And if I would have taken lessons I probably wouldn't have done it, and what forced me to do all this weird stuff on the guitar was I... →
Eddie Van Halen
After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking... →
Kirk Hammett
If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.
It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.
Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.
I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a... →
I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out... →
When I got my first Marshall amp, it was so empowering. No one ever forgets their first Marshall amp if you're a guitar player pursuing a big... →
Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.
Ampeg made incredible guitar heads in the early Nineties and then stopped. And I don't know why. The one we used had a nice clean, warm sound... →