100 Guitarists

Yngwie Malmsteen’s Most Shredding Record

Yngwie Malmsteen has had a long career, so if you don't have time for the whole discography, there’s one record that every guitar player owes it to themselves to rock out

How Radiohead Changed the Sound of the Electric Guitar

If you know Dan Steinhardt from That Pedal Show and The GigRig, you might also know he’s a huge Radiohead (and Oasis) fan! He’s even worked with the band (particularly Ed

The Joe Bonamassa Debate

Is Joe Bonamassa a guitarist you should know? On this episode, we’re sussing out our thoughts on this hotly contested question, which we’ve been discussing off-mic since

Steve Vai on All Things Satch

On our last episode, we had Joe Satriani join us to talk about his long history with his old pal Steve Vai. In celebration of the new SATCHVAI band, we've made this a two

Satch on Vai

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have one of the deepest guitar-shredding relationships in the 6-string universe. Famously, Satch was Steve Vai’s guitar teacher back in their L

Slash: The Most Iconic Les Paul Player?

PG Editorial Director Richard Bienstock has interviewed Slash more than a few times throughout the last couple decades. So, we’ve called on him to join us in celebrating

Willie Nelson and Trigger with Ray Benson

One of the many things that Willie Nelson and his trusty Martin nylon-string, Trigger, have in common is their truly unmistakable voices. And Willie’s laid back, behind-t

Chuck Berry: The Original Rock 'n' Roller with Jason Sinay

Singer-songwriter Jason Sinay, maybe best known for his work alongside Mike Campbell in Dirty Knobs, joins us to talk about the most foundational rock ’n’ roll guitarist

Chris Shiflett Went Way Back with Ace Frehley

To celebrate the late great Space Ace, we called up PG’s favorite Kiss fan, Chris Shiflett. On at least one of your 100 Guitarists hosts’ favorite episode of Shred with S

Robert DeLeo on Aerosmith: “They Raised Me”

When it comes to rockin’ ’n’ rollin’, it doesn’t get more classic than Aerosmith. Guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford have spent decades bouncing their riffs off each

Talkin’ John Scofield with Adam Levy

John Scofield is undeniably one of the preeminent forces in contemporary jazz guitar. Along with a few of his peers—see Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern—he modernize

Adrian Belew’s Wildest Sounds

Adrian Belew has spent his career on the cutting edge of guitar sounds, inventing the most forward-thinking tones to ever appear on record. His work as a solo artist and

Joe Walsh: The Classic Classic Rock Guitarist with Greg Koch

When you think of classic rock guitar, what do you hear? Who is the most classic of all classic rock guitarists? We have a theory, and we tapped Greg Koch, the hard-touri

Jimmy Herring: ARU, Panic, and Beyond

This week, hosts Nick Millevoi and the shamelessly biased Jason Shadrick dive deep—much, much deeper than Nick ever imagined he would go—into the vast discography of the

Guitarist Mike Scott Tells Us All the Prince Stories

Hit-making guitarist Mike Scott—who’s worked with everyone from Justin Timberlake to Janet Jackson—showed up in Minneapolis from his hometown of D.C. and started snatchin

Jimi Hendrix Sonic Scholar Andy Aledort

We figure Jimi Hendrix is easily the most discussed guitarist of all time. And at this point, there are probably few, if any, stones left unturned. So for our Hendrix epi

Deep Divin’ on the Allmans with Alan Paul

As a longtime music journalist and author of the Allman Brothers books One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band and Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Br

Les Paul Is Everywhere

When you think about the most name-checked guitarist of all time, who do you think of? Hendrix? EVH? Good guesses, but we think it’s gotta be Waukesha, Wisconsin’s own Le

Peter Frampton and the Best Long Solo of the ’70s

You already know about Peter Frampton’s use of the Talk Box and the wild success of Frampton Comes Alive. On this episode of 100 Guitarists, we’re celebrating those thing

Nobody Can Keep Up with Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy’s high-energy, crowd-strolling performances set the bar for every electric blues and blues rock guitarist who came after him. And that includes Jimi Hendrix. Bu