Peter Frampton on Recording Thank You Mr Churchill

Mar 30,2010
Peter Frampton’s Fingerprints won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. While recording his latest album, Thank You Mr. Churchill [NewDoor/UMe], Frampton took a slightly different tack than previously. See the More...

Oz Noy's Twisted Blues

Mar 22,2012
The title of Oz Noy’s new instrumental album, Twisted Blues Volume 1[Abstract Logix], might have taken a few of his fans by surprise—but one listen to any cut on this CD should be enough to convince anyone that “blues” is a More...

Satch on Hendrix

Mar 10,2011
“Jimi Hendrix was entirely unique,” says Joe Satriani. “For one thing, he sounded like the most brilliant guitar player who never practiced a day in his life. I just never heard anything in any of his performances that ever More...

Mike Keneally

Jun 1,2010
Mike Keneally is one of those guys who can play anything. You know the type. He got a gig with Frank Zappa because he could play Zappa’s entire repertoire. He perfectly mirrored Steve Vai’s licks while performing with his More...

Orchestral Maneuvers Jeff Beck Creates Instrumental Masterpieces On Emotion amp Commotion

Jun 1,2010
There’s a nomadic spirit in Jeff Beck’s personality that causes his muse, and often his physical being, to push on to new frontiers even when the place he’s at would seem to be the perfect altar for him to preach the gospel of 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...

Guthrie Govan Takes the Reins in Prog Rock's Rowdy New Democracy

Jul 14,2011
“Guthrie Govan gives shred a good name,” says Paul Gilbert. “It’s absolutely heartwarming to hear someone play super fast and have musical depth to match. What a breath of fresh air.” Mr. Gilbert, however, is not the More...

Jim Marshall A Remembrance

Jul 1,2010
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC MAGAZINE publishing, Jim Marshall was probably just as important as the musicians he photographed. In an industry where image so frequently becomes perception, Marshall’s keen eye 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...

Under the Radar Bobby Smith

Jul 1,2010
Smith wrote in to blast GP for its Orianthi cover (yeah, join the club, boyo), and when we checked him out on MySpace, his “This Is Real” knocked us on our butts. Performed by Smith and his band, The Mighty Eighteen Wheeler, 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...

Name the Guitar Hero Nuggets From The Guitar Player Archives

Dec 1,2010
WHEN YOU PUT TOGETHER A SONG, DOES it just come to you, or is it a process where you sit down with your guitar? The music I might hear, I can’t get on the guitar. It’s a thing of just laying around daydreaming or More...

Viva Evolution Dweezil Zappa39s Guitar Odyssey

Dec 1,2010
“LISTEN TO MY FATHER’S GUITAR PLAYING and how far he progressed from Freak Out to Roxy and Elsewhere,” says Dweezil Zappa. “Frank evolved in leaps and bounds in less than ten years. The amount of growth was insane.” The More...

John Butler

Aug 11,2010
FROM HIS EARLY DAYS BUSKING ON THE STREETS TO touring globally as a headliner, Australia’s John Butler has sought to forge his own musical voice both as a guitarist and as a socially conscious songwriter. Primarily wielding More...

Lyle Workman on Getting Strange and Beautiful Tones

Apr 1,2010
ANY OF US CAN PLUG A STRAT INTO A MARSHALL AND stick an SM57 on the 4x12. Here, soundtrack star, composer, and guitarist Lyle Workman details some slightly less orthodox methods for getting cool tones. “One of the best More...

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