The wah pedal is not without its detractors, of course. Some critics argue that it becomes a crutch for guitarists, muddying ...

A new guitarist poll voted a 1980 rock single as the 'greatest guitar solo of all time', placing it ahead of countless ...

Nothing beats a killer classic rock guitar solo… or solos, considering plenty of guitar greats from the golden era of rock showed off their skills on more than one occasion. It’s a whole different ...

America has had dozens of Presidents, but only four have their faces carved into the side of a mountain in South Dakota. Similarly, some very big and important names will be regrettably but ...

Classic rock music through the years has inspired countless young musicians to learn how to play the guitar. Whether that interest stuck or not depends on the person. However, plenty of now-famous ...

Matt Bellamy on White’s contributions to rock — and their pinch-me moment backstage at Coachella ...

One day about six or seven years ago, I walked into my family's music room and saw it hanging on our wall: a replica of Eddie Van Halen's iconic red, white, and black "Frankenstrat" guitar that my dad ...

Video games have long plundered music making as a rich vein of entertainment. Games as diverse as Guitar Hero, Elite Beat Agents, Jam with the Band and Rhythm Thief use a range of technology to trick ...

The alt-rock pioneer says Van Halen led generations of guitarists to prioritize speed and technique over memorable musical ...

They may be two of the most influential notes in funk-rock history: the soaring, plaintive start to guitarist Eddie Hazel's legendary solo in Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain." The song, an audacious, ...