Latest articles by Andrew Daly
José Arredondo built amps for Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Mick Mars. Now Dave Friedman is honoring his legacy with a definitive amp
With the blessing of Arredondo’s family, Friedman will build a highly limited amp that encompasses most of the late amp guru’s elusive mods
Jason Becker and Marty Friedman on their wild ride making Cacophony’s Go Off! – one of the Eighties’ most in-your-face shred albums
With dreams of being the next Poison or Whitesnake, two young shred virtuosos took their songwriting to the next level for their 1988 Shrapnel Records classic
Steve Vai on BEAT, being a virtuoso in his 60s – and the Fripp riff he just couldn’t master
The virtuoso reflects on how Frank Zappa helped him and Adrian Belew, the value of learning from rather than competing with other players and changing rig for his tour with Joe Satriani. But who’s going to be in the SatchVai band?
Orianthi on what she learned from Santana and Joe Bonamassa, and why she’s returning to Alice Cooper’s band
With a completely new rig for the Alice Cooper tour, the Aussie virtuoso explains how her approach will differ from Nita Strauss, why she’s donating the PRS guitars she’s playing on the road – and what to expect from her forthcoming Epiphone signature model
Billy Morrison tells the tale of two Les Pauls – one the bargain of the century, the other the one that got away
The Billy Idol guitarist shares his guitar-buying tips and undying love for Gibson guitars and Friedman heads – plus why he can’t be bothered to open his pedal tray…
Chris Impellitteri is one of the fastest guitarists of all time – but he realized there was more to life than shredding
Impellitteri explains why he listens to Albert King and Joe Bonamassa, what he learned from Eddie Van Halen and Ritchie Blackmore, and why he doesn’t regret missing out on the Ozzy Osbourne gig that went to Zakk Wylde
How Jason Becker and Marty Friedman made one of shred music’s most celebrated albums with a little help from their pupils
When the two virtuosos went into the studio to record under the Cacophony name, they brought a bunch of gear that had been lent to them by students
Matteo Mancuso on how he plans to take his playing to even greater heights – thanks to some advice from Steve Vai
The Sicilian virtuoso is changing guitar in real-time and we are all along for the ride. Here he explains why he might be too lazy to use anything other than a Line 6 Helix, but won't rest in his pursuit for the perfect performance
Grace Bowers took the blues world by storm – but she says there’s much more to her playing ready to be unleashed
After a “whirlwind” year, the 18-year-old sensation sits down to discuss her love of SGs, inspiring a new generation of guitarists, and why she’s more than just a blues player
Linkin Park’s Brad Delson on why he stepped back from touring – and if he’d ever return to the stage
Though he isn’t directly involved in the show night-on-night, Delson has been instrumental in what the band delivers on the road
Why Steve Vai dropped his anti-supergroup stance to help revive some of King Crimson’s most celebrated work
BEAT has been celebrating King Crimson’s 1980s albums, with Adrian Belew and Steve Vai’s new guitar partnership at its core
Billy Bremner on his greatest sessions with Pretenders, Nick Lowe and countless others – and the story behind Rockpile
Rockpile was a band that came and went too soon, but its guitarist, session great Billy Bremner, played on hundreds of recordings, including the Pretenders’ Learning to Crawl and Nick Lowe’s Cruel to be Kind. This is his story
When cult guitar hero Rob Fetters went to pick Adrian Belew up from a Zappa rehearsal – and ended up giving his idol a lift
In the late 1970s, Fetters swung by the studio to pick up Belew, but ended up picking up a rather famous plus one for the journey home
Duane Betts on why less is more on his pedalboard, but a tuner and a boost? Everyone should have one
The guitarist and songwriter on why, for him, it’s all about amp tone
That time one of the fastest shredders in guitar history auditioned to join Ozzy Osbourne’s band
When the Osbourne camp began searching for Jake E. Lee’s replacement, a neo-classical speed shredder featured high up on their list
Alastair Greene played sideman to rock greats – before he came back to the blues
The guitarist recalls the stress of his no rehearsal debut for Starship, learning lessons from Robin Trower and growing up with Seymour Duncan
Gavin Rossdale on the sacred and absurd experience of making Bush’s Sixteen Stone
30 years on, the band leader recalls how his partnership with former guitarist Nigel Pulsford was the catalyst that sent him into a world of melody, twin tape recorders – and taking a lesson from Massive Attack
Orianthi on returning to Alice Cooper – and why she'll take a different approach to Nita Strauss
Orianthi previously toured with Alice Cooper from 2011 to 2014 before passing the baton to Nita Strauss
Rosanne Cash on learning the ‘Carter scratch’ technique, her mushroom guitar – and recreating Johnny Cash’s iconic SJ-200
As the country icon is celebrated with a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame – she discusses her playing lineage, the two new Gibson signatures and sewing Johnny's Air Force patch to her strap
“I was 15 when we met”: Eric Gales on the riffs that changed his life – and meeting Stevie Ray Vaughan as a teenager
There are no prizes for guessing Hendrix and SRV are on the southpaw blues-rock phenom's Mt. Rushmore of riffs, but he’s got a “Cult” spooky pick, too…
Gavin Rossdale remembers the moment he wrote Bush’s biggest hit – and thought he’d stolen it
With their 1994 debut album, Sixteen Stone, British band Bush established themselves as one of the top acts of the era in the stateside-dominated grunge scene
The emotional moment Johnny Cash was offered his one-of-a-kind signature acoustic
Cash was a strong proponent of Martin guitars, playing a whole host of models – but his all-black D-42 signature model is the most iconic
“I was approached to join David Lee Roth’s band, initially… I didn’t want to be Eddie Van Halen part two”: Steve Stevens on laying down the Dirty Diana solo with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, recording Rebel Yell – and why Vai got it right with Roth
The Billy Idol guitarist discusses the folk guitar lick he adapted for one of his boss’ biggest hits, his secret-weapon amp, and how his early work is echoed in Idol’s upcoming return-to-punk record
