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Joe Walsh names the “12 best all-time-forever” guitar solos by Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and nine other icons
By Jas Obrecht published
The Eagles guitarist told us what rocked his boat from these classics across the decades of rock and roll

John Lennon played it on repeat. Frank Sinatra called it the best song of the 1970s. How a simple C9 chord inspired a timeless top-10 hit
By Gary Graff published
“It was a spiritual download that just flowed through me”: guitarist Graeham Goble explains how learning this extended chord unlocked LRB's “pinnacle song” in half an hour

From Triumph to Bon Jovi — Phil X on working with Chris Cornell, Richie Sambora, Alice Cooper, Orianthi and Rik Emmett
By Andrew Daly published
The guitarist riffs on the guitarists and artists he’s known and worked for in a career spanning 40 years

Jason Isbell on developing his unique acoustic approach for ‘Foxes in the Snow’
By Jimmy Leslie published
As he drops his latest album and new Martin signature models, the Americana troubadour riffs on the magic of small-bodied guitars

What Eric Clapton learned from George Harrison that made Derek & the Dominos’ ‘Layla’ possible
By Elizabeth Swann published
Time spent working on Harrison's ‘All Things Must Pass’ album showed Clapton and bandmate Bobby Whitlock all they needed to know

The late guitar ace who spurned the jazz world, climbed the pop charts and lived in terror of taking a solo
By Christopher Scapelliti last updated
Wes Montgomery revealed the insecurities that forced his retreat from jazz, even as he was celebrated as a giant of jazz

Jefferson Airplane’s Jorma Kaukonen on Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and other giants of San Francisco’s psychedelic rock scene
By Gary Graff published
The cofounder of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna has just released 'Wabash Avenue,' a collection of his rediscovered live recordings from 1965

Paul McCartney said he and John Lennon were ambidextrous guitarists thanks to this one thing
By Elizabeth Swann published
McCartney also explained how he came to understand the bass guitar's transformational power while recording the Beatles' "Michelle"
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