Behold the Fender Custom Shop's New Masterbuilt Surf Green with Envy Collection Jackson Maxwell Gaze upon more than a dozen hand-built, one-off, vintage-inspired Surf Green guitars.
Why Eddie Van Halen Stopped Throwing Picks into the Crowd Jackson Maxwell People, it turns out, often went to extreme lengths to get their hands on one...
Brian May Names His Best Solo: "It Was Quite a Step into the Unknown" Jackson Maxwell May also revealed his favorite guitar solo of all time: "the hottest burning high-passion piece I’ve ever heard in my life."
Way Huge Unveils New Joe Bonamassa Signature Penny Saver Royale Modulation & Overdrive Pedal Jackson Maxwell The stompbox merges Bonamassa's two favorite Way Huge pedals into a single enclosure.
Line 6 Unveils New HX Stomp XL Multi-Effects Pedal Jackson Maxwell Expanding the scope of the hugely popular HX Stomp, this impressive pedal features five new footswitches and over 300 amps, cabs, and effects.
Gibson's Former Kalamazoo Factory to Become a Hard Rock Hotel Jackson Maxwell Heritage Guitars' operations, located at the same complex, will reportedly be unaffected by the new development.
How Brian May, Joe Perry, Eddie Van Halen, and More Re-Shaped Hard-Rock Guitar in the 1970s By Guitar Player Staff As hard-rock diversified and graduated from halls to arenas, these guitarists defined the sounds and styles of the '70s.
Vinyl Treasures: Deep Purple's 'Machine Head' By Jim Campilongo Ritchie Blackmore brings the fire on Deep Purple’s 1972 hard-rock masterpiece.
Kim Thayil: My Career in Six Songs By Richard Bienstock The former Soundgarden lead guitarist shares some deep cuts and reflects on a career chasing beautifully heavy sounds.
Tommy Shaw: How I Wrote Styx's “Blue Collar Man“ By Joe Bosso Tommy Shaw reveals the jolly green inspiration behind Styx’s 1978 hit.
How Beck, Hendrix, Townshend, Page, and More Set the Template for Hard Rock Guitar in the 1960s By Guitar Player Staff The progenitors of hard rock gave sound and shape to a divergent and ultimately diverse strain of rock and roll.
This Simple Three-Chord Progression Opens the Door to Many Genres By Vinnie DeMasi A knowledge of the tried-and-true fretboard applications of this triumvirate will make you a more versatile player and composer.
Add New Colors to Your Pentatonic and Blues-Based-Playing with These Licks By Brian Davidson Spend some time with the rockabilly scale and you'll have some stinging new additions to your lick library.
Learn the Other “Purple Haze” Chord By Jude Gold “E7#9 is so overused in the post-Stevie Ray world, that this chord makes a nice alternative.”
Subdivide and Conquer: A Methodical Approach to Mastering 16th-Note Rhythms By Vinnie DeMasi Dig out the metronome, folks, it's time to work on your rhythm game.
How to Play George Harrison's "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)," Avett Brothers Style By Jimmy Leslie Bring some warmth and light into the picture by learning this old-fashioned strummer with a positive message.
Five Things You Should Know About Your Pickups By Dave Hunter Pickups are one of the absolute cornerstones of your tone. Learn more about them here.
Go Inside Ritchie Blackmore's Guitar Collection By Christopher Scapelliti The Deep Purple legend shows off a number of his favorite guitars in this fascinating video.
Classic Gear: Silvertone 1482 By Dave Hunter Silvertone’s mid-’60s tube combo is crude, rude, and full of attitude.
Ultimate Pedal Porn: Inside Eilon Paz's Definitive Book on Classic and Cult Guitar Effects By Michael Ross Eilon Paz traveled the globe to assemble these definitive collections of stompbox photos and stories.
Carlos Santana's Magical 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom By Alan di Perna This holy grail of Santana guitars defined the supernatural sound on ‘Abraxas’ and beyond.
Amplified Nation’s Ampliphonix & Gain 50-watt Head Delivers Inspired Tones From Both Sides of the Pond By Dave Hunter Taylor Cox's amp building expertise is brought to bear on this boutique doozy with Transatlantic appeal.
