The top five kicked off with guitar "god" Eric Clapton, who's heading out on tour again this year, followed by hard rock ...

Even if Eric Clapton got all of his lessons from American music, he felt a kindred spirit in those preaching the good word of ...

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Let’s not waste any time here. Paste staff and contributors came together to build a definitive ranking of the greatest guitarists of all time. Here are 150 icons, forgotten heroes, and the best and ...

'Wordless stories of the soul': revisiting the genius of Jimi Hendrix.

There are two distinct halves in the history of music: before 2000 and after 2000. In a few days Paste will stake its claim on who the “greatest guitarist of all time” is, but first we have to talk ...

Forty-four years ago today, one of the greatest heavy metal guitarists in history died when a prank turned fatal.

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Imagine that legendary Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts calls up to say they’re getting the band back together, and they’d like you to join. Guitarist Warren Haynes got that call back in the ...

Richard Smith may be the best guitarist nobody’s ever heard of – but it’s probably best not to say so. If you did, you’d risk impassioned, if not actually violent, pushback from any guitar fan who ...

This one’s an obvious shoo-in for this list, considering “Money” is a serious fan favorite. This track is one of the greatest works in prog-rock to date, and part of what makes it so good is David ...

2026 is already proving to be an exciting year for all things guitars. However, a gamut of high-profile guitarists battling it out for a solo certainly wasn’t on my bucket list for the first week of ...