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6 AI-powered guitar tools to supercharge your guitar-playing
We have a look at the brave new dawn of guitar playing and check out powerful tools to improve your skills
How Pavement, Cairo Gang, and Chavez guitarists came brilliantly together on The Hard Quartet's debut album
The first LP from indie supergroup The Hard Quartet brings Pavement, Cairo Gang, and Chavez guitarists brilliantly together
![Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson [left] and Mikael Åkerfeldt sit on an old sofa with their PRS electric guitars. Åkesson looks off into the distance while Åkerfeldt stares into the camera.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mBjBAxu9jXG82RYpeGpuUX-840-80.jpg.webp)
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson on their love of “stupid riffs,” and “recapturing that old death metal magic”
Opeth may have returned in a way to their sonic roots on their new album, The Last Will And Testament, but – with appearances from a Neal Schon signature model and a “not very metal” trick picked up from Eddie Van Halen – there are still plenty of quirks to go 'round
How a ’59 Jazzmaster and capture-the-moment attitude keep Foster the People in gear
On their new album, Paradise State of Mind, Mark Foster and co. indulge in Chic-style rhythms over classic funk bass, disco strings, Kraftwerkian synths, and pure joy
Yes icon Steve Howe on why he rarely runs scales, thrashing acoustics – and how he’s still chasing Chet Atkins’ touch
The prog legend checks in to talk all things guitar, from drawing inspiration from his parents' record collection and cutting his teeth on a cheap arch-top to finding his sound on the ES-175 and six-string explorations on Guitarscape
If tone is really in guitarists’ hands – then we need to pay more attention to our picks
Bog Street Picks’ forward-thinking pick design has us seriously questioning the role of the humble plectrum
Reverend Guitars’ founders on their wild signature collabs with Billy Corgan, Vernon Reid and Reeves Gabrels
Reverend is fast becoming the go-to brand for artists looking for something different. Ken Haas and Joe Naylor explain what it takes to make an artist's dreams come true...
Steve Cradock on his star-studded session with Paul McCartney, SGs vs Teles – and the joint he laced with Hendrix’s guitar
The Paul Weller and Ocean Colour Scene guitarist hints at high times in the band’s studio history, and he’s looking forward to going back to track their first album in “freaking years”
“I don’t trespass on people’s style”: The Pixies’ Joey Santiago on living life as an outsider guitar hero
Long ago, the Pixies blazed a trail for Nirvana and others to follow. But now, as before, there is no masterplan. As guitarist Joey Santiago says: “I still go by feel – and with my gut”
![David Gilmour [left] wears a white shirt and jams on his Black Strat live at Hyde Park, with folk legend Roy Harper playing a Les Paul Custom.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CcGsNsaH5gxwV3UhyRv7nn-840-80.jpg.webp)
“The former Beatle seemed to have him on speed-dial”: David Gilmour's 10 greatest guest appearances
There are occasions when your track needs something. It could be more cowbell. Or it could be the services of David Gilmour. Over the years, the former Pink Floyd man has dropped magic on a number of guest spots, but these are his finest
