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April 28
- “Never Give up on Your Dream”: Steve Howe’s Top Five Tips for Guitarists
- ‘GP’ Presents Bill Frisell May 4-7 in San Francisco, CA – Win Tickets!
- Victory Sheriff 25 Head Review
- Furch Blue Deluxe Gc-CM Review
April 27
- “It’s an Apocalyptic Vision of the World Crumbling Into Pieces”: David Crosby Reveals How “Wooden Ships” Came to Be
- PRS SE McCarty 594 Singlecut Review
- Positive Grid Spark GO Review
- Vintage, Rare, NOS and Prototype: Mark Agnesi Introduces More Stunning Gibson Certified Vintage Guitars
April 26
- “I’m Always Searching for Something That Reminds Me of the Early Days in Rock and Roll”: Robbie Robertson Raises the Ghosts of His Youth on His Latest Solo Album, ‘Sinematic’
- “I Don’t Always Select Things Based on My Comfort Zone”: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline Talk Guitar Tone and Songwriting
- “I Think It’s Important to Be Able to Get Things Wrong”: Squeeze Co-Founders Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook Talk Decades of Writing Hits
- “In a Lot of Cases, Cheaper Guitars Sound as Good or Better Than Expensive Guitars”: Warren Haynes Shares Some Invaluable Tips for Blues and Rock Guitarists at Every Stage of the Game
April 25
- “It Was a Horrible Little Setup Upstairs, in the Corner of Our Bedroom”: How Americana Icons Buddy and Julie Miller Crafted Their ’Breakdown on 20th Avenue South’ Album Using a Laptop
- “Be the Guy Who Shows up on Time and Has a Good Attitude”: Whitesnake’s Joel Hoekstra and Reb Beach Reveal the Habits of the Successful Guitarist
- “Music Is About Completing Those Little Circuits That Connect You to Your Past”: Mark Knopfler Looks Back on the Journey From “Sultans of Swing” to His Latest Solo Album, ‘Down the Road Wherever’
- “It Startled Me, and I Thought, Did I Just Write 13 Songs With Lou Reed?” Nils Lofgren Reflects on His "Magical" Collaboration With the Velvet Underground Legend
April 21
- Jason Isbell’s Top Five Life-Changing Riffs
- Improve Your Groove in Three Simple Steps
- “Rick Rubin Said We Needed One More Song for the Album”: Billy Gibbons Explains How ZZ Top Melded Hip Hop and Blues Rock With “I Gotsta Get Paid”
- “I’m Having a Religious Moment”: That Time ‘GP’ Presented Jeff Beck With Guitar Hero Cliff Gallup’s Picks
April 20
- Molly Tuttle’s Top Five Tunes Revealed
- Five of Joe Satriani’s Coolest Vintage Guitars
- “He Swept Us All Aside and Put Us in a Bin”: Jeff Beck On Jimi Hendrix
- “I Would Never Dance to Someone Else’s Tune”: How Jeff Beck Found True Happiness in Expressing Himself as a Musician Without Any Boundaries
April 19
- Grab Your Fender Stratocaster and Get to Grips With Funk Guitar Star Cory Wong’s Dexterous Rhythm Technique
- Best Guitar Audio Interfaces 2024: Great Guitar Recording Options For A Range Of Budgets
- “It Was Like Starting All Over Again, Like I Had Never Played the Guitar Before”: Tired of Recycling the Same Old Blues-Rock Riffs and With Nothing to Lose, Jeff Beck Turned to Jazz-Rock Fusion
- Learn String-Bending King Jerry Donahue's Headturning “Harptone” Technique
- Essential Gear and Invaluable Tips for Session Guitarists
April 18
- “My Goal Was Simply Longevity – to Have a Long Career – Not to Become Famous”: Steve Lukather Looks Back on His Extraordinary Life as a Guitarist
April 17
- “I’ve Been Paid to Play Rhythm Guitar 90 Per Cent of the Time”: Steve Lukather Reveals the Truth About Session Work
- “If You Want to Be Successful, You Have to Love What You Do:” EHX Founder Mike Matthews Reveals the Secrets of His Success
April 14
- “Les Pauls, Teles, and Strats Restricted Me”: Joe Satriani Explains His Devotion to Ibanez Guitars
- Three Ways to Get Terrific Speaker Cab Tones at Home
- “I’d Lost My Girl, Hendrix Had Come and Smeared Everybody Across the Floor… It Wasn’t Looking Too Rosy”: In 1968, Jeff Beck Found Success on His Own Terms With His Own Group
- Marcus King’s Top Five Life-Changing Riffs
April 13
- “I’m Very Much Into the Science of Building the Production Brick by Brick”: Caroline Jones Explains Why Production Elements Are Crucial to Songcraft
- Best Online Guitar Lessons 2024: Improve Your Guitar Playing With Our Pick Of Online Lessons For Every Skill Level And Budget
- Get Up To 20% Off Loads Of Great Music Gear In Guitar Center’s Massive Guitar-A-Thon Spring Sale
- “They Turned out to Be the Most Prolific Sessions I’ve Ever Done”: Jennifer Batten Explains How She Transformed a Session Gig Into a Starring Role
- “It’s Kind of a Crazy Sound”: Watch Eddie Peabody Demo the Obscure Electric Banjoline on ‘The Lawrence Welk Show’ in 1962
- “I Gave Women a Voice in Rock and Roll”: Suzi Quatro Talks Becoming the “First Rock Chick”
April 12
- “He Just Wanted Me to Go Wild on the Guitar”: Adrian Belew Reveals How David Bowie Helped Him Become a More Creative Player
- Best Bass Guitars Under $500 in 2024: Brilliant Budget Basses For Every Kind Of Player
- How to Mix Guitar in a Headphones World
- “You Have to Be Intuitive and Flexible”: Chris Cornell, Courtney Love and Pink Session Guitarist Pete Thorn Reveals His Go-To Gear
- Nels Cline Names Five Life-Changing Riffs
April 11
- “Putting in the Work Is How You’re Going to Become a Better Player”: John Petrucci’s Top Ten Tips for Guitarists
- “I Told Motown, ‘Listen, I Did This for Jeff Beck’”: How Stevie Wonder’s Apology Led to One of the Guitarist’s Signature Tunes
- Jeff Beck’s Top Five Psychedelic Rock Tracks
- Taylor Adds High-End 814ce to Esteemed Builder’s Edition Collection
April 10
- “We Were One of the Early Heavy Metal Bands Without Knowing It”: How Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker Turbo-Charged the Blues With Cream
April 7
- The Iconic Rickenbacker 325 Has a Story Like No Other Electric Guitar
- “The Guitar Is the Most Personal Instrument of Them All”: Randy Bachman Teams With National Music Centre for Epic Guitar Exhibition at Calgary’s Studio Bell
- "I'm so Honored to Be on This Track With These Legends": Watch Acoustic Virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel Cover “Cajun Girl” With Little Feat
April 6
- “Being Afraid to Try Is Not Going to Help You Expand”: Eric Gales Shares Some of His Best Guitar Playing Tips
- “I Started Channeling My Black Roots – My Ancestry”: Fantastic Negrito Talks Rediscovering the Old Blues Greats
- “I know he didn’t like the fact that I took over from him in the Yardbirds”: Jeff Beck on his “uncomfortable rivalry” with Eric Clapton
- “I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero
April 5
- Gibson Launches the Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V
- “We Were Still the Little Band From Texas, Interpreters of That Great American Art Form the Blues”: Billy Gibbons on the Making of “Gimme All Your Lovin’”
- Watch Rory Gallagher's Explosive "Shadow Play" Performance
- Best Telecasters 2024: Top-Rated Fender Teles for All Players
- Cop Some Electric Blues Wisdom From Gary Clark Jr.
April 4
- Watch Johnny Winter’s Fiery “Highway 61 Revisited” Performance With Derek Trucks
- Patch Rubin Coaxes a Dimensional Acoustic Voice From His Superbly Crafted Wide Sky Guitars P125C
- How to Play Guitar Like Jeff Beck
- ‘GP’ Presents Krasno/Moore Project on Friday, April 7, in San Francisco, CA – Win Tickets!
April 3
- Marshall Amps Has Been Acquired By a Swedish Speaker Company