Amit Sharma
Amit has been writing for titles like Total Guitar, MusicRadar and Guitar World for over a decade and counts Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govan and Jeff Beck among his primary influences. He's interviewed everyone from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy to Slash and Jimmy Page, and once even traded solos with a member of Slayer on a track released internationally. As a session guitarist, he's played alongside members of Judas Priest and Uriah Heep in London ensemble Metalworks, as well as handling lead guitars for legends like Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols, The Faces) and Stu Hamm (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, G3).
Latest articles by Amit Sharma
Slipknot’s Mick Thomson: my top 5 tips for guitarists
By Amit Sharma published
“Crazy shred guitar is only enjoyed by the person playing it and the other people trying to play it!”
Steve Vai: these are the 10 guitarists that blew my mind
By Amit Sharma published
"I very rarely agree with the term best guitar player, but if I had to say there was one, I would pick…"
Rig tour: Eric Gales
By Amit Sharma published
The hottest name in modern blues, Eric Gales, gives us an exclusive run through his current touring rig.
Rig tour: Lower Than Atlantis
By Amit Sharma published
Frontman Mike Duce and guitarist Ben Sansom walk us through the gear being used on the Safe In Sound tour…
Justin Meldal-Johnsen on his Fender Road Worn Mustang Bass: “It’s something that could really fill a void for people”
By Amit Sharma published
Session ace on the instrument that fuelled decades with Beck and countless other artists
Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen: “I haven’t practised guitar since 1967!”
By Amit Sharma published
Cheap Trick legend Rick Nielsen talks us through over four decades of rock’n’roll brilliance and getting to know his biggest guitar hero...
Gene Simmons: "Creating new music so people can download it for free does not appeal to me"
By Amit Sharma published
KISS legend on working with Bob Dylan and Van Halen for colossal The Vault boxset
Mike Dawes: this is how I arranged Metallica's One for one guitar
By Amit Sharma published
The British acoustic virtuoso Mike Dawes tells us how he perfected the art of one-man multitasking...
5 minutes alone: Seether's Shaun Morgan
By Amit Sharma published
Seether founder, guitarist and frontman Shaun Morgan opens up about his life in music…
Holy Communion: Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes on their long-awaited return
By Amit Sharma published
Black Country Communion songwriters Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes talk us through the story and sounds behind one of this year’s most unexpected comebacks…
Europe’s John Norum: my top 6 tips for guitarists
By Amit Sharma published
“If you have a good vibrato, it doesn’t matter how fast you are”
In pictures: Slipknot’s Mick Thomson shares his favourite guitars and gear from an extensive collection
By Amit Sharma published
In-depth with legendary amps, rare prototypes and much, much more...
Billy Corgan: “The gear should always support your vision”
By Amit Sharma published
Guitarist on acoustic solo album Ogilala, his guitar tracking secrets and Smashing Pumpkins reunion
The Darkness’s Justin Hawkins: my top 5 tips for guitarists
By Amit Sharma published
“A bum note played with true confidence can be powerful”
Rig tour: Dream Theater's John Petrucci
By Amit Sharma published
John Petrucci welcomes us onstage at Hammersmith Apollo for the Images And Words 25th anniversary tour
Stewart Copeland, Adrian Belew and Mark King on the chemistry that fuelled unlikely new supergroup, Gizmodrome
By Amit Sharma published
“There are too many drum fills and the guitars are insane!”
Session bass supremo Justin Meldal-Johnsen talks playing with Nine Inch Nails and Beck, and reveals his studio secrets
By Amit Sharma published
In-demand bassist and producer shares lessons learned
Fusion legend Scott Henderson: my top 5 tips for guitarists
By Amit Sharma published
“Widening your vocabulary is not about playing licks you’ve learned”
Def Leppard's Hysteria, 30 years on: "I’m going to have to go back in a time machine"
By Amit Sharma published
Bassist Rick 'Sav' Savage talks track-by-track
Andy McKee’s top 5 tips for guitarists
By Amit Sharma published
Acoustic whiz shares technique advice and top-secret alternate tunings
AFI's Jade Puget talks playing, history and essential gear
By Amit Sharma published
AFI’s Jade Puget explains how having the unlikeliest of guitar influences guided him through a different kind of punk and beyond…
Rich Robinson talks The Magpie Salute, creativity and The Black Crowes' end
By Amit Sharma published
The Crowe flys again
Plini talks technique, creative solos and that Vai endorsement
By Amit Sharma published
We meet Australian progressive fusion wizard Plini, whose tasteful musicianship and blistering talents made last year’s debut an absolute tour-de-force in modern instrumental guitar…
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