Remembering Les Paul
Today would have been Les Paul's 96th birthday. Anyone lucky enough to have met the man or caught him onstage knows that the Legend of Les may have been monumen...
7 Awesomely Unique Acoustic Guitar Covers
The acoustic guitar is an awesomely unique instrument. There aren't many other non-electric, music-producing tools out there that are as versatile or as functio...
Do Better Guitars Make Better Players?
by Pete Prown Does the guitar you have chosen help make you a better player? Is your technique, or even your songwriting, influenced by your gear? We talk...
Supercharge Your Chops: Part 4
by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...
Supercharge Your Chops: Part 3
by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...
Charlie Christian: Going to the Source
by David Hamburger Charlie Christian was an unabashedly guitaristic player. Hot to go with one of the first commercially available electric guitar and amplif...
Supercharge Your Chops: Part 2
by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...
Supercharge Your Chops: Part 1
by Brad Carlton If you dig these video guitar lessons from Brad Carlton, click here to check out more. In this 4-part video guitar lesson series, Brad Car...
All Thumbs: Rockabilly Fingerstyles
by Arlen Roth When I play country or rockabilly on electric, I inevitably slip into the alternating-bass “Travis picking” style. But while Merle Travis and m...
The ABCs of Funk Guitar
by Ross Bolton - in association with Guitar Player Magazine Much like the Colonel's famous "11 herbs and spices," the recipe for funk guitar is shrouded in m...
Duane Allman: Master of Southern Slide
by Arlen Roth Duane Allman and slide guitar: To many devotees of his playing, with and without the Allman Brothers, the two will forever be inseparable. Duan...
Country Rhythm: Going Chordless
by Joe Dalton When I was 19, I auditioned for Shirley Alston’s group, The Shirelles. The first thing the band leader told me was that the guitar spot require...