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When Shane Fontayne had to play the Stairway to Heaven solo – in front of Jimmy Page
As a member of the Kennedy Center house band, Fontayne – best known for his tenures with Bruce Springsteen and Lone Justice – played lead guitar on Heart's legendary cover of the none-more-iconic eight-minute epic
How Tommy Thayer’s junior high disappointment fired him up for success with Kiss
Kiss’ longest-serving Spaceman on sticking to the Les Paul when it wasn’t cool, the joy of discovering you’ve been playing something wrong for years, why he avoided ’80s-style playing, and what he’s doing next
Welcome to Nate Garrett’s Neon Nightmare, the Spirit Adrift guitarist’s ’80s horror-inspired tribute to Peter Steele
Drawing on classic Black Sabbath and Beatles albums, Garrett's one-man homage to Type O Negative will send chills down the spin of the morbidly romantic
11-year-old shredder stuns with Eddie Van Halen and Brian May solos during relentless Britain’s Got Talent audition
With boundless energy and excellent technique, it’s easy to see why the aspiring guitarist earned a standing ovation
Cory Wong says you’re not an advanced guitarist unless you can ace this one test
The funk guitar guru has issued players a quickfire challenge to prove their chops, and it’s divided opinion
Steve Vai on how players can instantly change their guitar tone – without buying new gear
The virtuoso has offered some sage advice that can help players achieve instant results without having to spend any money
D’Wayne Wiggins, influential Tony! Toni! Toné! guitarist who helped pioneer neo soul, dies aged 64
Wiggins founded Tony! Toni! Toné! with his brother Raphael Saadiq, and later established a label that worked to support emerging artists
How Zakk Wylde’s sparring partner Dario Lorina started a new chapter – with the help of a holy grail Les Paul
Dario Lorina – who has split Black Label Society’s guitar duties with Zakk Wylde since 2014 – delivers some serious fuel-injected moto-metal fury on Dark Chapel’s Spirit in the Glass
Paul Gilbert names his three favorite guitars – including one that was stolen very recently
The virtuoso behind Mr. Big and Racer X digs out three stalwarts from his arsenal of Ibanez guitars and explains what makes them cool – oh, and why he puts erasers under his pickups
Shane Fontayne on the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren in Bruce Springsteen's band
Springsteen had seen Fontayne perform with Lone Justice on Saturday Night Live years before, and was impressed. When the time came to put together a new band, Fontayne was one of his first calls
