gear talk Archives – Page 3 of 7

July 1, 2015

Ryan Peake: Nickelback's Guitar Quarterback

If you’ve tuned into rock radio anytime within the past 15 years, there’s no doubt that you’ve been exposed to one or more of Nickelback’s ...

Drummers & Percussionist FS, Feature Stories

June 5, 2015

byScott Kahn

Gavin Harrison: Cheating the Laws of Drumming Physics

In the world of technical rock/progressive/fusion drumming, the “best of the best” list is a short one, filled with names such as Peart, Portnoy, and ...

Feature Stories, Guitar Player FS

September 1, 2014

byScott Kahn

Paul Gilbert: Humble Shredder Pushes Stones Uphill

Paul Gilbert is one of the great guitar heroes who need little introduction. Whether you first discovered his insane shredding mayhem in the speed metal ...

Bass Player FS, Feature Stories

June 4, 2014

byScott Kahn

Rob Giles: The Other Dude From Circa Zero

Rob Giles of The Rescues has a familiar sounding voice, presumably because if you watch popular, prime time, network television shows, there’s a fair chance ...

Feature Stories, Guitar Player FS

June 1, 2014

byScott Kahn

Andy Summers: Guitar Hero

Andy Summers hardly needs an introduction. As the guitar playing third of legendary rock band, The Police, Summers took melodic and textural guitar playing to ...

Feature Stories, Keyboard Player FS

January 6, 2014

byScott Kahn

Jordan Rudess: He's so Busy, No Wonder He Plays So Damn Fast!

How do we introduce the man we seem to interview with more regularity than any other major league keyboard player? Yes, we sat down once ...

Bass Player FS, Feature Stories

January 4, 2014

byScott Kahn

Getting to the Bottom with Bassist John Myung

Throughout the decades, Dream Theater co-founder and bassist extraordinaire, John Myung, has dazzled the musical community with his command of the bass guitar. Playing all ...

Feature Stories, Guitar Player FS

September 1, 2013

byScott Kahn

Marco Sfogli: Truly ReMarcoble Guitarist

Marco Sfogli’s name may not be on the tip of the tongue for aspiring shredders worldwide yet, but it certainly deserves to be. If you’re ...

Feature Stories, Guitar Player FS

January 1, 2013

byScott Kahn

Prashant Aswani: Shredder of Epic Proportions

MusicPlayers.com feature stories tend to focus on musicians of interest to other serious musicians, so it should come as little surprise that our latest sit-down ...