THE GREATEST GUITAR ALBUMS OF ALL TIME - The 70s

Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon. But the guitar music of the 70s was dominated by the giants of rock - Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and mightiest of all, Led Zeppelin...

"WHEN YOU WRITE A GREAT SONG, YOU GET CHILLS!"

Vance Joy is a modern singer-songwriter fingerstylist who keeps cranking out hits - but doesn't care what gear he uses to make them

TC ELECTRONIC SCF GOLD

TC's triple threat returns

BOSS RE-2 €199

The long-rumoured compact Space Echo arrives!

EPIPHONE JERRY CANTRELL 'WINO' LES PAUL CUSTOM AND CUSTOM PROPHECY

Epiphone unveil their affordable version of the Alice In Chains guitarist's 'Wino' Custom, as well as a signature Custom Prophecy in Bone White. We take both instruments for a test drive...

The Genius of Gilmour In 20 Songs

"He has this perfect guitar tone, whether it's acoustic or electric”

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “We're searching for that perfect melody”

How the three guitarists in Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever create an epic, filmic sound

“You get this huge spread that's not possible on a six-string...”

The eight-string guitar opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Two of its leading exponents – Mårten Hagström of Meshuggah and Tosin Abasi from Animals as Leaders – Reveal all

“I have this whole other side of my musical personality”

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is exploring new sounds on his first solo project. His aim: “to do something that’s never been done before…”

We Have No Amps-and Crappy Guitars!

Inside the Lo-fi World of Alt-rockers Momma

“Less is more”

For singer-songwriter Grace Cummings, playing guitar is all about serving the song...

“SOMEONE WOULD COUNT IN OR START PLAYING... AND THEN YOU'D JUST FLY!”

MY LIFE IN PINK FLOYD – AND BEYOND. DAVID GILMOUR: IN HIS OWN WORDS...

“The solo in Comfortably Numb is actually a first take!”

INSIDE THE WORLD OF DAVID GILMOUR AND PINK FLOYD, BY PRODUCER BOB EZRIN

YAMAHA RSS02T £649

Yamaha’s Revstar range gets a serious makeover and much more

LINE 6 DL4 MKII £279

A new, updated version of the classic multi-footswitch delay pedal

FENDER PARAMOUNT PD-220E £649

A new benchmark?

Molly Tuttle – "If you know three chords you can strum along!"

Molly Tuttle reckons that pretty much anyone can play bluegrass music. But as a renowned virtuoso, she likes to bend the rules. "It's fun," she says, "to stretch the limits..."

How to create a rock anthem by Def Leppard

Guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell on the art of the stadium rock banger. Rule number one: "Respect the melody..."

I like the freedom to experiment

Tips on songwriting, gear and tone, by Grant Nicholas of Feeder

The Many Faces of Jack White

Innovator. Visionary. Gearhead. And a guitar hero like no other. Jack White is all of these things and more...

Jack White – I'm the proudest I've been in my life of my guitar playing

As two new solo albums illustrate the breadth of his art, Jack White believes that he's reaching a new peak as a guitarist. "There are places I've never gone before," he says, "and techniques I thought I wasn't capable of doing...”

Russell Lissack – "I do as much with my feet as I do with my hands!"

Bloc Party's lead guitarist Russell Lissack has two of the most complex pedalboards ever amassed. So how many pedals did he have when making the band's new album? "Probably a hundred," he laughs...

THEM TONES!

EPIPHONE UNVEILS A BRACE OF JERRY CANTRELL LES PAULS

RIFF LESSONS

Get inside Jack White's playing style from past to present

PEDAL SHOPPING-PING-PING!

Build your 'board with TG's delay pedal recommendations...

MAESTRO INVADER DISTORTION

Naturally-voiced distortion - with or without gain

TRACK BY TRACK Fear Of The Dawn

The tones and techniques of Jack's eclectic new album

DELAY TACTICS

Transform your tone with the atmosphere, rhythm and space that only a delay pedal can give

Jack White and the retro future of guitar

What can we learn from Jack's gear? Looking through his collection, it's clear he is at once the junk store aficionado and the nutty professor, chasing tones that exist out of the pop-cultural timeline...

JET GUITARS JS-400

Can a high spec and a low price tag co-exist? Jet Guitars argues the case