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"Advice? Sometimes you are going to be so frustrated you want to give up – you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’ll be rewarded.” Jimi Hendrix talks technique, songwriting, making records and more in this 1968 Guitar Player interview
By Guitar Player Staff published
Electric Ladyland was released 25 October 1968. Guitar Player interviewed Jimi Hendrix shortly before the album's release...
“I’d Never Heard Anything That Brilliant, and Ed Said, ‘No, It’s Nothing’”: Producer Ted Templeman Reveals How He Helped Turn Eddie Van Halen’s “Warm Up” Into One of the Greatest Solos of All Time, “Eruption”
By Ken Sharp published
“He said, ‘It’s just something I warm up with before each show.' And I said, ‘Donn, roll tape!’” recalls the hitmaker
“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
By Gary Graff published
Having been involved with artificial intelligence in his scientific pursuits, the astrophysicist and Queen guitarist has some unique insights that may shock you
“I Would Try to Get Different Sounds out of My Guitar”: Muriel Anderson Talks Interpretation, Inspiration and Dreaming About Guitars
By Sue Foley published
A true musical adventurer, Muriel Anderson has played with Chet Atkins and Les Paul and continues to perform throughout the U.S.
"Blues Music Is My First Love": Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Reveals Five Life-Changing Riffs
By Jim Beaugez published
Video The Fender signature artist and Grammy-winning bluesman talks vital influences from Albert King and B.B. King to Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Hazel
“A Lot of Cats Don’t Work on Their Rhythm Enough…The Next Thing Is Pitch”: Prince Shares Some Guitar-Playing Wisdom in This Awesome Interview From the ‘GP’ Vault
By Art Thompson published
“When you get these things down, then you can learn how to solo,” said the purple one
“Study Is a Big Word. I Just Looked at the Charts and Saw New Chords”: Peter One Reveals His Approach to Guitar Playing and Talks Returning to Music With an Intoxicating Solo Debut, ‘Come Back to Me’
By Jim Beaugez published
“African music is sometimes weird; the beat is difficult. So I said to myself, If I play an instrument like guitar, I’ll probably get it,” says the former West African star
“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
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