interview "Advice? Sometimes you are going to be so frustrated you want to give up – you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’ll be rewarded.” Jimi Hendrix talks technique, songwriting, making records and more in this 1968 Guitar Player interview Electric Ladyland was released 25 October 1968. Guitar Player interviewed Jimi Hendrix shortly before the album's release... “I’d Never Heard Anything That Brilliant, and Ed Said, ‘No, It’s Nothing’”: Producer Ted Templeman Reveals How He Helped Turn Eddie Van Halen’s “Warm Up” Into One of the Greatest Solos of All Time, “Eruption” “He said, ‘It’s just something I warm up with before each show.' And I said, ‘Donn, roll tape!’” recalls the hitmaker “I Think We Might Look Back on 2023 as the Last Year When Humans Really Dominated the Music Scene”: Brian May Shares His Hopes and Fears About the Impact of AI Having been involved with artificial intelligence in his scientific pursuits, the astrophysicist and Queen guitarist has some unique insights that may shock you Latest interview Erja Lyytinen on Influences, Conservatory Schooling and Digging Deeper Into Blues History By Sue Foley published 12 June 20 Finnish blues-rock phenom Erja Lyytinen walks us through her journey with the guitar, from music school to the stage. Jackson Stokes on Diming His Super Reverb, the Power of the Live Show and Living Next Door to Devon Allman By Jimmy Leslie published 10 June 20 Jackson Stokes is charting his own path with a tour de force of soulful rhythm and blues guitar playing. Neil Giraldo: My Career in Six Songs By Joe Bosso published 9 June 20 Neil Giraldo looks back on an amazing career, from “Jessie’s Girl” to “Heartbreaker.” Adam Darksi on Gretsch Guitars, Johnny Cash and Rounding Up an All-Star Metal Posse to Ride the High Country By Richard Bienstock published 8 June 20 Adam Darski returns with his goth-country side project, Me and That Man. And this time he’s brought his gang. Tommy Emmanuel on the Art of Guitar Instrumentals, Technique and Why Good Songwriting Begins with Good Listening By Jimmy Leslie published 5 June 20 The Australian acoustic guitar legend reveals the philosophy behind his craft. Sharon Isbin on Classical Music's Guitar Problem, Self-Expression and Seeing Her Guitar as a Troubadour By Sue Foley published 28 May 20 As a phenomenally gifted musician and teacher, Sharon Isbin is changing the way people perceive classical guitar. Nili Brosh on Nylon-String Excursions, the Joy of Stylistic Detours and Why You've Got to Trust the Song By Michael Molenda published 26 May 20 Nili Brosh plays tour guide through a range of musical styles on her new album, 'Spectrum.' Lilly Hiatt Talks Rhythm, Rickenbacker and the Limitless Possibilities of Guitar Playing By Jim Beaugez published 21 May 20 Lilly Hiatt jumps the line between Gen Y rock and Nashville Americana on her life-affirming new album, 'Walking Proof.' Nada Surf's Matthew Caws on Friendly Fuzzes, Old Tube Combos and Embracing Creative Freedom in a Live-In Studio By Dave Hunter published 19 May 20 Matthew Caws finds sonic bliss with his ’69 Tele and a trove of overdrive pedals on Nada Surf’s 'Never Not Together.' José Feliciano on the Enduring Ecstasies of Guitar Playing By Joe Bosso published 8 May 20 Feliciano talks about his new album, 'Behind This Guitar,' covering Fleetwood Mac, and why after 55 years and counting there's no stopping him now. 123456Archives 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 READ1"I never had a good voice for singing, so I took it out on the guitar." An epic Duane Eddy interview by Bill Nelson2June 2024 Guitar Player lesson audio3How Duane Eddy wrote his twanging, game-changing instrumental smash, Rebel Rouser4Instrumental guitar legend Duane Eddy has died at 865Why Eddie Van Halen stopped throwing guitar picks into the crowd
Erja Lyytinen on Influences, Conservatory Schooling and Digging Deeper Into Blues History By Sue Foley published 12 June 20 Finnish blues-rock phenom Erja Lyytinen walks us through her journey with the guitar, from music school to the stage.
Jackson Stokes on Diming His Super Reverb, the Power of the Live Show and Living Next Door to Devon Allman By Jimmy Leslie published 10 June 20 Jackson Stokes is charting his own path with a tour de force of soulful rhythm and blues guitar playing.
Neil Giraldo: My Career in Six Songs By Joe Bosso published 9 June 20 Neil Giraldo looks back on an amazing career, from “Jessie’s Girl” to “Heartbreaker.”
Adam Darksi on Gretsch Guitars, Johnny Cash and Rounding Up an All-Star Metal Posse to Ride the High Country By Richard Bienstock published 8 June 20 Adam Darski returns with his goth-country side project, Me and That Man. And this time he’s brought his gang.
Tommy Emmanuel on the Art of Guitar Instrumentals, Technique and Why Good Songwriting Begins with Good Listening By Jimmy Leslie published 5 June 20 The Australian acoustic guitar legend reveals the philosophy behind his craft.
Sharon Isbin on Classical Music's Guitar Problem, Self-Expression and Seeing Her Guitar as a Troubadour By Sue Foley published 28 May 20 As a phenomenally gifted musician and teacher, Sharon Isbin is changing the way people perceive classical guitar.
Nili Brosh on Nylon-String Excursions, the Joy of Stylistic Detours and Why You've Got to Trust the Song By Michael Molenda published 26 May 20 Nili Brosh plays tour guide through a range of musical styles on her new album, 'Spectrum.'
Lilly Hiatt Talks Rhythm, Rickenbacker and the Limitless Possibilities of Guitar Playing By Jim Beaugez published 21 May 20 Lilly Hiatt jumps the line between Gen Y rock and Nashville Americana on her life-affirming new album, 'Walking Proof.'
Nada Surf's Matthew Caws on Friendly Fuzzes, Old Tube Combos and Embracing Creative Freedom in a Live-In Studio By Dave Hunter published 19 May 20 Matthew Caws finds sonic bliss with his ’69 Tele and a trove of overdrive pedals on Nada Surf’s 'Never Not Together.'
José Feliciano on the Enduring Ecstasies of Guitar Playing By Joe Bosso published 8 May 20 Feliciano talks about his new album, 'Behind This Guitar,' covering Fleetwood Mac, and why after 55 years and counting there's no stopping him now.