Latest articles by Amit Sharma
Best metal guitars 2024: riff machines for any budget
When you want to thrash and burn these are the best guitars for metal, tailor-made for world-conquering heaviness
Billy Sheehan's 6 top tips for bass players: “Listen to any great band and think about how the bass and drums work together, like Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, or Steve Harris and Nicko McBrain"
“Speed is just one of many tools you can use to create music”
Warm Audio ODD Box V1 Hard-Clipping Overdrive Pedal review
The Texan company pays tribute to one of the most legendary overdrives ever made
Judas Priest and Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner on Painkiller and the 10 albums that changed his life
“That is an album that changed my life in more ways than one because it almost killed me!”
Best metal amps: get juggernaut tones with these heads and combos
Tube, solid-state and digital guitar amplifiers... these are the best amps for metal from Mesa/Boogie, Orange, Peavey and more
Gurus Echosex 3º Steve Lukather Delay
The legendary Toto guitarist releases his own signature delay inspired by the legendary Binson Echorec
Eric Gales interview: “I asked Stevie Ray Vaughan for an autograph and he said ‘Only if you sign one for me first!’”
Best of 2022: We talk jamming with guitar icons and becoming one with a player in his prime: “It takes guts and fortitude to even attempt the blues,” he tells us
Best guitar effects pedals: Our pick of effects in every pedal category
Looking for the right delay, reverb, fuzz, flange, or overdrive for your pedalboard? We’ve rounded up the best of everything
Best acoustic electric guitars: 9 budget to high-end guitars from Epiphone, Martin, Taylor and more
Thinking about investing in an electro-acoustic guitar? Here’s our round-up of the best models available…
Best 7-string guitars: Extend your range with the top pro and cheap 7-string guitars
Tap into the world of low-end with the best 7-strings guitars, from pro level to cheap 7-string guitars that still sound the business
Best left-handed guitars: Southpaws, these are the top left-handed guitars for you
Are you a member of the lefty guitarists club like Jimi Hendrix and Tony Iommi? Then plug in and rock out with our pick of the best left-handed guitars
Ty Tabor on the new King's X album, his greatest riffs, how he picks differently to most guitar players and why he uses solid state amps
Guitar Showcase 2022: "I prefer the gear I use to sound the same from the beginning to the end of the night… or tour. I can’t get that from tube amps"
James Bay talks Fender and his 10 tips for guitar players
The songwriter on sounding bigger with one guitar, string choice and why it's all about the right hand for him
Symphony X shredder-in-chief Michael Romeo’s 5 tips for guitarists: “Keep speeding up those patterns you’re working on. That’s the way to build up speed… there are no shortcuts”
With the neoclassical shred maestro returning with War Of The Worlds, Pt. 2, he stops by to share hard-earned wisdom, and give props to Shawn Lane, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie and more
Mark Lanegan: 9 albums that changed my life - "If any record ever truly saved me, it was this one"
In memoriam: Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age alt-rock giant on Bowie, Iggy, Kraftwerk and more
Billy F Gibbons: 10 guitarists who blew my mind
ZZ Top's guitar legend names the blues players who changed his life
Jon Gomm interview: "The Internet helps you to learn anything you want, but it might not help you to know what you need"
Advice, an inspirational new album and joining the Ibanez family with a modern master of acoustic guitar
Tal Wilkenfeld shares her tips for musicians: “Honestly, I’ve never practised with a metronome. It’s always been playing along with a record or what’s in my head"
The solo artist virtuoso and session bass star talks improvisation, songwriting and freeing yourself as a musician
Rush's Geddy Lee: 10 bassists who blew my mind
Best of 2021: "…he was quite possibly the greatest rock bassist of all time. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that"
Steve Cropper‘s 5 tips for guitar players: “I always look at my guitar before playing and say, ‘If you don’t play good tonight, you’re firewood in the morning!’“
The Stax Records six-string legend shares 60 years of music-making wisdom, reminding us that tone is always in the hands
"I’ve worked with so many people but I have to say Axl Rose’s voice is amazing, truly one of a kind" – remembering late vocal coach legend Ron Anderson with this 2019 interview
Anderson taught artists including Myles Kennedy, Janet Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Seal, Alicia Keys and even Tom Cruise
Zakk Wylde on stepping up for Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears: "It was like taking all the crayons out of the box, leaving myself just four to play with and seeing what I could draw with that"
Interview: "If you don’t wanna sound like Eddie, don’t do any taps, harmonics, divebombs or whammy bar stuff.”
