SMG recently spoke to L.A. native and Master Luthier Michael Peters about going from being a touring guitarist, to sought after builder of custom axes....

By the age of 15, Brian was knee deep in The Police, AC/DC, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, ZZ Top and Jimi Hendrix....

Michael Gulezian is one of the most highly acclaimed solo acoustic instrumental guitarists of our time. Michael began playing acoustic guitar at the age of six. He never took formal lessons....

HeXe Henderson's musical influences include rock guitar heros like Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Roy Buchanan, Jeff Beck, The Ventures, and Lonny Mack....

Gretchen Menn donned a school boy uniform for a few years as Agnes Young in AC/DShe, abusing a violin bow frequently in Zepparella, the San Francisco Zeppelin

18-year old music prodigy Josh Gooch has a photographic and audiophonic memory which allow him to visualize how a song "looks" on the guitar once he has heard it....

As a youngster, Wootton had been fascinated by Johnny Cash’s early hits, especially the distinctive lead guitar. While playing the records over and over, he trained himself to play along, note for note....

What do you get when you mix Ansel Adams and Randy Rhoads into one....

He plays guitar in a low tuning of his own invention, he plays a bass line while alternating a slap-string right hand style with rhythmic accents on the off-beats, playing the guitar-top like a drum....

Tom Stanton is an accomplished guitarist, writer, arranger, producer and performer most well known for his masterful surf guitar....