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Davey Johnstone explains his greatest guitar moments from Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’
By Joe Bosso last updated
Johnstone tells the story behind the album's key guitar tracks, including "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
Kill your metronome. Vinnie Moore tells how his method of keeping time helps you find the groove and not sound mechanical
By Joe Bosso published
Moore also shares four other tips to help you play better solos, learn more chords and develop a signature style
“Joe Walsh insisted that I buy it”: Jimmy Page on his “Number 1” 1959 Gibson Les Paul
By Christopher Scapelliti published
In this vintage chat, Page talks about his most famous Les Paul and some of its unique aspects, such as its sealed Grover tuners and bridge humbucker-splitting push-pull knob
Meet Matteo Mancuso, the young player who’s light years ahead of us all
By Bill Milkowski published
When it comes to improvisation, Italy’s fingerstyle fusion maestro Matteo Mancuso is leaving the best players in the world in the dust
“I said, 'Well, Lee, I've been using a lot of Black Sabbath–style moves in Sonic Youth.'" Thurston Moore reveals an unlikely influence on his unique guitar style
By Gary Graff last updated
In an interview about his new solo album, 'Flow Critical Lucidity,' Moore also reveals the modern appeal of old tech, weird six-string tunings and unusual guitar slides.
“Why don’t you just play it the same way each time?” Paul McCartney asked Brian Ray why he performed a Beatles song like this. Here's what he said
By Joe Bosso last updated
The Paul McCartney guitarist shares his hard-won advice on how to perform any Beatles song perfectly
Tom Petty shared his greatest advice on rhythm guitar playing in a long-lost 1997 interview
By Christopher Scapelliti published
The guitarist, who died on October 2, 2017, also gave his insights on Telecasters and Rickenbackers and the art of songwriting
Mark Tremonti reveals how Creed wrote their hit “Higher” — spontaneously, in front of an audience
By Andrew Daly published
The guitarist also tells how suicide, soundchecks and airplanes played roles in his favorite Creed tracks
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