Watch Nuno Bettencourt shred Van Halen's Hot for Teacher – on a Strat
Late last month, Extreme electric guitar wizard Nuno Bettencourt sat down for a (very) wide-ranging conversation with YouTube guitar star Rick Beato. Among the many…
Indigo De Souza: “I was bullied a lot in school and had a really hard time. Guitar ended up being like a space of safety for me”
It’s not often we end up discussing existential questions in Total Guitar interviews, but raw honesty is essential to the music of Indigo De Souza.…
Nita Strauss and Yvette Young once traded signature guitars – but found each others’ designs damn-near unplayable
Nita Strauss has revealed that she and Yvette Young traded signature guitar models, only to find that each of them struggled to play the other’s…
Is the 4×12 guitar cabinet still relevant today?
We’ve all seen big stages where drum kits are flanked by walls of cabs, full stacks lined up as if to create a musical Stonehenge where…
Charvel Jim Root Signature Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 review
You need a specialised instrument when you are in Jim Root’s line of work. Slipknot demands a certain kind of sound. But just because Root needs…
Impressed by that double Whammy pedal footage? Jennifer Batten did it first
Guitar Instagram has been alight in recent months with footage of Sean Long’s innovative double-whammy technique – a dual-footed approach that uses two Whammy pedals…
Joe Bonamassa discusses living with his 500-strong guitar collection: “The sheer magnitude of it all would overwhelm even the most jaded collector”
Joe Bonamassa has said his vintage guitar gear collection now numbers some 500 guitars and 500 amps and runs to a total of around 1,000…
Zakk Wylde’s latest Pantera guitar is a tribute to Dimebag Darrell’s Dean From Hell – is a production model on the cards?
When Zakk Wylde was first announced as the guitarist for current lineup of Pantera, it was initially mooted he would use guitars that were given…
The biggest pickup drop of the year? Seymour Duncan unveils new Alex Skolnick, Warren DeMartini signature sets and the EVH-inspired Little '78
Seymour Duncan made a big splash at the 2023 NAMM show in April with the unveiling of its impressive HyperSwitch – an app-controlled selector switch…
Dave Mustaine thinks everyone has been using the whammy bar wrong – with two exceptions
Dave Mustaine has said that most people do not really know how to use a whammy bar, citing only two exceptions to the rule –…