Arteconciencias: “People come up to me and say, ‘Man, you’re keeping the blues alive!’ I’m like, ‘You don’t even know that’s the worst thing you could say to me’”: Mixing Blind Willie Johnson covers with Slayer-inspired shred, Buffalo Nichols is no blues traditionalist

“I never wanted to be a violinist. I wanted to play electric guitar with smoke bombs and flash pots and Marshall stacks”: Yngwie Malmsteen says he is definitely not a frustrated classical player | Legend of Zelda-inspired fret-burner gallops and drunken bends: This week's essential guitar tracks | Have your say and win a $350 Ticketmaster gift card by taking our quick survey

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October 20, 2023

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“I never wanted to be a violinist. I wanted to play electric guitar with smoke bombs and flash pots and Marshall stacks”: Yngwie Malmsteen says he is definitely not a frustrated classical player

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The virtuoso takes issue with the misconception that he wanted to be anything other than a smoking shred guitarist

Legend of Zelda-inspired fret-burner gallops and drunken bends: This week's essential guitar tracks

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Usher in the weekend with must-hear cuts from Brittany Howard, Dead Poet Society, Kurt Vile, DragonForce, IDLES, and more

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"People come up to me and say, 'Man, you're keeping the blues alive!' I'm like, 'You don't even know that's the worst thing you could say to me'": Mixing Blind Willie Johnson covers with Slayer-inspired shred, Buffalo Nichols is no blues traditionalist

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He avoids pentatonic cliches at all costs and thinks too many solos are "a problem in the blues" – now Buffalo Nichols is taking the genre in radical new directions with the help of heavily effected resonators and his "secret tuning"

"Martin Barre had a Strat and it was on the stage one day – I picked it up and plugged it into my amp. Immediately, I thought, 'I like the voicing of that…'": Robin Trower looks back on making some of guitar's most influential recordings

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The Stratocaster master reflects on his first encounter with Fender's finest, and the days when guitar-led power trios shook the foundations with high-decibel progressive rock

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"It wouldn't have worked!" Keith Richards on why Jeff Beck wasn't the right fit for the Rolling Stones, his 5-string Telecaster, and Paul McCartney's bass carnage

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In a new interview, featured in the latest issue of Guitar Player, Keef opens up about the loss of Charlie Watts, Jeff Beck, playing with McCartney, and this theory on why his 5-string Telecaster works

Steve Vai was stunned when he heard him, Joe Bonamassa says he's reinvented the guitar, and Al Di Meola says that it "would take lifetimes to catch up with him." Meet Matteo Mancuso, the man who's light years ahead of us all

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When it comes to improvisation, Italy's fingerstyle fusion maestro is leaving the best players in the world in the dust

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