LEGENDARY musician Jimi Hendrix has been named the greatest guitar player in history by Rolling Stone magazine. Hendrix is joined by the likes of Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page ...

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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. If the likes of Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page were the guitar gods who came before him, then Eddie Van ...

Ranking the greatest guitarists of all time is a dangerous game. Ask ten guitar players for a list, and you’ll get twelve different answers. Some players revolutionized technique. Others changed ...

No musical instrument on earth is more heavily identified with rock music than the guitar. Your band may have a great singer, a nimble bassist, and a superhuman drummer, but you’ll have difficulty ...

Voted ‘Greatest Guitar Solo of All Time’ by guitarists, Queen’s legendary rock masterpiece was released 51 years ago today.

What makes a great guitar solo? Is it pure emotion or dazzling technical command? Simplicity or complexity? One note or a thousand? Is it meticulously crafted melodic precision, hair-raising ...

Anyone who has tried to learn an instrument will know that, in the early days, it doesn't come easy, or, at least, for most of us. Some people have the ability to pick up an instrument and make it ...

This year Fender is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster, and Nashville was chosen to host the Tele Town birthday party. I arrive in Nashville from Perth after three flights and around ...

There's something comforting about cranking up a legendary hard rock song that still hits hard, every time it gets played over your loud speakers, phone or on the radio. Even though the decades go on, ...

Half a century later, musicians still study the performance, and fans continue debating its lasting impact.