For decades now, ex-Megadeth guitarist and American breakfast cereal truther Marty Friedman has been regarded as an absolute shredder. Dave Mustaine considers him the best he’s ever worked with and he ...

Guitar solos – we love them. A great guitar solo can elevate a great song to the higher level. And many of us can learn a lot the skills and styles of the idols that managed that rare combination. In ...

Let’s not waste any time here. Paste staff and contributors came together to build a definitive ranking of the greatest ...

The iconic guitar solos in 'Sweet Home Alabama' would've been taken out if producer Al Kooper had gotten his way. Luckily, he ...

Produced by laudable guitarist/composer Joel Harrison and the Alternative Guitar Summit, The Middle of Everywhere: Guitar Solos Vol. 1 is a compelling exploration of the intersections between jazz, ...

Johnny Franck of Bilmuri has issued a call-out for a solo – and some high-profile names have already submitted their entry ...

Even among groups with multiple guitarists. Often, one covers the rhythm parts while the other takes the lead. For example, Izzy Stradlin and Slash from Guns N’ Roses, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett ...

Spitz’s Led Zeppelin: The Biography details how Page got his first guitar. When his family moved to Epsom in Surrey, England in the 1950s, he found a guitar had been left behind. According to the book ...

It’s wrongly said he didn’t play on his band’s first two albums. Aware of his “clumsy” approach to solos, he took lessons ...

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...

In a few days Paste will stake its claim on who the “greatest guitarist of all time” is, but first we have to talk about the ...

Earlier this month, Loudwire reported on Metallica’s Kirk Hammett discussing why “non-musicians” are unlikely to “remember guitar solos.” Naturally, his comment(s) proved controversial, and now fellow ...