public domain

“The longer it goes, the better the guitar is going to sound”: Jason Isbell has shared his bizarre method for breaking i...
07/11/2025

“The longer it goes, the better the guitar is going to sound”: Jason Isbell has shared his bizarre method for breaking in new acoustics – and you’ll never guess what it is

There’s science behind the madness. We promise

“I was going everywhere – on the toilet, the bath, the taxi, and walking down the street – going, ‘What do I hear coming...
07/11/2025

“I was going everywhere – on the toilet, the bath, the taxi, and walking down the street – going, ‘What do I hear coming in there after those chords?’” How Eric Bell wrote one of Thin Lizzy’s most iconic guitar solos

Originally an Irish traditional song, Whiskey in the Jar found new life in Thin Lizzy's – and, eventually, Metallica's – respective repertoires

Listen to Eric Clapton wail on this new single from Stephen Dale Petit!
07/11/2025

Listen to Eric Clapton wail on this new single from Stephen Dale Petit!

Provided to YouTube by Absolute Label Services A Better Man (feat. Eric Clapton) · Stephen Dale Petit · Eric Clapton A Better Man ℗ 2025 333 Records Rele...

“You never know what you're gonna get when you go to a Billy Strings concert”: Billy Strings shreds Bark at the Moon dre...
07/11/2025

“You never know what you're gonna get when you go to a Billy Strings concert”: Billy Strings shreds Bark at the Moon dressed as a werewolf – and nails Jake E. Lee and Ozzy Osbourne’s parts

What better way to celebrate Halloween and pay homage to two metal greats?

“The only way forward in this industry”: Ernie Ball fights battery waste with new rechargeable AA and 9V batteries that ...
06/11/2025

“The only way forward in this industry”: Ernie Ball fights battery waste with new rechargeable AA and 9V batteries that are tailored for effects pedals and active guitars

With recharge times as quick as 75 minutes to 80%, Ernie Ball guarantees that these batteries deliver a “consistent, full-voltage performance across instruments, wireless packs, pedals, tuners, and more”

“That’s all I had for weeks… People started banging on the wall – ‘Don’t play that anymore!’” Tom Petty wanted to turn a...
06/11/2025

“That’s all I had for weeks… People started banging on the wall – ‘Don’t play that anymore!’” Tom Petty wanted to turn a catchy riff into a much-needed hit. He didn't stop playing it until he did

Under pressure to follow up his multi-platinum breakthrough, Damn the Torpedoes, with another best-selling album, Petty wanted a lead single “that had a little lick from the beginning”. That lick proved to be a stubborn one

“Maybe I’m playing into the hate I get from how cold the hyper-modern stuff can be – but I will do a 180 at some point a...
06/11/2025

“Maybe I’m playing into the hate I get from how cold the hyper-modern stuff can be – but I will do a 180 at some point and make people cry”: Guitar heroes are hailing him as shred’s next big thing – but Spiro is already planning a blues left-turn

Touted as the guitar world's next big disruptor by Tim Henson, Misha Mansoor and Tosin Abasi, Spiro Dussias reveals his next project and why he hopes to record a blues album before he turns 30

“Everyone was into rap and R&B. They would ask me, ‘Do you really like that old music?’” From humble beginnings to a cam...
06/11/2025

“Everyone was into rap and R&B. They would ask me, ‘Do you really like that old music?’” From humble beginnings to a cameo in Michael B. Jordan's Sinners – Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram is bridging the generational gap in blues

Ingram waxes lyrical about how “blues isn’t just a guy with a guitar” – and why anything from rap and rock can be blues

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