Latest articles by Vinnie DeMasi
The guitarist’s spontaneous performance became one of rock’s most celebrated solos, recorded with a ’63 Strat plugged straight into an Ampeg SVT.a
Though numerous guitarists cycled through Fleetwood Mac in the years following Peter Green's departure, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood remained partial to the crunch of a Les Paul, which Buckingham was hesitant to adopt
Selwyn Birchwood went to his first blues gig, aged 18. Ten years later, he won the Blues Foundation's Best Guitarist Award. 10 years on from that, his new album Exorcist is one of the blues albums of the year
Learn why perfect note and tonal choices rather than technical flash and daring improvisational forays made ‘Dark Side’ one of rock’s most brilliant and groundbreaking works
At the heart of U2’s musical odyssey, there’s always been the inspired guitar wizardry of The Edge
How Yngwie Malmsteen’s “secret scale” can spawn a set of seven relative modes
A world tour with the Police frontman taught him these simple rules for playing well with others
The guitarist’s complex and clever chord work are at the heart of Rush’s amazing engine
Let’s commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot guitarist’s untimely passing with a deep dive into his genre-defining lead guitar style
The southern sibling songsters talk turning classic blues riffs into modern fuzzed-out blues-rock hooks on their latest album, ‘Blood Harmony’
If you want to go horizontal, don't miss these useful pointers from the Larkin Poe maestro
The Killers’ axeman discusses five memorable hits and deep cuts from his extensive rap sheet
“When it comes to songwriting, that’s essentially where everything starts out for me,” says the Stone Temple Pilots tunesmith
As Soundgarden's 'Badmotorfinger' turn 30 this year we take a close look at the inspirational guitar techniques of one of alternative rock’s leading talents.
The most memorable cuts from more than four decades of playing, singing and songwriting.
The spirit of ’71 is well and truly alive in this historical lesson.
Embracing the ethos of blues-rock, early metal, ’70s soul and punk these tricks of the trade reinvigorated rock and could do the same for your own playing.
The Summer of Love legends discuss their heroinic history and comeback.
Video This revealing lesson exploring Ace Frehley’s fiery pentatonic runs.
Getter’s singular sense of scales lends mystery to her fusiony new album, Anomalia.
This lesson unpacks the elegantly powerful musical artistry of the Stone Temple Pilots guitarist.
10 often overlooked things you can do to make every show better.
Go on a heady fretboard odyssey of wide intervallic leaps, quasi-atonality, and unorthodox applications of hybrid picking.
