Latest about Guitarists
Stevie Ray Vaughan bombed on opening night of a major tour
Huey Lewis fought his own management to put SRV on the bill. Then the crowd refused to listen.
P.J. Harvey on why she stopped playing guitar onstage — and the real reason she chose her first pair of tour guitarists
Her first proper solo album in 1995 marked a turning point in the iconic performer’s approach to performance
Steve Stevens showed up to rehearse with Eddie Van Halen — and instantly knew he’d made a mistake
The Billy Idol guitarist recalls his first jam at Eddie Van Halen’s home — and the gear friendship that followed from it
Jeff Beck on frustration, Fender Esquires and the limits of destruction
The Yardbirds guitarist said his battered 1954 Fender could survive almost anything — even his own attempts to smash it.
Melissa Etheridge walked into a guitar shop — and nobody knew who she was
What she learned on her visit helped her become her band’s lead guitarist after years of playing acoustics
Pat Metheny on how a $100 guitar defined his career — and why he kept a toothbrush in it for decades
The jazz legend’s battered 1958 Gibson ES-175 bore an unlikely repair throughout the most important years of his career
Joni Mitchell on why she invented her own guitar language from more than 50 tunings
Teachers told her to play the masters instead of writing songs, but she was determined to create the sounds she heard in her head
“An owl meeting a bumblebee in mid-flight.” Ritchie Blackmore on crafting the perfect Deep Purple–era guitar tone
The legend reveals how Marshall, Fender and even a tape deck helped shape his famously heavy — but barely distorted — sound
