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August 31
- Learn How to Use Suspended Chords in the Style of Jimmy Page, Van Halen, the Police, Pantera and Others
- "You Don’t Want to Play Like B.B. King or Somebody Else. You Want to Be You": Some Collected Words of Wisdom From B.B. King Himself
- “I Think We Might Look Back on 2023 as the Last Year When Humans Really Dominated the Music Scene”: Brian May Shares His Hopes and Fears About the Impact of AI
- Watch the Official Trailer for New SRV Music Doc, ‘Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues’
August 30
- Are Vintage Pickups Better Than Modern Pickups? Here's What You Need To Know
- Six important things you need to consider before buying a vintage guitar amplifier
- Think You Know How to Play “Smoke on the Water” Properly? You Could Be Playing It Wrong. Deep Purple Guitarist Simon McBride Reveals the Secrets of This Iconic Riff
August 29
- How to Advance Your Hybrid-Picking Technique in Four Easy Steps
- Five Great Ways to Improve Your Thumb Technique and Make Your Sound Stand Out
- “Success in Our Business Has Very Little Relation to Making Moving, Emotionally Meaningful Music”: Milk Carton Kids Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan Are Leading a Modern Folk Revival
- “I Don’t Care What You Play, Study Django. It Can Only Be Good for You”: Stephane Wrembel Reflects on the Guitarist Whose Musical Essence Inspires His Own
August 25
- British Blues-Rock Legend and Whitesnake Founding Guitarist Bernie Marsden Dead at 72
- “Nobody Cares About Your Amazing Technique but You”: These Brutally Honest Tips for Musicians From David Bowie and Iggy Pop Guitarist Kevin Armstrong Are Some of the Best We’ve Ever Heard
August 24
- More Playable, Portable and Versatile Than a Regular Jazz Box, Tim Bram’s Tribute Archtop Pays Homage to a Vintage Fender From His Youth
- The Fender Labor Day Sale Arrives Early With Up To 30% Off A Massive Range Of Guitar Gear
- "We Set up in a Circle, Just Like We Did Onstage, Put Mics on Everything and Ran Through the Songs a Couple of Times": Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton Tell the Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Game-Changing Debut Album, ‘Texas Flood’
- ‘GP’ Presents Shakti 50th Anniversary Tour September 9 in San Francisco, CA – Win Tickets!
- “I’m Not Looking to Overplay to Boost My Ego; I Want Innocence and Discovery”: Scott Holiday Reveals the Surprising Inspirations and Killer Guitar Gear Behind Rival Sons’ Latest Album, ‘Darkfighter’
August 23
- “There’s Nothing Better Than Writing a Cool Riff. But These Songs Were Crying out for Something Different”: Grace Potter Talks Charismatic New Album, ‘Mother Road’
- The Ultimate Greta Van Fleet Guitar Lesson
- Played by Keith Richards, Joe Perry and Tom Verlaine, the “See-Through” Ampeg Dan Amstrong Guitar Earned Its Own Fan Club of Top-Name Guitarists
- “When Using an Open Tuning, Music Theory and Thinking in Terms of Scales and Chords Goes out the Window”: Acoustic Master Peppino D’Agostino Shares Insights Into Making Musical Magic
August 22
- Looking to Expand Your Musical Diet? Alexandre Lagoya’s Captivating ‘The Spanish Guitar’ Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
- A Favorite of Carlos Santana, Al Di Meola and John Frusciante, Yamaha’s SG-2000 Was Intended as a Les Paul Killer
- “Led Zeppelin? Not Something We Grew up Listening to”: Jake Kiszka Talks Hot Gear, Vintage Tone, and What Everyone Gets Wrong About His 1970s Hard-Rock Renaissance
- “If You Try to Make Things Too Perfect, You’ll Start Killing the Feel”: Vinnie Moore Talks Recording Guitars and His Genre-Spanning New Solo Album, ‘Double Exposure’
August 18
- “I Think Metal Plays From the Waist up, and We Play From the Waist Down”: Billy Duffy Reveals His Top Five Career-Defining Tracks
- “The Reality Is, the Most Expensive Guitar in the World Isn’t Going to Improve Your Playing”: Nili Brosh’s Top Tips for Guitarists
- Epiphone 1958 Korina Flying V and Explorer Reviews
- Fishman AFX Mini Acoustic Pro EQ Mini, Broken Record, AcoustiVerb and Pocket Blender Effects Pedal Reviews
- Peavey 6505 1992 Original Review
August 17
- “It’s My Gain Masterpiece”: Pedal Guru Dan Coggins Reveals the Secrets Behind His New Dinosaural Cogmeister
- DOD Overdrive Preamp 250, Envelope Filter 440 and Meatbox Subsynth Reviews
- EarthQuaker Devices Ledges Tri-Dimensional Reverberation Machine Review
- Smuggled out of Europe, a Communist Bloc Guitar Like This Delfi Kosmos Is a Rare Sight
- “We Played the Song on ‘Ed Sullivan,’ and the Next Day It Hit Number One”: Tommy James Reveals the Magic Combination Behind the Shondells’ Timeless Psychedelic Hit “Crimson and Clover”
August 16
- “I Was Instantly Humbled”: First Call Session Guitarist Carl Verheyen Shares Rare Insights Into Allan Holdsworth’s Unorthodox Chord Voicings – as Revealed by the Man Himself
- Have the Same Old Blues Chord Shapes Become Stale and Boring? Here’s How to Avoid Sounding Predictable
- The History of the Fender Duo-Sonic
- "I Once Did a Solo on a David Crosby Record Without Ever Hearing the Song": Steve Lukather Reveals His Most Shocking Studio Sessions
- Guild Revives Vintage Dreadnought and Jumbo Designs With New American-Made Standard Series D-40, D-50 and F-40 Acoustic Guitars
August 15
- Fatten Your Chops With Double-Stops in the Style of Blues Legends Like B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins and Robert Johnson
- "Open C Tuning With a Slide Gives It a Whole New Approach": Watch Blues Rocker Erja Lyytinen’s Up-Tempo Live Rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s “Crosstown Traffic”
- Do You Love the Effortless Feel of Worn Vintage Guitar Necks? Here's How to Make Sticky, Tacky Finishes Feel Like Driftwood
- ‘GP’ Presents Tab Benoit August 20 in San Francisco, CA – Win Tickets!
August 14
- Peter Green’s 1962 Silvertone Speed Demon Recently Showed Up on Reverb – and Was Quickly Snapped Up
August 11
- “The Audience Was Going Nuts. They Could Feel the Electricity Happening”: Randy Bachman Reveals How a Broken Guitar String Led to the Guess Who’s 1970 Smash “American Woman”
- Three Sure-Fire Ways to Break out of That Old Minor-Pentatonic Deadlock
- Sharpen Your Shred Skills Using This Straightforward Yngwie Malmsteen-Inspired Lesson
- “He's Got a Guitar Collection That Would Make Any Guitar Nerd Jealous”: Watch Gibson TV’s New Episode of ‘The Collection’ Featuring Jason Isbell
August 10
- Jimi Hendrix Did It Rarely While Jimmy Page Did It All the Time: Here's What You Need to Know About Layering Guitars
- Set Basic Campfire Chords Alight in Four Easy Ways
- "The Whole Song Turned Into Kind of a Guitar Dialogue Back and Forth": Watch Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton's Infamous ‘Guitar Duel’
- Bob Dylan and the Band Guitarist Robbie Robertson Passes Away Aged 80
August 9
- October 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio
- How to Tap Like Eddie Van Halen
- Van Halen's ‘The Collection II’ Box Set Announced. Watch the Newly Remastered “Humans Being” Video Here
- “First Takes Are Always Better Than Perfect Takes”: Steve Miller Celebrates 50 Years of ‘The Joker’ With Epic New Release, ‘J50: The Evolution of The Joker,’ and Shares This Advice on Creating a Global Smash
- Add This “Magic Shape” to Your Musical Vocabulary for an Instant Fusion Sound
August 8
- Learn Five Head-Turning Guitar Licks in the Open Position
- He Billed Himself as the “Paganini of the Guitar” While John Williams Called Him the “Greatest Guitarist/Composer of Any Time”: Here’s How Agustín Barrios Became a Guitar Legend
- Four Easy Ways to Discover New Ideas on Acoustic Guitar
- Get the Know-How of Jazz Rhythm Guitar and Venture Into Any Session With Confidence
August 7
- G&L Unveils Two Espada HH Models, Featuring a New Twist on a Lost Leo Fender Design
August 4
- “Instrumental Music Became Like a Personal Growth Thing for Me”: Joe Satriani Talks Becoming an Instrumental Guitarist
- Make Your Tone Stand Out With These Seven Pro Tips on Guitar EQ
- Fender’s Glorious Twin Amp of the Mid to Late ’50s Is the Epitome of Rock and Roll Amplifiers
- ‘Led Zeppelin III’ Track by Track
August 3
- Ever Feel Lost on Certain Parts of the Fingerboard? These Ten Invaluable Pointers Are Your Key to Unlocking It All
- “I Would Try to Get Different Sounds out of My Guitar”: Muriel Anderson Talks Interpretation, Inspiration and Dreaming About Guitars
- How to Bend Strings Like Andy Timmons
- Boss Brings Authentic Studio Microphone Sound to Acoustic Amplification for the First Time With Its AC-22LX Acoustic Amplifier
August 2
- Wild, Urgent and Vital: Here’s Why MC5’s ‘Kick out the Jams’ Stands as a Precursor to Punk and Defines Timeless Rock Music
- The History of the Gibson Flying V
- “I’ll Never Be Able to Play the Kind of Leads I Want”: Pete Townshend Discusses Guitar Solos, Gibson SGs and More in This Fascinating Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault
- "Blues Music Is My First Love": Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Reveals Five Life-Changing Riffs
August 1
- “The World Needs It Back”: Sunn Amps Make Historic Return
- Bored of Using the Same Old Chords? Here’s One of the Hippest Ways to Spice up a Progression
- A Favorite of Eddie Van Halen, the MXR Phase 90 Smeared Its Luscious Tones Over Countless Classic Recordings
- Tap Into the Barre Chord Magic of Allan Holdsworth, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson Using This Five-Minute Lesson