Jimmy Page “I Could Never Play Like Him”: Steve Vai Talks Jimmy Page, Brian May and Jimi Hendrix In this insightful interview, the guitarist reveals his “biggest influences” and “favorite rock song in history” “Our Attitude Was, ‘F**k the ’60s! We’re Going to Chart the New Decade!’” How Led Zeppelin Took the ‘70s By Storm With Their Game-Changing Third Album As a new decade unfolded, 'Led Zeppelin III' unlocked the musical adventurism that flowed freely throughout the band’s subsequent albums Watch Led Zeppelin’s Mississippi Delta-Inspired “Travelling Riverside Blues” Video Jimmy Page pays tribute to blues guitar hero Robert Johnson in this 1969 BBC recording Grid List Latest Jimmy Page Watch Keith Richards Play This Legendary 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard By Christopher Scapelliti published 9 May 23 Video This iconic ‘Burst has been seen in the hands of Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton Video “I Wouldn’t Want to Go Through All That Again. It All Turned out Fine, Though”: Jeff Beck Reflects on a Life Devoted to Guitar By Gary Graff published 9 May 23 The legendary guitarist sat down for a chat and opened up before his 2009 Rock Hall honors and show-stopping all-star jam Jeff Beck’s Top Five Psychedelic Rock Tracks By Christopher Scapelliti, Guitar Player Staff published 11 April 23 Choice cuts from the electric guitar innovator’s mid-‘60s Yardbirds era “I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero By Christopher Scapelliti published 6 April 23 From Cliff Gallup to Buddy Guy, the roots of Jeff Beck’s guitar journey are planted in the fertile post-war guitar boom Work Some Spanish Magic in This Acoustic Lesson on the Jeff Beck Classic “Beck’s Bolero” By Jimmy Leslie published 31 March 23 Explore this acoustic take on one of rock’s most iconic instrumentals “I Owe It to All of Them”: Jimmy Page Explains How His Love of the Blues Fueled the Fire for One of Rock’s Biggest Bands By Guitar Player Staff published 29 March 23 “It was just an undeniable element of everything that was going on in Led Zeppelin,” says the guitarist “He’s the Best Guitar-Playing Mechanic You’ll Ever Hear”: Roger Mayer Looks Back On Jeff Beck’s Formative Years in the Surrey Delta By Rod Brakes published 27 March 23 From leafy England to the streets of New York and back, the gear innovator shares some heart-warming stories about his unique relationship with the late guitar hero Have You Exhausted the Possibilities of Open Chords and Barre Chords? Here’s How to Make Your Progressions Sound More Interesting By Patrick Brennan published 21 March 23 Learn the art of ‘voice leading’ with examples inspired by Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and more Discover How Jimmy Page’s Genre-Melding Musical Innovations on ‘Houses of the Holy’ Helped Led Zeppelin Reach a New Creative Peak By Jeff Jacobson published 10 February 23 As this classic album turns 50, we explore how the guitarist blew the lid off his band’s blues-based formula Jimmy Page Explains Why He Switched to a Les Paul for 'Led Zeppelin II' By Jackson Maxwell published 6 February 23 Though Page loved the Tele he used on Zep's groundbreaking debut, his needs – both onstage and in the studio – began to rapidly change after that album's tremendous success. 12345678 Get The Pick Newsletter All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox! Name: Your Email Address : Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Thank you for signing up to GuitarPlayer. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST READ1Best Looper Pedals 2023: Our Top Pick Of Loop Pedals For Practice And Live Performance2The History of the Gibson Super 400CES3Les Paul Said He Gave Gibson All of His Secrets for This Guitar, but Why Didn’t It Sell?!4Take a Deep Dive Into David Gilmour’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Gear, Tone and Technique With the July 2023 Issue of 'Guitar Player'5“Furch Guitars Sound Quite Distinctive and Special”: These Sublime Acoustics Deserve Your Serious Attention
Watch Keith Richards Play This Legendary 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard By Christopher Scapelliti published 9 May 23 Video This iconic ‘Burst has been seen in the hands of Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton
“I Wouldn’t Want to Go Through All That Again. It All Turned out Fine, Though”: Jeff Beck Reflects on a Life Devoted to Guitar By Gary Graff published 9 May 23 The legendary guitarist sat down for a chat and opened up before his 2009 Rock Hall honors and show-stopping all-star jam
Jeff Beck’s Top Five Psychedelic Rock Tracks By Christopher Scapelliti, Guitar Player Staff published 11 April 23 Choice cuts from the electric guitar innovator’s mid-‘60s Yardbirds era
“I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero By Christopher Scapelliti published 6 April 23 From Cliff Gallup to Buddy Guy, the roots of Jeff Beck’s guitar journey are planted in the fertile post-war guitar boom
Work Some Spanish Magic in This Acoustic Lesson on the Jeff Beck Classic “Beck’s Bolero” By Jimmy Leslie published 31 March 23 Explore this acoustic take on one of rock’s most iconic instrumentals
“I Owe It to All of Them”: Jimmy Page Explains How His Love of the Blues Fueled the Fire for One of Rock’s Biggest Bands By Guitar Player Staff published 29 March 23 “It was just an undeniable element of everything that was going on in Led Zeppelin,” says the guitarist
“He’s the Best Guitar-Playing Mechanic You’ll Ever Hear”: Roger Mayer Looks Back On Jeff Beck’s Formative Years in the Surrey Delta By Rod Brakes published 27 March 23 From leafy England to the streets of New York and back, the gear innovator shares some heart-warming stories about his unique relationship with the late guitar hero
Have You Exhausted the Possibilities of Open Chords and Barre Chords? Here’s How to Make Your Progressions Sound More Interesting By Patrick Brennan published 21 March 23 Learn the art of ‘voice leading’ with examples inspired by Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and more
Discover How Jimmy Page’s Genre-Melding Musical Innovations on ‘Houses of the Holy’ Helped Led Zeppelin Reach a New Creative Peak By Jeff Jacobson published 10 February 23 As this classic album turns 50, we explore how the guitarist blew the lid off his band’s blues-based formula
Jimmy Page Explains Why He Switched to a Les Paul for 'Led Zeppelin II' By Jackson Maxwell published 6 February 23 Though Page loved the Tele he used on Zep's groundbreaking debut, his needs – both onstage and in the studio – began to rapidly change after that album's tremendous success.
