Video masterclass mika tyyskä: rodeo road

Why are more and more guitar builders making their own pickups, wonders Dave Burrluck, and does it affect us players who are used to decades-old designs road-tested by giants?

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Discoballs! Foxes! Monsters! Babymetal, their guests, and a Harvard music lecturer break down every track on new album Metal Forth

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

A monthly look at must-hear artists from all corners of the guitar world, from the roots of their sound to the tracks that matter most

With his trusty Fender Strat in hand and at a young 64, Bob Mould is an evergreen icon of alt and indie guitar – and he’s back with a new solo album