Latest articles by Christopher Scapelliti
So many pedal deals, so little time: The best deals on guitar pedals right now
Huge savings on small boxes that make big noises. A guide to the best pedal deals right now
Need some grit in your tone? Boss SD-1 Super OverDrives are dirt cheap on Cyber Monday
If you've never discovered the power of this legendary workhorse, now is the time
A travel guitar "so good you won't believe it isn't a regular solidbody." Take 20% off during Amazon's Cyber Monday sale
With a body roughly half the size of a standard electric guitar, the Donner Hush-X still sounds every bit as good
Improve your studio workflow and save $200 on the UA Apollo Twin X DUO Gen 2 during Sweetwater's Cyber Monday sale
Want even more processing power? Check out these other deals going on all month
Black Friday guitar deals 2024: Black Friday is officially over but you can still grab a great guitar gear deal
Black Friday may be done for this year, but there are still loads of great savings available and we've got the best of them
Stevie Ray Vaughan explains his left-handed vibrato and why Albert King was filing his nails during his solo
Stevie revealed the stories behind both oddities in a now-historic 1984 interview with Guitar Player
Save $150 — nearly 45% — on the Sterling by Music Man Cutlass CT30HSS during Sweetwater’s Black Friday Sale
Available in a range of colors, there's something here to satisfy the eye of every beginning guitarist
Up to $170 off Fender Meteora guitars and basses at Sweetwater's Black Friday deals
Available in a range of finishes and boasting Fireball pickups with modern electronics, these are versatile workhorses with stylish looks
Save up to half off on Electro-Harmonix guitar pedals at Musicians Friend on Black Friday
The big deals are the Pulsar Stereo Tremolo and Satisfaction Plus, but Big Muffs and more are on sale too
Neural DSP Quad Cortex Bundle Deal, only at Sweetwater this Black Friday
The popular amp emulator gets even better with a free gigbag and Eminence speaker emulations
Eric Clapton and Duane Allman’s guitar tandem was the essence of the blues tradition
The co-writer of many 'Layla' tracks sheds light on the symbiotic relationship between the two guitarists
Why did the Beatles play Epiphone Casinos? It all comes back to one man
John Mayall brought some famous guitarists to the fore. He also turned the Beatles on to one of their defining guitar models
An unusual guitar is at the center of a mystery about the Beatles' White Album
The rare fretless guitar appears to have been used on "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and "Helter Skelter"
“Bobby came in and he went, ‘Da-da-da-da-da-da-da DUH-daaa!’ I said, ‘That’s the only thing you think I should do?’” George Benson tells how one small change turned the song “Breezin’” into an instrumental guitar sensation
The guitarist also shares how he got his Gibson Johnny Smith guitar for a steal
Mary Ford made her name as Les Paul’s singing guitar partner. At long last she’s getting her own signature Gibson Les Paul
The latest addition to Gibson's Les Paul line, it's the first public release of an ultra-rare signature model from the Golden Era
Rich Williams recalls how his choice of guitar picks ruined a day’s worth of playing on the biggest hit Kansas ever had
The problem was made worse by the fact that he'd quadruple-tracked his guitars
Roughly the size of a nine-volt battery, the Cicada may be the world’s smallest effect pedal in production
“People always say I’m the Beatle who changed the most.” How playing sitar helped George Harrison become a guitar legend
While all the elements of Harrison’s guitar style were falling into place, the Beatles were falling apart. Here’s what happened
Quincy Jones, who died Sunday, never forgot his infamous phone call with Eddie Van Halen or the hit track they created
The celebrated producer was also behind George Benson's Grammy-winning album 'Give Me the Night'
Exclusive: Hear Phil Manzanera's demo that became a Pink Floyd cut
Manzanera released the song as an exclusive to Guitar Player as he drops his new 50 Years of Music boxset
Guitarist Eric Bell announces a new Thin Lizzy album with original vocals from Phil Lynott
The album features re-imagined acoustic versions of songs from the band’s first three albums, including “Whisky in the Jar”
Kirk Hammett show and discuss 17 of his rarest guitars in a new in-depth video from Gibson TV
The guitarist presents his Les Paul Standards, Korina Explorers and Flying Vs, and much more in the Gibson TV documentary
“I’ll just do a little bit of it and show you what got me in the Beatles.” Paul McCartney reveals the song he played for John Lennon that earned him a spot in the band
McCartney says Lennon was impressed by his guitar playing and the fact that Paul knew all the words
