Latest articles by Scott Rowley
Total Guitar magazine to close after 30 years in print
It was once the biggest-selling guitar magazine in Europe. Now Total Guitar is set to close after its latest issue. Here’s what its first and last editors have to say...
Guitar Techniques magazine closes after 30 years
The last issue of Guitar Techniques goes on sale this week, after 30 years of publishing. Read Editor Jason Sidwell's final editorial letter
“Strat or Les Paul? I’m going to go with Strat. The bar has become a big part of the way I play…” Pete Thorn answers the guitar world’s biggest questions – and names the underrated players you need to hear right now
Is tone in the fingers or in the gear? What’s the best piece of guitar advice you’ve received? What would you like to be better at? Pete Thorn takes our guitar nerd questionnaire…
"We wanted something smaller, easy to use, no Bluetooth app, no hidden menus – just turn knobs, make noise, play guitar…" Watch Yvette Young blow our minds with the new pedals from Universal Audio
Video We went to Universal Audio's HQ for the launch of their new reverb, delay and compression units, and James Santiago and Yvette Young demonstrated how they captured the Black Dog sound in a box
“I made my own bass and used bicycle brake cables as strings…” How Richard Bona went from homemade guitars to being hailed as “the African Jaco”
"I don't want to play for bass players – I want to play for truckdrivers! I want people to dance!" The rise of a reluctant virtuoso
Music photographer Mick Hutson has died, aged 58
Music photographer Mick Hutson, the man behind iconic shots of all your favorite guitarists, has died
The Stones Roses, Primal Scream and bass playing: A rare interview with Mani
Stone Roses and Primal Scream legend Gary “Mani” Mounfield on gear, groove and the problems of playing with a drum machine
Watch Pedalpocalypse, Season 1
Every episode of "the Desert-Island-Discs but for pedals", starring Vai, Trout, Smith, Krasno, Fletcher, Grossi and McKeon, in one binge-able place
“To be honest, I'm not really a bass player. I've scammed people all this time…” The world of Jean-Jacques Burnel
The Stranglers’ Jean-Jacques Burnel looks back on his playing style and sound, his habit of punching basses, fighting Paul Simonon and where he ranks in the bass players of punk
Walter Trout: "You don't need pedals. If you get a kickass amp, why would you put it through a $100 pedal?"
Walter Trout explains and demonstrates why he doesn't use pedals: it's all in his volume control and pickup selection
Eric Krasno names the three pedals he couldn't live without
The Grammy-winning Soulive and Lettuce co-founder on the three effects pedals he'd take with him in the event of a zombie apocalypse
Watch Christone "Kingfish" Ingram blaze through an epic version of Jimi Hendrix classic Red House
EXCLUSIVE! Grammy award winner Kingfish takes to the roof of the Hard Rock Hotel in London for an exclusive tribute to Hendrix
"Without Tina Weymouth, Talking Heads would have been just another band": a celebration of Remain in Light
Released on 8 October 1980, Talking Heads’ Remain in Light is a paranoid funky masterpiece, thanks in no small part to Tina Weymouth’s sinuous basslines
Kirk Fletcher reveals the three pedals he couldn't live without
Blues wizard Kirk Fletcher on the three effects pedals he'd rescue in the event of an unlikely effects pedal-related apocalypse
The three pedals Steve Vai would rescue in the event of a zombie apocalypse
Steve Vai does Pedalpocalypse, and gives us a quick glimpse into his huge pedal collection. But which pedals couldn't he live without?
