One of the hottest guitarists in the R&B world and the founder of Kerry’s Kamp tuition school, here’s the lowdown on Kerry “2Smooth” Marshall

Praised by Steve Vai as “the future of exceptional guitar playing” and now an endorsee of Neural DSP and Strandberg, we give you the lowdown on the Australian virtuoso, Plini

Mixing a classic approach with her own blend of neo-soul, here’s all you need to know about the Nashville singer-songwriter.

With his wife on bass, and twin brothers manning the kit and the second guitar spot, Year Of The Knife’s Brandon Watkins keeps it in the family in the search for brutal slices of straight-edge hardcore.

The second of Warm Audio’s uncompromising remakes of out-there 1970s pedals involves phase, fuzz… and 2.1kg of chunky retro goodness.

REM’s eighth album may not have been the strident mainstream rock record many expected as a follow-up to 1991’s breakthrough Out Of Time, but it’s a refined, multifaceted masterwork that pointed the way for a generation of alternative guitar bands.

A rock ’n’ roll machine at heart with switching options that could make it the ultimate session player’s guitar.

An album that spawned entire genres, influenced countless bands and altered the course of rock ’n’ roll history has taken its deserved place in the hall of fame. But its guitar-fuelled soundscape still sounds just as avant-garde and dangerous over 50 years on from its release.

With his unmistakeable fingerstyle playing, Mark Knopfler is in the pantheon of British guitar greats. Here’s a guide to his gear and a playlist that goes beyond the huge hits.

If your acoustic has a built-in preamp (as many do these days) and you want to amplify your sound, you can plug direct into...

Back at NAMM 2020 we encountered Positive Grid’s revolutionary Spark smart amp, and in the months since it has become a bona fide phenomenon...

The late Peter Green was unquestionably one of the blues-guitar greats. Yet as his prolific early career progressed from the Bluesbreakers and on to Fleetwood Mac, his prodigious talent revealed itself in many other ways, too.

In part two of our look at the chord shapes and sequences which define Paul Simon’s sound, we focus on his early years as a solo artist.

Continuing our journey through the guitar styles of the legendary Three Kings, this time it’s the turn of Flying V-toting blue icon Albert.

In the final part of his intro to country guitar, Nashville sessioneer David Henricksson puts it all together with a pair of solos to master.

With a long career involving unpredictable twists, turns and collaborations Paul Simon is one of the most successful songwriters of the last 60 years. We take a look at the chord shapes and sequences which define his sound.