Players How the Offspring made the number-one indie-rock record of all time with two guitars and one amp Noodles Wasserman reveals the story behind the group's 1994 hit "Come Out and Play" Samantha Fish talks Guns N' Roses, B.B. King and the 10 albums that changed her life The blues guitarist reveals the albums that shaped her as a musician Stevie Ray Vaughan explains his left-handed vibrato and why Albert King was filing his nails during his solo Stevie revealed the stories behind both oddities in a now-historic 1984 interview with Guitar Player Latest Players “Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it”: Jimmy Page on his “Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul By Christopher Scapelliti published 6 October 24 In this vintage chat, 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 By Bill Milkowski published 6 October 24 When it comes to improvisation, Italy’s fingerstyle fusion maestro Matteo Mancuso is leaving the best players in the world in the dust “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 hard-won advice 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... 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 ARTICLES1It might not be the latest model but I still think the Fender Mustang Micro punches above its weight - get it for even less in the Cyber Monday sales2This Limited Edition Player II Strat is discounted $240. And at just $559, it’s going fast at Fender’s Cyber Monday sale3This deal is so good, I'm buying it myself. At $99, UAD's Guitar Amp Bundle is 75% off. Plus you get 50+ more plug-ins for free — only on Cyber Monday 4We sent a pack of tone-hungry guitar wolves out to hunt down the best deals on guitar pedals. This is what they found…5A Fender for $85? Taylor Swift's guitar at $100 off? The best acoustic deals still available right now
“Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it”: Jimmy Page on his “Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul By Christopher Scapelliti published 6 October 24 In this vintage chat, 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 By Bill Milkowski published 6 October 24 When it comes to improvisation, Italy’s fingerstyle fusion maestro Matteo Mancuso is leaving the best players in the world in the dust
“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 hard-won advice 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...
