Carl Verheyen’s Cranktone Chronicles

Apr 16 2012 12:00AM
On a recent tour of Italy, my band was treated to a VIP tour of the Ferrari factory in Maranello. More...

Guitar In Pictures

Apr 16 2012 12:00AM
Guitars have always played a role in film and television music. More...

Phil Brown's Imaginary World

Feb 14 2012 12:00AM
Shortly after Los Alamos National laboratory director Norris Bradbury helped create the atomic bomb, his music teacher wife unleashed another explosive force upon the world: Phil Brown. More...

Guitar Man George Benson

Feb 14 2012 12:00AM
“I was in Jack McDuff’s band years ago,” says legendary jazz guitarist George Benson, reminiscing about his stint touring with the soul-jazz organist. “One night, he took me aside and said, ‘I don’t know how to evaluate you. You More...

Nels Cline: Wilco and Beyond

Jun 19 2012 12:00AM
“I’m never anywhere for more than two WEEKS,” says the globetrotting and preternaturally prolific Nels Cline, who was “camped out” in a New York City brownstone with his similarly prolific wife, Yuka Honda, and her roommate More...

Hendrix at 70

May 16 2012 12:00AM
He changed everything. What don’t we owe Jimi Hendrix for his monumental rebooting of guitar - culture “standards” of tone, technique, gear, signal processing, rhythm playing, soloing, stage presence, chord voicings, charisma, More...

Carl Verheyen's Cranktone Chronicles

May 15 2012 12:00AM
I once did a movie trailer for a young producer who played me an industrial-sounding track to “get my direction.” More...

Ani DiFranco Chooses Sides

May 15 2012 12:00AM
Ani DiFranco has made a career of combining razor-sharp critiques of societal injustice and inequality with an expansive folk-rock outlook. More...

Andy Timmons Plays Sgt. Pepper

Apr 17 2012 12:00AM
Musical genius is often determined by how well someone Does something brave or foolish, but tackling the Beatles songbook is always a nail biter. More...

Brian May Still Reigns as the King of Tone

Apr 16 2012 12:00AM
George Martin has said that you don’t have to teach children to love the Beatles. More...

David Cassidy’s Top Guitar Memories from the ’70s

Apr 16 2012 12:00AM
In the 1970s, David Cassidy was the biggest star in the world, outselling and breaking attendance records held by Elvis and the Beatles. More...

12 Rhythm Guitar Greats

Mar 22 2012 12:00AM
I’m a firm believer in the huge importance of rhythm guitar. More...

Aventura's Lenny Santos

Mar 22 2012 12:00AM
“You guys act like I don’t know what BACHATA IS, ” was President Barack Obama’s reaction as members of Aventura started to explain their music to him. More...

Brev Sullivan Re-Animates the ’80s

Feb 14 2012 12:00AM
MIAMI-BASED BREV SULLIVAN IS ON A COLLISION course with the 1980s. More...

"Smokin'" Joe Robinson Goes Electric

Feb 14 2012 12:00AM
WHEN 16 YEAR-OLD “SMOKIN’” JOE Robinson burned through a Chet-inflected medley of “Day Tripper” and “Lady Madonna” at the introductory round of the 2008 Australia’s Got Talent competition, the entire house—including the More...

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