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February 28
- Sting Axe Slinger Jeffrey Lee Campbell’s Top Tips for Guitarists
- “If You Can Imagine It, We Can Do It”: Framus Gives ‘Guitar Player’ an Eye-Opening Factory Tour
- Listen to the Latest ‘No Guitar Is Safe’ 'Guitar Player' Podcast Featuring David Lee Roth Guitarist Jake Faun
- Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Molly Tuttle's Spectacular Studio Performance of Townes Van Zandt’s “White Freight Liner Blues”
February 24
- Like the Hagstrom, Vox, Framus and Italian EKO Guitars of the Era, This 1965 Meazzi Hollywood Zodiac Plays and Sounds Great
- “I Am Always Awake for the Little Things That Can Happen or Appear”: Badi Assad Is Inventive, Unique, Creative, Restless and Always Changing
- “We Copied Them Exactly”: Marshall’s Steve Smith Introduces the New Guv’nor, Bluesbreaker, Drivemaster and Shredmaster Reissues
- ‘GP’ Presents Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar on Thursday, March 2, in Berkeley, CA – Win Tickets!
February 23
- “I Had Been About a Year Sober and I Was on Shaky Ground”: John Hiatt Recalls When Lightning Struck Twice for Him With ‘Bring the Family’ and ‘Slow Turning’
- Esteemed ‘Guitar Player’ Contributor Jesse Gress Succumbs to Long-Term Illness
- “People Talk About the Good Old Days, but the Good Days Are Today”: Television Guitarist Richard Lloyd Reflects on His Highly Influential Career in Music
- Master the Mixolydian Mode Like Chet Atkins, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Many More
February 22
- Watch Roy Clark’s Mesmerizing Rendition of “Folsom Prison Blues” on ‘The Jimmy Dean Show’
- Listen to Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe’s 1929 Original “When the Levee Breaks”
- “My Martin and Joey’s Gibson Are on All of Our Records. We Consider Them Members of the Band”: Kenneth Pattengale on the Milk Carton Kids’ Key Acoustics
- “I Always Like to Be Surrounded by Vintage Gear”: Kurt Vile Talks Vintage Guitars, Custom-Made Acoustics, Tweed Fender Amps and Rare Effects
February 21
- “I’m a Blues Guitarist in a Metal Band”: Blues-Rock Aficionado Mark Morton and Hardcore Metalhead Willie Adler Talk Lamb of God’s Unlikely Guitar Pairing
- “Bigger Isn’t Always Better. And Longer Isn’t Either”: Joe Satriani Explains Why Shorter Cables Can Improve Your Sound
- Here’s Why the Ratio Machine Heads Can Make Tuning Quicker, More Predictable and More Intuitive
- Discover and Decode Todd Rundgren’s Unique Chordal Chemistry
February 20
- Researchers Have Created a Glass Pick That Promises to Harness Harmonics That “Cannot Be Obtained With Conventional Guitar Picks”
- The Musician’s Friend Presidents' Day Sale Is Now Live With Up To 40% Off A Massive Range Of Guitar Gear
- Guitar Center’s Presidents' Day Sale Has Landed And You Can Bag A Massive 35% Off Big-Name Brands - Including A Whopping $400 Off A Gibson Les Paul
February 17
- “I Realized Maybe I Don’t Need These Big Amps After All”: Shinedown Guitarist Zach Myers Recalls His Guitar Amp Revelations
- “Having a Guitar That Really Inspires You Cannot Be Overstated”: Joe Satriani Reveals the Most Important Element of Tone
- Listen to Country Icon Dolly Parton’s Newly Recorded Rendition of “The Last Thing on My Mind”
- Massive Peter Green Guitar Auction at Bonhams Announced
February 16
- “It’s Not the Gear That Makes the Player; It’s the Player That Makes the Gear”: Joe Bonamassa Talks Turkey About Tone
- Watch Joe Bonamassa’s New "Mind's Eye" Red Rocks Performance Video
- IK Multimedia Unveils the TONEX Pedal
- Malina Moye’s Top Ten Tips for Guitarists
February 15
- The Kinks Celebrate 60th Anniversary With Career-Defining Release, ‘The Journey’
- Listen to Chris Shiflett’s "Banger" of a Single, “Black Top White Lines”
- “Jeff’s Playing Hit Me Hard”: Steve Lukather Gives His Take on Jeff Beck’s Life, Legacy and Music in Our Latest ‘No Guitar Is Safe’ Podcast
- Watch Funk Guitar Master Wah Wah Watson Groove With Herbie Hancock
February 14
- “With the Best Record I’ve Ever Made, I’m Filled With Nothing but Gratitude”: Jared James Nichols Is Mighty Stoked About His New, Self-Titled Album
- “This Is Me Rediscovering Myself and Finally Being Myself”: Laura Cox Reaches a New Level With ‘Head Above Water’
- Phil Manzanera’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks
- “I Can See in People’s Faces That They Really Feel His Presence. I Feel It, Too”: Mike Campbell Talks New Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Release, ‘Live at the Fillmore 1997’
February 13
- DOD's Overdrive Preamp 250 Pedal is Back
- Joe Perry Reveals How Jeff Beck Ended Up with One of His Ultra-Rare Early Klon Centaurs
February 10
- How Jeff Beck Threw Down the Gauntlet in 1968 With ‘Truth’
- Discover How Jimmy Page’s Genre-Melding Musical Innovations on ‘Houses of the Holy’ Helped Led Zeppelin Reach a New Creative Peak
- “This Album Is a Side of Vai That You’re Never Going to Hear Any Other Way”: Steve Vai Talks New Gash Record
- Watch a “17-Year-Old” John Frusciante Shredding Like Steve Vai in the ‘80s
February 9
- How to Play Guitar Forever
- Nita Strauss’s Top Six Tips for Guitarists
- “The ‘Marquee Moon’ Album Really Set Me off as a Musician”: the Edge Reveals How Television Inspired U2 in the Early Days
- Jeff Beck’s 10 Greatest Collaborations
February 8
- The 1962 Fender 6G3 Deluxe Could Be All the Amp You Ever Need
- “It’s Lighter on Guitars, but They Have More Impact”: Inhaler’s Elijah Hewson and Josh Jenkinson Make a Singular Sound on New Album, ‘Cuts & Bruises’
- “If I Want to Push the Boundaries of Guitar, It’s Not Going to Be by Using a Pedal”: Brian May Guitars Signature Artist Arielle Talks Ditching Pedals and Turning up the Volume
- Molly Tuttle Wins Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album With ‘Crooked Tree’
February 7
- Grab Your Acoustic, Sit Down at the Piano, and Advance Your Fretboard Logic
- Heard on Classic Records by the Cult, the Smiths, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Metallica, Talking Heads, King Crimson and More, the Boss and Roland Chorus Sounds Are a Mainstay of Rock
- "I Just Don't See Any Need for Pedals”: Walter Trout Shows Us How He Gets All the Tones He Needs From His Vintage Mesa/Boogie Mark IV Amp
- Pioneering Chorus: How the Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus Amp and Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble Pedal Set Industry Standards
February 6
- Jimmy Page Explains Why He Switched to a Les Paul for 'Led Zeppelin II'
- "I've Tried to Get a Modern, Less High-Gain Version of that Natural Sound that Clapton Had in the ’60s": Gary Moore Details His Latter-Day Guitar Rig
February 3
- Listen to the Limitless Guitar Playing Talent of Lenny Breau
- “It Was Pretty Obvious It Was a Song That Was Going to Go a Long Way”: Glenn Tipton Explains How John Lennon’s Home Inspired Judas Priest’s 1980 Classic “Living After Midnight”
- Listen to Tropical F*ck Storm's Epic Cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)”
- Get That Classic Rockabilly Sound, EVH Girth, Bathroom Ambience and Much More With Electro-Harmonix’s New Slap-Back Echo
February 2
- Joe Bonamassa Announces Expansive New Live Album, ‘Tales of Time’
- Listen to Bill Connors’ ‘Of Mist and Melting’ – ECM Jazz at Its Finest
- The Ultimate Brian May Lead Guitar Lesson
- This High-Class Axe Is the Handiwork of Banker – the First Boutique Maker Accepted to Gibson’s Authorized Partner Program
February 1
- Two Notes ReVolt Analog Amp Sim Review
- "I Still Really Like Playing the Guitar. After All of These Years, It’s Still My Favorite Thing": Marshall Crenshaw Takes a Spin Through His Decades-Long Career
- “If I Can Get That Live-Performance Spark Across in the Studio, I’m Very Happy”: Richard Thompson Talks Songwriting, Self-Production and His Fast-Paced Approach to Recording
- Amplified Nation Overdrive Reverb Review