GP Flashback: Kaki King, June 2003

Sep 16,2011
“I guess my dad was hipper than most,” says Kaki King. “Instead of sending me off to piano lessons with all the other kids, he forced me to play guitar—and I hated it. I took a few lessons and quit. But my dad always made sure More...

It's Strictly Whatever with Harry Manx and Kevin Breit

Oct 24,2011
“Strictly Whatever [Stony Plain] is the most accessible CD that we’ve done so far,” says Harry Manx of his third outing with fellow Canadian guitarist and vocalist Kevin Breit. “Kevin’s songs are catchy and easy to sing More...

GP Flashback Paul Simon June 1970

Oct 12,2010
What type of guitar do you use when you play “Angie”?It’s a Guild—a D-30.   What type of strings do you use?I use D'Aquisto, light gauge.   On “Baby Driver,” did you play solidbody electric?On “Baby Driver,” that’s all me, but I More...

Andy McKee

May 21,2010
Andy McKee is considered one of the world's finest acoustic guitar soloists. His dedicated online community has raised his YouTube video views in excess of 78 million plays and at one point he held the More...

John Renbourn on Davy Graham

Mar 30,2011
“I could go on for hours about Davy,” says legendary fingerstyle guitarist John Renbourn. “Back when I was a teenager, the craze was skiffle, which was the British attempt at playing American folk music. Because of skiffle, More...

Mark Whitfield On Delivering On Live TV

Jun 1,2010
The answer to the question, “Who played that great solo with Sting on the Hope for Haiti Now broadcast?” is Chris Botti sideman Mark Whitfield. Unlike some of the people on that telecast, Whitfield knows how to bring it on More...

Clive Carroll

Jun 1,2010
English guitar virtuoso and composer Clive Carroll has a vast musical palette and a sweeping creative vision. Adept at banjo, flattop, and nylon-string guitar, and equally at home playing fingerstyle or wielding a flatpick, More...

John Jorgenson

Jul 1,2010
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, JOHN JORGENSON WAS REVERSE engineered from alien artistic technology (AAT). How else can you explain his preternatural abilities on acoustic and electric guitar, double bass, mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, More...

Muriel Andersons All-Star Guitar Night

Jul 1,2010
ALWAYS ONE OF THE HOTTEST TICKETS AT THE NAMM Show, All-Star Guitar Night moved to the beautiful Orange County Pavilion for its Winter 2010 concert, packing the art-deco-styled theater with gear manufacturers, musicians, and More...

Enver Izmaylov

Jul 1,2010
THE ELECTRIC GUITAR HAS NO BOUNDARIES FOR ENVER IZMAYLOV. The virtuoso musician of Crimean Tatar heritage (a Turkic ethnic group residing in Crimea, located on the northern coast of the Black Sea) is a legendary performer in More...

Geoff Pesche on Abbey Road Online Mastering with mp3 audio

Feb 27,2010
We covered Abbey Road's Online Mastering service in the March 2010 issue of Guitar Player. Here, Abbey Road engineer Geoff Pesche talks about his approach to mastering in general, and specifically about mastering GP’s test track, More...

Marillion39s Steve Rothery Talks Tones and Effects

Feb 2,2010
Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery specializes in crafting lush sonic atmospheres with layered guitars and effects processing, as exemplified on Ostara [Eagle], the latest release from his other band, the Wishing Tree. His primary More...

Guy Buttery Feature Interview Outtakes

Feb 16,2010
When I interviewed South African acoustic guitar virtuoso Guy Buttery, he provided more material than I could fit into the print magazine, so some outtakes are posted below. Read the print Artists feature in the May 2010 issue of More...

Honoring Johnny Cash

Aug 11,2010
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT RECORDS THAT GIVE YOU CHILLS ALL the time, but the final album from Johnny Cash, American VI: Ain’t No Grave [American/Lost Highway], will really do it. Every note on it serves as a stark reminder that we More...

Kaki King

Aug 11,2010
BACK IN THE FALL OF 2004, GP’ S LATE SISTER PUBLICATION Frets duly anointed Kaki King “The future of solo-acoustic guitar.” Perhaps we should have known better. Sure, at the time her refreshingly innovative harmonic More...

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