Hear Jerry Cantrell’s New Song for ‘John Wick, Chapter 2’
Hear Jerry Cantrell’s New Song for ‘John Wick, Chapter 2’
Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell is streaming “A Job to Do,” his contribution to...
Name These Riffs By Hearing Just One Note
Name These Riffs By Hearing Just One Note
Can you tell what a riff is by hearing just the first note?That’s what Robert Baker wants...
Can You Identify These Guitars by Their Headstocks?
Can You Identify These Guitars by Their Headstocks?
Here's a quiz from our friends over at Reverb.com.Can you correctly identify these 12 guitars from just...
Eric Gales and Gary Clark Jr. Team Up for "Boogie Man"
Eric Gales and Gary Clark Jr. Team Up for "Boogie Man"
As anyone with YouTube access can attest, Eric Gales is a truly explosive guitarist—the kind whose...
Northern Guitar Shows reveals 2017 dates
Northern Guitar Shows reveals 2017 dates
Northern Guitars Shows, which expanded into the South of England in 2016, has revealed its 2017 line-up of increasingly...
Peavey and Periphery's Misha Mansoor Launch New Invective.120 Amp
Peavey and Periphery's Misha Mansoor Launch New Invective.120 Amp
Guitarists with heavier tastes looking for their next upgrade will find a sturdy solution in the...
Cort and Manson Guitar Works Team Up for M-Jet
Cort and Manson Guitar Works Team Up for M-Jet
Cort Guitars and U.K.-based Manson Guitar Works have announced a new collaboration for 2017, the Cort/Manson...
NAMM 2017: The Latest from Kiesel Guitars
NAMM 2017: The Latest from Kiesel Guitars
While checking out gear at the 2017 NAMM Show, we stopped by the Kiesel Guitars booth to get...
The DIY Musician: How to Build a 2×4 Lap Steel Guitar
The DIY Musician: How to Build a 2x4 Lap Steel Guitar
This is one of the easiest homemade guitars I've ever built, and it took...
Glen Campbell Performs "The William Tell Overture" in 1974
Glen Campbell Performs "The William Tell Overture" in 1974
Below, check out an impressive guitar performance by the "Wichita Lineman" himself—the great Glen Campbell—from 1974.The...
How to Play Crushing Open-Chord Riffs Like Tom Scholz, Angus Young and Brian May
How to Play Crushing Open-Chord Riffs Like Tom Scholz, Angus Young and Brian May
This time, I’ll show you how to play crushing open-chord riffs...
Top tips for keeping your guitar safe while travelling
Top tips for keeping your guitar safe while travelling
Pedal Rockstar’s Nik explains how you should pack...
Deconstructing John Frusciante’s “Scar Tissue” Riff
Deconstructing John Frusciante’s “Scar Tissue” Riff
Released in 1999, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Scar Tissue” is one of the group’s most successful songs.The track’s...
What If Metallica’s ‘Kill ’Em All’ Album Were in Major Keys?
What If Metallica’s ‘Kill ’Em All’ Album Were in Major Keys?
When it was released in 1983, Metallica’s debut album, Kill ’Em All, set the...
Spinal Tap Reunite to Sue Record Label for $400 Million
Spinal Tap Reunite to Sue Record Label for $400 Million
Spinal Tap have reunited several times onstage and in the studio since they were the...
Electro-Harmonix Introduces Canyon Delay/Looper Pedal
Electro-Harmonix Introduces Canyon Delay/Looper Pedal
Electro-Harmonix has introduced the Canyon Delay/Looper pedal, which features 10 effects plus a fully featured looper.The Canyon delivers delay times...
Tanglewood announces prize freeze
Tanglewood announces prize freeze
Tanglewood has announced a price freeze on its best-selling vintage-styled Crossroads guitar series.
The company says it recognises that ‘Continually challenged MI...
Three new pedals from Electro-Harmonix
Three new pedals from Electro-Harmonix
Veteran FX maker Electro-Harmonix has three new pedals on offer, the Canyon delay and looper, Operation Overlord stereo overdrive/distortion and...
Off-the-Cuff Advice from 13 Music-Biz Pros
Off-the-Cuff Advice from 13 Music-Biz Pros
I’ve seen plenty of interviews and rig rundowns. Most of them tend to overlap in terms of information—no matter who...
The Secret Note That Makes the Minor Pentatonic Scale Better
The Secret Note That Makes the Minor Pentatonic Scale Better
If you’re looking for a way to make your minor pentatonic licks, riffs and solos...
Hear Chickenfoot’s First New Song in Five Years, “Divine Termination”
Hear Chickenfoot’s First New Song in Five Years, “Divine Termination”
Chickenfoot have released their first new track in five years.Titled “Divine Termination,” it will be...
12-Year-Old Shredder Li-sa-X Releases Video for Title Track from Debut EP
12-Year-Old Shredder Li-sa-X Releases Video for Title Track from Debut EP
Young shred phenom Li-sa-X has released a preview of the title track from her debut...
Review: Seymour Duncan Killing Floor High Gain Boost
Review: Seymour Duncan Killing Floor High Gain Boost
Seymour Duncan’s venture into the pedal market has been an impressively successful second act for a company...
Toto's "Africa" Goes Bluegrass—and Steve Lukather Approves
Toto's "Africa" Goes Bluegrass—and Steve Lukather Approves
Los Angeles-based CMH Records will release a new album, Pickin' on the Biggest Hits of the 1980s: Volume 2,...
Riffs in the Key of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Riffs in the Key of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
As we wrote a few years ago, you could be forgiven if you've never heard of Sister...
