Author: Michael Molenda
Founder of Guardians of Guitar. Longest-serving Editor in Chief of GUITAR PLAYER (1997-2018). Long live Link Wray and Mick Ronson!
Guitars, Jimi Hendrix, and the Uniting Vibration of Music
Guitar Guinness World Record Festival founder Leszek Cichoński (center) and Michael Jackson/Jeff Beck guitarist Jennifer Batten (far left) onstage before 7,423 guitar-wielding participants in Wroclaw... Read More
Spread the Universal Vibration! Win a Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 V2!
Spreading the univibe in Wroclaw Poland, May 1, 2018 (left to right) — Andrzej Nowak, LeBurn Maddox, me, Leszek Cichoński, David Price Leszek Cichoński is not only the founder of the annual Guitar... Read More
Who Says Guitar Solos are “Finished?”
More click bait from the corporate revenue hounds at RollingStone.com? Sigh. Yep. It’s right here. CLICK TO READ. Publishing is tough these days, and that’s no joke. (I mean, I was “... Read More
Moves Like Jagger
I truly believed that rock and roll would keep me forever young. And it has. At heart. Of course, the myth of rock immortality didn’t fare so well. That perception went down in flames after the ... Read More
Why Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp Is Important
Well, let’s first get all the cards on the table… Recently, I have been doing social-network posting for Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, and, as a result, I can be considered a friendly witnes... Read More
A Beginner’s Guide to Alternate Tuning
Solo artist, rockin’ guitarist, songwriter, author of Guitar for Girls [Hal Leonard], and first-generation Guardian of Guitar Ali Handal is offering her second Play Better lesson for the site—... Read More
Carlos Santana Releases New Song
Carlos Santana’s supreme love of music continues to inspire shifts and turns from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist’s muse. Although the unmistakable imprint of his guitar tone has ... Read More
Dick Dale Did Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
[Dale performing at the Viper Room, Los Angeles on June 2, 2018] Like his relentless and unstoppable guitar playing, Dick Dale liked to talk loud and fast and carpet-bomb listeners with flurries of i... Read More