Fred Stuckey

Fred Stuckey was a contributing editor to Guitar Player magazine in the publication's earliest years. During that time, he interviewed numerous guitarists, including John Mayall, Chuck Berry and Jerry Garcia, providing readers with their first in-depth articles about the players, their music and the gear behind it.

Latest articles by Fred Stuckey

Leslie West (ex Mountain) performs live on stage with West, Bruce and Laing at the Rainbow in London on 20th April 1973.

Leslie West revealed the picking techniques that made him a singularly great guitar hero to Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Pete Townshend

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Speaking to Guitar Player in 1972, the Mountain guitarist laid out his use of "harmonic jumps" and high volume to achieve a wide range of articulations

Guitarists
John Mayall performs at the Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany, January 9, 1970

John Mayall recalls Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in Guitar Player's December 1970 issue

By Fred Stuckey published

The blues legend, who died on July 22, was one of the guitar world's major losses in 2024

Guitarists