As the Beatles return to the screen this week, we recall the guitarist whose gear choices, chord changes and lead lines ...

From Jimi Hendrix to Cream, Carlos Santana names the four greatest guitar solos of all time, tracing their roots from the ...

In the 1980s, Stevie Ray Vaughan was arguably the sole figure responsible for the resurrection of blues rock ‘n’ roll. The classic songs released by SRV that helped him accomplish this feat include ...

To this day, these three guitar solos from the 1970s leave fans scratching their heads and drooling at the mouth.

Chaquico stood his ground. He loved the solo, and wasn't in the mood for taking the scalpel to it. The stand-off went to a ...

Plenty of things make Pink Floyd a unique band. But across psychedelia, piercing social commentary, or rockstar tragedy, one ...

When the world lost Prince on April 21, it didn't just lose an amazing singer, it lost one of the most important guitarists of this generation. Listen to any one of Prince's guitar solos, and you will ...

While we often celebrate the works of great guitarists from the past on Loudwire's Gear Factor, it's also important to spotlight the next generation. Here, our focus turns to Sammy Boller, who ...

When you feel like sounding like a rockstar without working too hard, you should try one of the songs on our list of 11 easiest electric guitar solos that sound good. I would love to be able to play a ...

The more trained you are, the more you ought to rely on your instincts. Kirk Hammett found that when musing over his greatest ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Guitarist and former Megadeth member Marty Friedman has a theory for why streaming music subscribers are reportedly skipping past guitar solos when they listen to songs. It's unclear where he saw the ...