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!
Summer NAMM News: Reverend Guitars
Well, truth be told, Penny, Ken, and Joe of Reverend Guitars are true Guardians who support this site, but they also make awesome guitars (and pickups) that you should know about, so I’m certain... Read More
Is Gibson Picking the Wrong Fight?
OPINION It was great to go to Winter NAMM this past January and see all the energy in the Gibson booth—especially after the company had weathered bankruptcy, leadership changes, and scores of other ... Read More
Andy Summers Brings Multimedia Show to NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art
Presented in conjunction with the ongoing and pretty darn awesome Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Andy Summers is bringing his sim... Read More
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
