Back in 2004, Prince pulled off one of the greatest guitar solos of all time — and it turns out he was inspired not by love, ...

So when Thomson recorded some solos for Slipknot, they were omitted. "I actually had some solos in songs, but they all got cut out,” the guitarist recalled to Guitar World. “Because between Ross ...

From harmonious doublestop solos to blisteringly fast chicken pickin’, country guitar has so many techniques and tricks that it’s a crime to overlook it. If you’re already familiar with blues guitar ...

"Any kind of technical guitar playing was mocked and frowned upon." ...

Mayer used his SiriusXM radio show to highlight the guitar talents of a British Berklee graduate, who's currently working as ...

Steely Dan is a band who have never been afraid to go against the grain. This applies to their guitar solos, as they had a specific approach to writing them.

In a career-spanning conversation with Q’s Tom Power, the lead guitarist of Extreme explains why executing the perfect guitar ...

Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson has said he recorded solos for the band’s blockbuster debut album, but that “they all got cut out”. Thomson makes the claim in a new interview with Guitar World and ...

Mention the Police – the band, not the law enforcement agency – and we tend firstly to think of Sting: he of the boyish voice ...

Think if Elvis' TCB band was Skynyrd, with a muppet on the drum set, and Silent Bob shredding on the guitar, and you have The ...

His work, specifically, on Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman made him a rising star in the rock guitar world. His astounding hype speed solos on “Mr. Crowley” and “Crazy ...

His solos in songs “Under a Glass Moon,” “Constant Motion” and “Fatal Tragedy” offer a taste of his capabilities and the nuance he brings to metal guitar playing. Even outside of Dream ...