Watch Brian May Play "Ode to Joy" Jackson Maxwell May recorded his own interpretation of Beethoven's Ninth as part of the all-star "Himno a la Alegría" video.
Hear Gary Moore's Previously Unreleased Version of "I'm Tore Down" Jackson Maxwell The searing cover is the second single from the upcoming Moore album, 'How Blue Can You Get.'
Mike Mitchell, Guitarist and Co-Founder of The Kingsmen, Dead at 77 Jackson Maxwell As the soloist on the band's mega-hit, "Louie Louie," Mitchell helped set the template for both garage- and hard-rock guitar.
Hear "4 Edward," Nancy Wilson's Tribute to Eddie Van Halen Jackson Maxwell The acoustic instrumental closes her first-ever solo album, 'You and Me.'
Rick Beato Offers First Look at His Signature Gibson Les Paul Special Jackson Maxwell Behold, the first Beato Les Paul Special, in Pelham Blue.
Paul Gilbert Premieres New Song, "A Thunderous Ovation Shook the Columns" Jackson Maxwell Gilbert wrote the tune, the second single from his upcoming album, 'Werewolves Of Portland,' about Dimitri Shostakovich.
Watch Django Reinhardt Perform with the Hot Club in 1938 Film Short By Christopher Scapelliti The promo film features some great shots of Reinhardt's fretting hand performing some blazing runs.
Watch CeDell Davis Play Slide with a Butter Knife By Christopher Scapelliti This distinctive and impressive Delta bluesman played like no one else.
Gwenifer Raymond on How Celtic Mysticism and Folk Horror Inform Her Unique Acoustic Style By Tom Beaujour The Welsh fingerstylist talks technique, gear, and the inspiration behind 'Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain.'
Ritchie Blackmore Talks Tremolo Bars, Hammer-Ons, Classical Influences, and More in 1973 GP Interview By Martin K. Webb A young Blackmore also told GP about the origins of some of his hugely influential techniques.
Jim Campilongo and Luca Benedetti on Jettisoning the Rhythm Section for a Very Special Six-String Duet By Michael Molenda Instigated by necessity, Benedetti and Campilongo establish a dynamic partnership on 'Two Guitars.'
Beyond the Box: Five Phrases to Get You Out of the Pentatonic Rut By Guitar Player Staff Five ways to push the pentatonic box’s boundaries and even break them altogether.
Pick Up Some of Vernon Reid’s Abstract Fretboard Logic By Vinnie DeMasi Go on a heady fretboard odyssey of wide intervallic leaps, quasi-atonality, and unorthodox applications of hybrid picking.
A Few Useful Tricks with Minor Scales By Carl Verheyen How to handle situations that call for the harmonic minor and melodic minor scales.
Unraveling Jimmy Page’s “Immigrant Song” Mystery Chord By Jesse Gress Jimmy Page once said that it's a chord that "nobody could work out.”
Understanding the Two Main Types of Acoustic Pickups – and How to Amplify Them By Jimmy Leslie Start your journey to great amplified acoustic tone here.
Five Things You Need to Know About Bridges By Dave Hunter The bridge is an essential link in the tone chain – ranking right up there with your guitar’s pickups and the wood the body is made from.
Ready for a Refret? Here's What You Need to Know By Gary Brawer The fact is, your frets won’t last forever, and sooner or later, you’ll need to replace them. Here is a checklist of things to consider when choosing a refret.
We Tested Five Modern Takes on the Holy Grail of Humbuckers – Here’s How They Stacked Up By Dave Hunter Have any of these cracked the vaunted Gibson PAF code? Let's find out.
A Look Back at Slash's Les Paul Standard Copy By Richard Bienstock For a time, one of the most recognizable Les Paul users in the world wasn't actually playing a Gibson.
See the World's Last Playable Stradivarius Guitar, Made in 1679, in Action By Guitar Player Staff Named “the Sabionari," it's one of only five Stradivarius guitars left on Earth.
How Gibson Revitalized Heritage Shred Brand Kramer in 2021 By Art Thompson Loud finishes for even louder hard rock, the Kramer name is synonymous with hard rock and heavy metal stunt guitar.
