Guitar Player Staff

Guitar Player is the world’s most comprehensive, trusted and insightful guitar publication for passionate guitarists and active musicians of all ages. Guitar Player magazine is published 13 times a year in print and digital formats. The magazine was established in 1967 and is the world's oldest guitar magazine. When "Guitar Player Staff" is credited as the author, it's usually because more than one author on the team has created the story.

Latest articles by Guitar Player Staff

Nita Strauss adorns the cover of the October 2023 issue of Guitar Player

October 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio

By Guitar Player Staff published

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Learn Five Head-Turning Guitar Licks in the Open Position

By Guitar Player Staff published

Give your guitar solos some extra hooks with this bunch of five knockout licks

Guitarist Vernon Reid of Living Colour performs during the Life is Beautiful festival on October 27, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Want to Improve Your Alternate Picking? This Essential Lesson Will Have You Shredding in No Time

By Guitar Player Staff published

Brush up on the basics of alternate picking with these easy-to-remember techniques you can work into your own music

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Five Things You Should Know About Frets

By Guitar Player Staff published

From shape, feel and tone to material, condition and replacement – here are the basics of guitar frets

Greta Van Fleet's Jake Kiszka adorns the cover of Guitar Player's September 2023 issue

September 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio

By Guitar Player Staff published

Dickey Betts adorns the cover of Guitar Player's August 2023 issue

August 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio

By Guitar Player Staff published

Joe Bonamassa performs at the Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre (KITEC) on September 27, 2012.

“I Could’ve Bought a House or These Three-Quarter-Million-Dollar Guitars": Joe Bonamassa Talks 'Burst Les Pauls and Collecting Other Rare Guitars in This Fascinating Interview From the Vault

By Guitar Player Staff published

“I chose the guitars in a heartbeat,” said the blues rock titan

CAVERN CLUB and George HARRISON and BEATLES, George Harrison performing live onstage, playing Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet guitar

Five of George Harrison's Most Iconic Beatles-Era Guitars

By Guitar Player Staff published

From the Grestch Duo Jet used in the Beatles’ earliest recordings to the late '60s prototype Fender Rosewood Telecaster, here are five of George Harrison's most celebrated guitars

Eddy Clearwater poses for a studio portrait in 1975, holding a Fender Telecaster guitar, in the United States.

Ten of the Greatest Chicago Blues Songs

By Guitar Player Staff published

Return to the source of inspiration with these Windy City blues guitar classics

Bonnie Raitt performs on stage at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on August 6th, 1977. She is playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar.

Five Incredible Under-the-Radar Blues Guitar Solos by Fender Stratocaster Players

By Guitar Player Staff published

From Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall II and Kenny Wayne Shepherd to Robert Cray and Bonnie Raitt, these deep cuts are bound to have you reaching for your Strat

Rick Derringer from rock group Derringer posed backstage at the Shaboo Inn in Willimantic, Connecticut, USA in June 1976.

“If You Want to Play Guitar, It Isn’t Something That Comes Overnight”: A 27-Year-Old Rick Derringer Details His Gear, Technique and Outlook in This Savvy Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault

By Guitar Player Staff published

“My personal goal is just to make the next thirty years, or the next fifty,” Rick Derringer told ‘Guitar Player’ in 1975

Jimmy Page performs live on stage in Germany in March 1973. He is using a Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck 12- and 6-string solidbody electric guitar.

Ten Mind-Blowing Rock Guitar Solos Every Player Needs to Know About

By Guitar Player Staff published

From Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Slash, here are some of the greatest rock guitar solos ever committed to record

Free guitarist Paul Kossoff

10 Under-the-Radar Albums Every Guitar Player Needs to Hear

By Guitar Player Staff published

From Chet Atkins and Merle Haggard to Jellyfish and the Creation, these hidden gems resonate with just as much passion and flair as the stock desert-island disc picks

Guitar Player July 2023 issue, number 735

Take a Deep Dive Into David Gilmour’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Gear, Tone and Technique With the July 2023 Issue of 'Guitar Player'

By Guitar Player Staff published

Don’t miss our latest issue – out now!

David Gilmour adorns the cover of Guitar Player's July 2023 issue

July 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio

By Guitar Player Staff published

The Edge adorns the cover of Guitar Player's June 2023 issue

June 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio

By Guitar Player Staff published

Jeff Beck performs on stage with the Imelda May Band at Indigo2 at O2 Arena on September 21, 2009 in London, England.

“I’m Having a Religious Moment”: That Time ‘GP’ Presented Jeff Beck With Guitar Hero Cliff Gallup’s Picks

By Chris Gill, Guitar Player Staff published

“Now I have to rethink my whole fingering,” said the guitarist

The Yardirds in 1966 (L-R): (L-R) Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Jimmy Page and Keith Relf.

Jeff Beck’s Top Five Psychedelic Rock Tracks

By Christopher Scapelliti, Guitar Player Staff published

Choice cuts from the electric guitar innovator’s mid-‘60s Yardbirds era

From left, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker (1939-2019) and Jack Bruce (1943-2014) of British rock band Cream posed together in Green Park, London, in July 1966. (

“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

By Guitar Player Staff published

The original supergroup pioneered a fusion of blues-rock that directly influenced a generation of musicians

Eric Gales performs during the 2023 Savannah Music Festival at Trustees' Garden Main Stage on March 25, 2023 in Savannah, Georgia.

“Being Afraid to Try Is Not Going to Help You Expand”: Eric Gales Shares Some of His Best Guitar Playing Tips

By Guitar Player Staff published

From runs in fives to using less obvious scales and extended chords, the electric guitar master explains how to “sound more unique and less predictable”

Fantastic Negrito performs during Reel To Reel: White Jesus Black Problems Featuring A Post-Screening Interview And Acoustic Performance From Fantastic Negrito at The GRAMMY Museum on June 02, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

“I Started Channeling My Black Roots – My Ancestry”: Fantastic Negrito Talks Rediscovering the Old Blues Greats

By Guitar Player Staff published

How the Grammy-winning maverick cheated death and became one of blues’ biggest innovators

Rory Gallagher photographed for his Top Priority album cover on 11th June 1979.

Watch Rory Gallagher's Explosive "Shadow Play" Performance

By Guitar Player Staff published

Video In one of his greatest live performances captured on film, the Irish guitarist shows why he was so highly regarded by his peers

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Gary Clark Jr., performs in Spain in 2022

Cop Some Electric Blues Wisdom From Gary Clark Jr.

By Guitar Player Staff, Amit Sharma published

These sample licks will help you put his awesome technique to work in your own playing

Johnny Winter performs at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 held at Toyota Park on July 28, 2007 in Bridgeview, Illinois.

Watch Johnny Winter’s Fiery “Highway 61 Revisited” Performance With Derek Trucks

By Guitar Player Staff published

Video Perhaps no track demonstrates his furious slide work as well as this cover of the Bob Dylan classic

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Slash adorns the cover of Guitar Player's May 2023 issue

May 2023 Guitar Player Lesson Audio

By Guitar Player Staff published

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