“I've potentially lost my income, my career, my life's passion.” Acoustic virtuoso Jon Gomm on the stage fall that stopped his guitar playing

You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Acoustic guitar virtuoso Jon Gomm is learning that lesson firsthand: For the ...
Guitar World on MSN

Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready explains why switching to digital modeling improved his guitar playing

For the Seattle greats’ most recent tour, McCready was running a digital rig with FRFR cabs. And he says it has sharpened his ...
The Cheat Sheet

Jimmy Page Once Explained ‘What’s So Cool’ About All Guitar Playing, and He Has a Point

Many rock guitarists who came after Led Zeppelin looked up to and found inspiration in Page’s guitar playing. The memorable riffs and all-time great solos put him in the pantheon of rock gods. Yet ...
MetalSucks

To Marty Friedman, Playing Guitar is Just Like Fu*king

Banging. Porking. Doin’ the horizontal cha-cha. There are tons of ways to talk about fucking without actually saying it, but a new one might have emerged from a recent Ultimate Guitar interview with ...
9to5Mac

Want to learn guitar, bass, ukelele with your extra time? Check out the Fender Play iOS app

Looking to pick up a new skill with the extra time on your hands? Follow along for a look at how to learn to play guitar, bass, and ukelele with the Fender Play app on iPhone and iPad, as well as some ...
American Songwriter

3 Songs From 1972 That Changed Guitar Playing Forever

Guitar playing is, and will always be, a mainstay in rock music. Though it’s taken many forms, the genre was built around the guitar. Throughout the decades, a particular guitar sound has had the ...