Joe Bosso
Joe is a freelance journalist who has, over the past few decades, interviewed hundreds of guitarists for Guitar World, Guitar Player, MusicRadar and Classic Rock. He is also a former editor of Guitar World, contributing writer for Guitar Aficionado and VP of A&R for Island Records. He’s an enthusiastic guitarist, but he’s nowhere near the likes of the people he interviews. Surprisingly, his skills are more suited to the drums. If you need a drummer for your Beatles tribute band, look him up.
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The guitarist also has valuable advice for anyone who takes their career as a musician seriously

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He says the group's long-running success came from learning to fill a small room rather than half of a big room

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The guitarist also explains how he made a new instrument out of a child’s toy and used it on his latest album

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The guitarist also recalls the controversial history behind the group's 1977 classic rocker

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Eddie Martinez’s chance encounter made him a go-to session player for Mick Jagger, Steve Winwood, Robert Palmer and others

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Tim Pierce on the Goo Goo Dolls' Iris and the Michael Jackson hit inspired by Motley Crue

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The guitarist behind Billy Idol's groundbreaking albums reveals the albums that shaped him as a musician

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Mars Bonfire says his song was rejected by numerous publishers before Steppenwolf turned it into a hit rock and roll anthem

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Johnstone tells the story behind the album's key guitar tracks, including "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"

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Moore also shares four other tips to help you play better solos, learn more chords and develop a signature style

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"Also, any early song by Fleetwood Mac," says the Greta Van Fleet guitarist, who reveals his biggest challenge, favorite guitarist and most useless gear purchase

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The Paul McCartney guitarist shares his hard-won advice on how to perform any Beatles song perfectly

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Anderson says he borrowed Martin Barre’s guitar for a one-man recording session that saved a now-classic song from the cutting room floor

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How did Stroud become a right-hand man for Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, and many others? It took lots of talent – and these five rules...

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The in-demand session guitarist shares the advice that’s landed him spots with music royalty

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John 5 can now be found shredding in stadiums around the world, but, as he tells GP, it took incredible perseverance, and an unbreakable passion for his instrument, to climb that mountain

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The Brothers Osborne's self-titled LP was molded by trying times, but nonetheless finds the duo coming back stronger than ever, with some of John Osborne's tastiest playing to date

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Countless guitarists have gone on record badmouthing effects, citing them as – among other things – a crutch. For his part, alt-rock guitar legend Reeves Gabrels is having none of it

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In 2013 – in the midst of a tour, and just one month after the release of Bon Jovi's What About Now album – Sambora ended his 30-year run with the enormously successful band

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Though most of Squeeze’s breakthrough US hit came easy for Tilbrook, its solo took the guitarist out of his usual comfort zone

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A master of many styles who's played with Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Lee Roth, Rick Springfield, and, currently, Mötley Crüe, John 5 has pointers for players that go far beyond how to practice

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Well over 50 years into his career, the Les Paul-wielding guitar hero has covered amazing stylistic ground, and worked with the best of the best. Learn how he crafted some of his most timeless tunes

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Though he sometimes considers his own solos to be “gross,” the often-pigeonholed player took inspiration from the original G3 trio – alongside a potent cocktail of hip-hop, jazz, soul, R&B, and funk – on his stellar new album, JPEG Raw

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The rockabilly legend attributes landing on his guitar and amp of choice at a young age mainly to “destiny”

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Re-teaming with his fellow virtuosos for another roller coaster ride of an album, Govan was unafraid to explore yet more musical avenues and instruments, but in the end, it all always came back to his signature Charvel
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