James Hetfield James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963) is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in…
Charlie Christian If you have to name one person as being the originator of the modern jazz guitar style, it would have to be Charlie Christian. He was also the first musician to popularize the electric guitar as a lead instrument. Christian was an important early performer on the electric guitar and a key figure…
Misha Mansoor MishaMansoor (born October 31, 1984) also known as Bulb. Djent forefather and speed demon MishaMansoor has gained widespread accaim as the mastermind behind the axe-centric progressive metal band Periphery. Playlist 3 Videos Juggernaut HT6FM Electric Guitar 2:59 Bulb 3:29 Talks About His Jackson Signature Pro Series Guitars 4:42 Mansoor cites several musicians as…
Dick Dale Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverberation. Dale was known as “The King of the Surf Guitar”, which was also the title of…
Earl Klugh Earl Klugh (/kluː/ KLOO; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. At the age of six, Klugh commenced training on the piano until he switched to the guitar at the age of ten. At the age of thirteen, Klugh was captivated by the guitar playing of Chet Atkins when…
Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country-rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed…