The first Beatles song Paul McCartney played guitar on: “One of those very early ones”

Paul McCartney was a guitar player first and foremost, but his first six-string appearance on an album by The Beatles didn't ...

Adam Jones on his oddball approach to crafting Tool’s out-of-this-world guitar tones

The guitarist praises Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi for having inspired his own love of drop tunings and evocative tones ...

Rickey Medlocke talks us through every Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, and what made each of them special

Having served in Skynyrd as a pre-fame member and later as a crucial part of their reunion, Medlocke has more insight into ...

Rick Beato shares the secrets he's learned sitting next to David Gilmour, Neal Schon and other guitar greats

Back in May, Blake Shelton returned to his roots, dropping his first album in four years, the winkingly titled For ...

Iconic Genesis album left guitar hero Steve Hackett feeling like a triangle player

Steve Hackett goes deep on the making on "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway," a synth-heavy concept album that made him feel ...

The legendary guitarist Steve Vai called “my God”

Steve Vai admitted that his ultimate guitar hero is Jimmy Page, saying that, from a young age, he was "my god" and the reason he wanted to play the guitar.

Carl Verheyen on the time Eddie Van Halen borrowed – and nearly destroyed – his Les Paul

Eddie Van Halen may be best known for his Frankenstein Strat — a guitar hat married Les Paul tonality with Stratocaster ...
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John Mayer on why players shouldn’t get hung up on neck radius, and what makes a bigger difference to playability

Many firms have their preferred measurements. Very broadly speaking, a 7.25" radius offers a more 'vintage' style, while the ...

The unexpected discovery in John Mayer’s iconic ’64 Fender Strat that helped shape the sound of the Silver Sky

It took more than 2 years to retool and redesign the classic S-type template – and PRS made a significant discovery along the ...

J.J. Cale on his song that launched Eric Clapton’s solo career and made the laidback Tulsa guitarist a surprise overnight sensation

For Cale, that town was Tulsa, the Oklahoma city where he was raised in the postwar era. Born John Cale in 1938, the ...

SEVEN QUESTIONS | OPINION: James McMurtry brings “Black Dog” and hard-won wisdom to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday

James McMurtry isn't nostalgic so much as precise. His songs often sound like memory talking -- pragmatic about art and time, ...