Latest about Guitarists
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
“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
Suzi Quatro on the time she almost sent Alice Cooper to the hospital
The Detroit rocker recalls rubber dart-gun wars, white-knuckle turboprop flights and the night Cooper wore her tour shirt “out of respect”
Narada Michael Walden on the night he walked away from Tommy Bolin
The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jeff Beck collaborator says Bolin’s addictions forced a heartbreaking decision, months before the guitarist’s death.
“Can you make it more green?” Jeff “Skunk” Baxter recalls his strangest studio sessions — from Steely Dan to Dolly Parton
The longtime Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist recalls one-take solos, the $20 guitar behind a disco hit, and Parton’s request for “sparkles.”
