Eric Johnson “If Seven Worlds had come out at the time it was ready, instead of being held back, he would have been as big as Jeff Beck”: Stevie Ray Vaughan details his friendship with Eric Johnson As fellow Austin, Texas-based, up-and-coming guitarists in the 1970s and '80s, Vaughan and Johnson developed a close friendship, and had great admiration for one another How to Advance Your Hybrid-Picking Technique in Four Easy Steps Make the most of these simple exercises and tips and you’ll have a million songs in myriad styles at your fingertips Tap Into the Barre Chord Magic of Allan Holdsworth, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson Using This Five-Minute Lesson Use your finger like a mobile capo, revoice power chords, and create beautiful dissonance with these simple tips Latest Eric Johnson Develop Amazing Fretboard Skills Using These Simple Tips From Some of the Best Players in the Business By Dale Turner published 10 July 23 Steve Vai, Mark Tremonti, Joe Bonamassa, Mike Stern, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Alex Skolnick, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson offer these easy-to-follow exercises that will help you become a better guitarist Watch Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson’s Knockout “Going Down” Performance By Christopher Scapelliti published 3 July 23 Video This incredible clip featuring the classic G3 lineup is a lesson in electric guitar virtuosity Video 10 Under-the-Radar Albums Every Guitar Player Needs to Hear By Guitar Player Staff published 26 June 23 From Chet Atkins and Merle Haggard to Jellyfish and the Creation, these hidden gems resonate with just as much passion and flair as the stock desert-island disc picks Joe Bonamassa Regularly Apologizes to Eric Johnson for "Stealing" His Style By Jackson Maxwell published 20 March 23 "He's easily one of the best out there and has been for a long time," Bonamassa said of one of his guitar heroes. "He can cover any style or whatever he needs to. He's a joy to watch and listen to." “If I Want to Push the Boundaries of Guitar, It’s Not Going to Be by Using a Pedal”: Brian May Guitars Signature Artist Arielle Talks Ditching Pedals and Turning up the Volume By Rod Brakes published 8 February 23 Schooled by Eric Johnson, the tone purist says playing loud is like, “living on the edge of utter disaster and awesome inspiration” Eric Johnson’s Top Five Tips for Guitarists By Joe Bosso published 22 September 22 The maestro reveals his five guidelines to improve practice, technique and music knowledge Listen to Eric Johnson’s New Dual Single Releases By Rod Brakes published 10 June 22 The Grammy-award winning guitarist says his latest material has a “certain personal magic.” Eric Johnson on His Acoustic Evolution, the Essence of Songwriting and Recreating His Legendary Virginia Strat By Jimmy Leslie last updated 13 May 22 On EJ Vol. II, Johnson doubles down on his acoustic playing while taking the electric guitar into bold, new territory. Can he have it both ways? Hear Eric Johnson's New Singles, Love Will Never Say Goodbye and Sitting on Top of the World By Jackson Maxwell published 9 May 22 The songs are taken from the Strat master's forthcoming twin albums, 'The Book of Making' and 'Yesterday Meets Today.' “Virtuosity on the Guitar Comes in Many Forms”: We Go Behind the Scenes of the Inaugural G3 Tour with Dream Team Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson By Joe Bosso published 22 April 22 With new albums and tours of their own, the trio sat down to recall how it all went down. 1234Archives 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 ARTICLES1Martin teams up with feel-good apparel firm Life is Good for an acoustic that promotes optimism through music 2Keith Urban is working with PRS on a new model, and it's unlike anything the company has made before3Orange reveals why it won't dabble with amp modeling, and why you shouldn't call its products “retro”4Sheryl Crow guitarist Peter Stroud on why guitarists shouldn’t start on modelers, and how to complement a singer with your playing5Seymour Duncan recreates its JB, Jazz, and Nazgûl and Sentient pickups with rail designs
Develop Amazing Fretboard Skills Using These Simple Tips From Some of the Best Players in the Business By Dale Turner published 10 July 23 Steve Vai, Mark Tremonti, Joe Bonamassa, Mike Stern, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Alex Skolnick, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson offer these easy-to-follow exercises that will help you become a better guitarist
Watch Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson’s Knockout “Going Down” Performance By Christopher Scapelliti published 3 July 23 Video This incredible clip featuring the classic G3 lineup is a lesson in electric guitar virtuosity
10 Under-the-Radar Albums Every Guitar Player Needs to Hear By Guitar Player Staff published 26 June 23 From Chet Atkins and Merle Haggard to Jellyfish and the Creation, these hidden gems resonate with just as much passion and flair as the stock desert-island disc picks
Joe Bonamassa Regularly Apologizes to Eric Johnson for "Stealing" His Style By Jackson Maxwell published 20 March 23 "He's easily one of the best out there and has been for a long time," Bonamassa said of one of his guitar heroes. "He can cover any style or whatever he needs to. He's a joy to watch and listen to."
“If I Want to Push the Boundaries of Guitar, It’s Not Going to Be by Using a Pedal”: Brian May Guitars Signature Artist Arielle Talks Ditching Pedals and Turning up the Volume By Rod Brakes published 8 February 23 Schooled by Eric Johnson, the tone purist says playing loud is like, “living on the edge of utter disaster and awesome inspiration”
Eric Johnson’s Top Five Tips for Guitarists By Joe Bosso published 22 September 22 The maestro reveals his five guidelines to improve practice, technique and music knowledge
Listen to Eric Johnson’s New Dual Single Releases By Rod Brakes published 10 June 22 The Grammy-award winning guitarist says his latest material has a “certain personal magic.”
Eric Johnson on His Acoustic Evolution, the Essence of Songwriting and Recreating His Legendary Virginia Strat By Jimmy Leslie last updated 13 May 22 On EJ Vol. II, Johnson doubles down on his acoustic playing while taking the electric guitar into bold, new territory. Can he have it both ways?
Hear Eric Johnson's New Singles, Love Will Never Say Goodbye and Sitting on Top of the World By Jackson Maxwell published 9 May 22 The songs are taken from the Strat master's forthcoming twin albums, 'The Book of Making' and 'Yesterday Meets Today.'
“Virtuosity on the Guitar Comes in Many Forms”: We Go Behind the Scenes of the Inaugural G3 Tour with Dream Team Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson By Joe Bosso published 22 April 22 With new albums and tours of their own, the trio sat down to recall how it all went down.
