finger tapping “Nobody Can Be the Best Guitar Player. There’s No Such Thing”: Mind-Blowing Guitarist Harvey Mandel Riffs With ‘GP’ on His Music, Guitar Technique and a Certain Player by the Name of Eddie Van Halen Fifty-five years since his solo bow, “The Sustain King” shows no sign of slowing down on his latest, ‘Who’s Calling’ Real or Fake?! Witness the Mind-Blowing Right-Hand Technique of Manuel Gardner Fernandes This solo performance of the virtuoso’s instrumental track “Right Hand King” is humbling “The Way We Talk is Never in 4/4”: Naia Izumi Speaks His Unique Musical Language on ‘A Residency in the Los Angeles Area’ This compelling pop masterwork brings original style and showcases stellar guitar talent. Latest finger tapping Yasmin Williams is a True Guitar Hero for a New Generation of Players By Jimmy Leslie published 13 January 22 After mastering the ‘Guitar Hero’ game the experimental scholar became a lap-tapping star. Watch Eddie Van Halen’s Legacy-Forging Live Solo Performance By Rod Brakes published 6 October 21 Video Remembering the great man one year on from his passing. Video 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 MOST READ1Follow the lead of players like Mark Knopfler, Albert Collins, and Lindsey Buckingham, and open the door to new techniques and textures, with this primer in fingerstyle rock guitar2“If a modern shred axe with a bayonet-sharp headstock and a floating Floyd suits your musical vibe, you’ll be thrilled with how useful this new guitar is”: Jackson American Series Virtuoso review 3“I was playing the Breeders' Divine Hammer, and my whole hand cramped up, I couldn’t move it... It seemed so simple, but it was something I would never play”: J Mascis went electric for his new solo album, but (mostly) without his usual Jazzmaster4“I was using a Telecaster because it had a really clean tone for my fingerstyle approach. Fleetwood Mac's pre-existing sound was much fatter, and they felt the Tele really didn’t fit”: Lindsey Buckingham on his turn to Turner guitars 5“I went to Mickie Most's office with an acoustic guitar and played it. It was almost like one of those clichéd movie moments: he said, ‘That’s going to be a hit!’”: Session guitar ace Chris Spedding reveals the stories behind five of his best songs
Yasmin Williams is a True Guitar Hero for a New Generation of Players By Jimmy Leslie published 13 January 22 After mastering the ‘Guitar Hero’ game the experimental scholar became a lap-tapping star.
Watch Eddie Van Halen’s Legacy-Forging Live Solo Performance By Rod Brakes published 6 October 21 Video Remembering the great man one year on from his passing.