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Sue Foley explains why your picking hand is the key to great guitar tone

By Janelle Borg published 9 January 25

Decent equipment helps – but, according to Foley, the picking hand is the crux of achieving a great guitar tone

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Sophie Lloyd on the time she met Joe Bonamassa – her childhood guitar hero

By Janelle Borg published 8 January 25

Lloyd looks back on the time her dad would play Joe Bonamassa records while driving her to school

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Jeff Beck took the Yardbirds in a new direction, but the constant Eric Clapton comparisons took years to shake

By Jackson Maxwell published 7 January 25

In the first stages of his career, Beck's relationship with Clapton was just as much (if not more) defined by Clapton's already-legendary reputation than it was by the man himself

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Wayne Osmond, guitarist and singer of The Osmonds, dies aged 73

By Matt Owen published 3 January 25

Osmond helped the influential family band reach success in the 1970s, performing hits such as Crazy Horse and One Bad Apple

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Joe Satriani on the unique challenges of having Yngwie Malmsteen on the G3 tour

By Phil Weller published 3 January 25

Satch has no notes for the Swedish maestro’s playing, but found other aspects of his performances a little distracting during their G3 time together

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Scottish guitarist relearns how to play guitar with one arm after severe stroke

By Janelle Borg published 3 January 25

Tony Romaine spent months relearning how to walk after suffering a stroke that left him unable to move – but was determined to relearn guitar and start gigging again

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Slayer's Kerry King reveals who he thinks is the most “overlooked” guitarist in metal

By Janelle Borg published 2 January 25

The metal icon also names his top five guitarists of all time

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Gary Moore's son pays homage Thin Lizzy's dual guitar sound on his debut solo single

By Janelle Borg published 2 January 25

Jack Moore shares that the track was written while he was touring Europe paying tribute to his father's blues legacy

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How Jason Becker and Marty Friedman made one of shred music’s most celebrated albums with a little help from their pupils

By Matt Owen published 28 December 24

When the two virtuosos went into the studio to record under the Cacophony name, they brought a bunch of gear that had been lent to them by students

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Remembering the guitarists we lost in 2024

By Jackson Maxwell published 27 December 24

This year, we've sadly had to say goodbye to many guitar greats from across the world of music. Here, we recognize some of those guitarists, and their contributions to the instrument

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The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different

By Michael Astley-Brown published 24 December 24

Do They Know It’s Christmas? could have ended up with more guitars had fate not intervened

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“I was literally in tears”: Rex Brown on the Dimebag Darrell guitar solo he fought to keep on record

By Matt Owen published 24 December 24

The Pantera bassist picked his favorite Dimebag guitar solo, and recalled how it brought him to tears

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Why Steve Vai dropped his anti-supergroup stance to help revive some of King Crimson’s most celebrated work

By Phil Weller published 23 December 24

BEAT has been celebrating King Crimson’s 1980s albums, with Adrian Belew and Steve Vai’s new guitar partnership at its core

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Veteran session guitarist Tim Pierce on how his off-the-cuff solo ended up on a Bon Jovi classic

By Janelle Borg published 19 December 24

Pierce recalls laying down guitar parts for what was originally supposed to be just the demo of Jon Bon Jovi's debut single

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That time one of the fastest shredders in guitar history auditioned to join Ozzy Osbourne’s band

By Matt Owen published 19 December 24

When the Osbourne camp began searching for Jake E. Lee’s replacement, a neo-classical speed shredder featured high up on their list

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Tom Morello reflects on his high school band with Adam Jones – and how the guitarist shaped him into the player he is today

By Phil Weller published 18 December 24

Morello remembers how the Tool maestro helped kick-start his career by dragging him to gigs in a lengthy post that recalls the pair’s friendship

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Mike Rutherford reveals his secret studio sessions with Eddie Van Halen – and sheds light on their unreleased songs

By Janelle Borg published 16 December 24

Van Halen had just come across Rutherford's second solo album when he called the Genesis co-founder to collaborate

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When rhythm guitar hero Andy Fairweather Low was recruited by a Beatle to play slide – even though he’d never played slide before

By Matt Owen published 13 December 24

Harrison and Fairweather Low had a mutual love for Ry Cooder’s slide guitar playing, and the Beatle convinced the Eric Clapton rhythm guitarist to develop his own slide chops for a Japanese tour

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Derek Trucks recalls playing with the greats from an early age

By Phil Weller published 13 December 24

Sharing the stage with his heroes taught Trucks a wealth of valuable lessons – and also showed him the difference between mediocre players and the greats

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Dweezil Zappa shares the surprising beginner guitar lessons he learned from Eddie Van Halen

By Matt Owen published 12 December 24

Zappa first met Van Halen when he was just 12 years old, and it wasn’t long before he was receiving lessons from the guitar god – on his legendary Frankenstein

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