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“If James Burton recorded that song one more time, it would not have sounded the same. They caught lightning in a bottle”: An all-star guitar panel choose their Telecaster Mount Rushmore – its greatest players, their greatest tracks

Pros pick their favorite Tele riffs and solos and decide who should be carved into that massive “Telecaster Mount Rushmore” that exists only in our deranged minds

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“An unlikely combo of samba and shred – it shouldn’t work but it kinda does”: March 2026 Guitar World Editors’ Picks

Collaborative instrumental greatness from six-string aces new and old (SatchVai), bossa nova guitar bliss, sublime slide work, swashbuckling 12-bar blues... we've had it all this month

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“A single-note solo played over just bass and drums runs the risk of sounding empty… The solution is to include some chord tones”: How to use triads in blues solos like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix

When you’re the only guitarist in the band, triads are your best friends in a guitar solo – and Hendrix and SRV were the masters

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"You only get one shot to do this correctly and I think we nailed it": Joe Bonamassa announces all-star tribute to B.B. King

B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 features Buddy Guy, Slash, Keb' Mo', Larkin Poe, Jimmie Vaughan, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and many more

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Learn the greatest licks from over 100 years of trailblazing blues guitarists, from Robert Johnson to B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales and more

These 15 must-learn licks take you from blues guitar's acoustic beginnings to its electric present day

Guitar World

The blues guitar highlights of 2023: our favourite artists, performances and albums – featuring Jared James Nichols, Jackie Venson, Eric Clapton, Kingfish, Nat Myers, Eric Gales, Samantha Fish, Buddy Guy and more

New and old school: a blues masterclass is in session

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Kirk Fletcher makes a triumphant return to the stage following his recent stroke – and his blues chops were in full working order as he jammed with Joe Bonamassa in Tulsa

The modern blues maestro suffered a stroke onstage in July, with Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith launching a fundraising auction to support Fletcher with his medical bills

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Few players are doing more to write the future of blues guitar than Kirk Fletcher – banish clichés with his tasty soloing style

Kirk Fletcher is destroying clichés one lick at a time, and this tab and audio lesson takes an in-depth look at his style

Guitar World

“Please do what you can to help our brother”: Joe Bonamassa launches fundraiser in support of Kirk Fletcher following onstage stroke

A Fender signature amp from JoBo's personal collection and a Les Paul signed by some of today's biggest blues artists are being sold to raise funds for Fletcher's ongoing medical care

Guitar World

Joe Bonamassa has collaborated with some of today’s finest blues players – learn their soloing secrets with this epic lesson

The JoBo Rolodex is filled with top blues guitar talent, and here we explore seven solo examples inspired by close contacts Eric Gales, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kirk Fletcher and many more

Guitar World

Joe Bonamassa just dropped a new single – and it features one of his “best-ever guitar solos”

Twenty-Four Hour Blues is the lead single from Bonamassa's upcoming album, Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, which features Josh Smith and Kirk Fletcher

Guitar World

Kirk Fletcher offers a blues guitar lesson on the different ways to start your solos in the minor pentatonic scale

Positions, launching points and target notes

MusicRadar

How to use chords in a blues guitar solo

We all think of the blues solo in terms of which notes sit atop which chords, but reversing that proposition – and building chords into the solo itself – generates some tasty new phrasing ideas

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