Gary Clark Jr. on Playing Live
The absolutely live album with no overdubs, edits, or other fixes remains the guitarist’s equivalent of high-wire walking without a net.
Read more » Hear the Isolated Guitar and Bass Tracks from Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On”
PHOTO: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images As part of our ongoing “Isolation Booth” series, we’ve heard isolated guitar tracks by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell, Steve Va..
Read more » Joe Satriani Talks Paul Gilbert, Phil Collen, Warren DeMartini and 2017 G4 Experience
Joe Satriani recently announced the 2017 G4 Experience: Surfing with the Alien 30th Anniversary, with special guests Paul Gilbert, Def Leppard’s Phil Collen and Ratt’s Warren DeMartini. The event is…
Read more » Skirball Center and Roland Team Up for Interactive Paul Simon Exhibit
PHOTO: Nick Elgar It wasn’t until Paul Simon was an adolescent that he realized his tabletop radio was useful for anything other than listening to Yankees games on. A disc…
Read more » Watch Steve Vai Play a Fan’s Parker Fly Guitar
Warning: There’s nothing newsy or earth-shattering about this story; it’s just a little something posted by a guitar geek for other guitar geeks. You’ve been warned! An interesting new clip…
Read more » “Paul Gilbert, We’re Getting a Lot of Complaints from Your Students”
Back in March, before his guitar clinic in Guildford, England, Paul Gilbert dropped by Ambertons Music Co. to chat with “The Captain.” In the clip, which you can watch below,…
Read more » David Gilmour’s “Comfortably Numb” Arpeggios
PHOTO: Jo Hale/Getty Images David Gilmour’s first guitar solo on Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” is a soaring, melodic masterpiece that uses almost exclusively arpeggios. In this lesson video, Joe fr..
Read more » Watch Rob Scallon Play “For Whom the Bell Tolls” on Bells
PHOTO: Raphael Dias/Getty Images Well, it’s finally May. And, as any up-to-speed guitar-centric internet fan knows, that’s when Rob Scallon posts his popular “Maytallica” videos. Typically, Scallon’s..
Read more » Slash: “This Is What Creeps Me Out”
PHOTO: Steve Jennings | Getty Images Slash says his greatest phobia has to do with hands. The Guns N’ Roses guitarist tells Team Rock he’s especially phobic about hand and…
Read more » Five Riffs You Should ALWAYS Play at a Guitar Store…and How to Play Them
PHOTO: Cindy Moorhead A few months back, Robert Baker shared his video for “ Five Riffs You Should Never Play at a Guitar Store—and How to Play Them .” His…
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