Guitarists

Juliette Valduriez is fast becoming a youtube hit and it’s no surprise to see why. Her stunning guitar performances are nothing short of sensational. This girl can do everything from Randy Rhoads to David Gilmour and often looks like she’s not even trying even in the most epic of guitar solos. Anyway I’m going to let Juliette’s fingers do the talking. Tell me your not impressed!

Check out this incredible performance of Michael Jackson’s Beat It from Andy Timmons and Steve Vai.

Now that the dust has settled, the bands are all on extremely good terms with each other and have been touring under the ‘Big 4′ banner in concerts around the globe. Before their show at New York’s Yankee Stadium, Rolling Stone managed to speak with the bands about how their history and ‘supposed’ rivalry over the years.

In another superb ‘Rig Rundown’ by Premier Guitar, Eric Johnson talks us through the guitars, amps and effects he uses in his live setup. The interview was shot on location at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Enjoy!

I think Eddie has had a lot of flack off the press in recent times so I thought it would be nice to show some great interviews with him talking about his guitars and amplifier setup

Van Halen are undeniably one of the most influential bands in hard rock. They were really one of the true super groups right from the outset and their first album is almost perfect from start to finish. Furthermore they had probably the greatest living rock guitarist at the helm, Eddie Van Halen.

Whitesnake has had it’s fair share of talented axe men over the years covering a range of styles from blues slide to fret melting hard rock. It’s also been one of those bands that has had more line-ups than hot dinners. Check out this list of Whitesnake’s greatest axe slingers.

Check out this incredible performance from Rodrigo y Gabriela with Alex Skolnick live in France. They look like they are having a lot of fun during the middle where they stop for an intense medley of different songs by Megadeath, Metallica, Iron Maiden and even the James Bond theme! This is pure class!

Vimeo have some great interviews with Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach of Whitesnake. Both guitarists talk about the new Whitesnake album Forevermore, what it’s like to be a guitar player in one of the world’s most iconic hard rock bands and the recording process.

These are some funny guitar video clips that will have you in stitches. 1. Mars Volta Shreds 2. Kiss Shreds 3. Eddie Van Halen has an off day 4. Steve Vai 5. Herman Ri and Sam Totman guitar lesson parody …

A wonderfully interesting interview from Phil Collen (Def Leppard, Manraze) about what it was like to work with Steve Clark. This has to be a must see for any hardcore Def Leppard fans out there

Following the release of his brilliant new album “All’s Well That Ends Well”, guitarist, vocalist, composer and producer Steve Lukather will play 3 rare UK concerts next week: