A truly free jazz player! Sonny Sharrock was an American Jazz player, one of few guitarists in the first wave of free jazz in the 60s. He was known for his heavily chorded attack and his highly amplified bursts of feedback. A peculiar thing was having a saxophone playing in harmony with the guitar line […]
Artists
Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson is an English musician and producer that has had an extensive career in both fields! He is best known for being the founder, lead guitarist and singer of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, which is an amazing band! He is also involved with many different projects and bands such as No-Man and Blackfield, […]
MXR Slash’s Octave Fuzz
Two legendary and timeless icons of rock music—Slash and MXR Innovations—have teamed up to deliver the Slash Octave Fuzz. It features a searing Fuzz tone coupled with a separate Sub Octave voice and an Octave Up Fuzz, all for thickening up your tone with a sinister growl. With an array of external and internal controls, […]
Walk Off The Earth
One guitar, four men and one woman… What can five people do with only one guitar? Can you and four more friends play like Walk Off the Earth do? Walk Off The Earth is a band that has become famous over the past year thanks to Youtube and of course, their great renditions of popular […]
Danny Godinez
“Progressive dreamy acoustic guitar” If you live in Seattle, you probably already know Danny Godinez, I have heard that he is pretty famous out there… and after seeing his touring schedule, I can see he is a busy guitarist around the Seattle area. I can’t see why he wouldn’t, he is a guitar freak! A […]
Edgar Cruz’s Bohemian Rhapsody
For some reason I have been very attracted lately to classical guitar. I think it simply sounds beautiful. The other day while doing some work at home, I put my iTunes on shuffle and suddenly a beautiful acoustic guitar started playing through the speakers with a very aggressive yet lovely melody and pattern. At first […]
Rush´s Alex Lifeson
More than 30 years of progressive Rock and still going! Alex Lifeson is one of those guitarists that were, are and will be a very important part of music history and especially Rock and Progressive Rock. Who doesn’t know the Canadian band called RUSH? If you don’t, well, boy you are missing something very important, […]
Wayne Krantz
Wayne Krantz is an American jazz fusion guitarist. He has played with top artists such as Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham, and others, but is most active as a solo performer. Interested in his sound and gear? His main guitar is a slightly modded Tyler Studio Elite w/ Suhr Vintage single coils, Duncan Full […]
Richie Kotzen
I am sure you have heard of the band called Poison or Mr. Big, they were/are two American hard rock bands which contributed to the Glam Rock-Metal scene at the end of the 80s and beginning of the 1990s. Richie Kotzen played the guitar for both bands. He recorded one album with Poison in 1993 […]
Guitarists We love!
Everyone has their own favorite things in life… basically everything can be hierarchical according to your taste. What’s your taste in guitarists? Who is on your favorite guitarists list? It is a tough question I know… You know how there is always a top 10 of amazing solos, rock solos, great guitarists, etc. Or how […]