Players “Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it”: Jimmy Page on his “Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul In this vintage chat with Gibson, Page talks about his most famous Les Paul and some of its unique aspects, such as its sealed Grover tuners and bridge humbucker-splitting push-pull knob Meet Matteo Mancuso, the young player who’s light years ahead of us all When it comes to improvisation, Italy’s fingerstyle fusion maestro Matteo Mancuso is leaving the best players in the world in the dust Davey Johnstone explains his greatest guitar moments from Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ Johnstone tells how 16 days of work produced one of rock’s classic albums, released on this day in 1973 Latest Players “I said, 'Well, Lee, I've been using a lot of Black Sabbath–style moves in Sonic Youth.'" Thurston Moore reveals an unlikely influence on his unique guitar style By Gary Graff last updated 4 October 24 In an interview about his new solo album, 'Flow Critical Lucidity,' Moore also reveals the modern appeal of old tech, weird six-string tunings and unusual guitar slides. “Why don’t you just play it the same way each time?” Paul McCartney asked Brian Ray why he performed a Beatles song like this. Here's what he said By Joe Bosso last updated 4 October 24 The Paul McCartney guitarist shares his tips on how to perform any Beatles song perfectly Tom Petty shared his greatest advice on rhythm guitar playing in a long-lost 1997 interview By Christopher Scapelliti published 2 October 24 The guitarist, who died on October 2, 2017, also gave his insights on Telecasters and Rickenbackers and the art of songwriting Mark Tremonti reveals how Creed wrote their hit “Higher” — spontaneously, in front of an audience By Andrew Daly published 1 October 24 The guitarist also tells how suicide, soundchecks and airplanes played roles in his favorite Creed tracks George Lynch recalls the pressure to create memorable solos in the guitar-hero years of the Dokken era By Mark McStea published 28 September 24 Here's what he told us about the five songs that define his career Andy Summers reveals his role in the making of the Police hit “Every Breath You Take” By Gary Graff published 27 September 24 Although the song is credited to Sting, the former Police guitarist believes his riff should have earned him a writing credit Behind Doug Gillard's six-string wizardry for alt-rock faves Guided by Voices and Nada Surf. By Tom Beaujour published 26 September 24 His band mates call his guitar talents "indispensable." But all Gillard wants is to make good music. Sheryl Crow guitarist Peter Stroud on why guitarists shouldn’t start on modelers, and how to complement a singer with your playing By Joe Bosso published 18 September 24 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... From Winger to Dokken, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, and his solo albums, Reb Beach looks back on his career, and his greatest solos By Mark McStea published 16 September 24 Four decades down the road, the Winger guitarist explains to GP that the band deserved far more than the ‘hair metal’ label “Paco needed to relax, so he smoked a joint and the second take was the one”: Al Di Meola on the magic of Mediterranean Sundance By Matt Blackett published 10 September 24 Reflecting on his chemistry with Paco De Lucia in a 2009 GP interview, Di Meola revealed that the spontaneous creative fire of the Mediterranean Sundance session stunned all of its participants – including the guitarists themselves 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1“Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it, and he was right”: Jimmy Page on his "Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul 2Steve Vai was stunned when he heard him. Joe Bonamassa says he’s reinvented guitar. Al Di Meola says it “would take lifetimes to catch up with him.” Meet Matteo Mancuso, the young player who’s light years ahead of us all 3“I said, ‘Okay, why don’t you flip the tape over?’ I wanted to try a backward guitar solo.” Davey Johnstone explains his greatest guitar moments from Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’4“Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it, and he was right”: Jimmy Page on his "Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul5Jake Kiszka pulls his car off the road to listen every time this song comes on the radio
“I said, 'Well, Lee, I've been using a lot of Black Sabbath–style moves in Sonic Youth.'" Thurston Moore reveals an unlikely influence on his unique guitar style By Gary Graff last updated 4 October 24 In an interview about his new solo album, 'Flow Critical Lucidity,' Moore also reveals the modern appeal of old tech, weird six-string tunings and unusual guitar slides.
“Why don’t you just play it the same way each time?” Paul McCartney asked Brian Ray why he performed a Beatles song like this. Here's what he said By Joe Bosso last updated 4 October 24 The Paul McCartney guitarist shares his tips on how to perform any Beatles song perfectly
Tom Petty shared his greatest advice on rhythm guitar playing in a long-lost 1997 interview By Christopher Scapelliti published 2 October 24 The guitarist, who died on October 2, 2017, also gave his insights on Telecasters and Rickenbackers and the art of songwriting
Mark Tremonti reveals how Creed wrote their hit “Higher” — spontaneously, in front of an audience By Andrew Daly published 1 October 24 The guitarist also tells how suicide, soundchecks and airplanes played roles in his favorite Creed tracks
George Lynch recalls the pressure to create memorable solos in the guitar-hero years of the Dokken era By Mark McStea published 28 September 24 Here's what he told us about the five songs that define his career
Andy Summers reveals his role in the making of the Police hit “Every Breath You Take” By Gary Graff published 27 September 24 Although the song is credited to Sting, the former Police guitarist believes his riff should have earned him a writing credit
Behind Doug Gillard's six-string wizardry for alt-rock faves Guided by Voices and Nada Surf. By Tom Beaujour published 26 September 24 His band mates call his guitar talents "indispensable." But all Gillard wants is to make good music.
Sheryl Crow guitarist Peter Stroud on why guitarists shouldn’t start on modelers, and how to complement a singer with your playing By Joe Bosso published 18 September 24 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...
From Winger to Dokken, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, and his solo albums, Reb Beach looks back on his career, and his greatest solos By Mark McStea published 16 September 24 Four decades down the road, the Winger guitarist explains to GP that the band deserved far more than the ‘hair metal’ label
“Paco needed to relax, so he smoked a joint and the second take was the one”: Al Di Meola on the magic of Mediterranean Sundance By Matt Blackett published 10 September 24 Reflecting on his chemistry with Paco De Lucia in a 2009 GP interview, Di Meola revealed that the spontaneous creative fire of the Mediterranean Sundance session stunned all of its participants – including the guitarists themselves
