As an editor at Guitar Player between 2002 and 2014, I interviewed hundreds of guitarists and other artists—from megastars to the comparatively obscure. Each interview was enlightening in its own way, but some were particularly rewarding and even transcendent. Here are my 50 favorites. —BC
Eivind Aarset (Dec 10)
Rez Abbasi (New Products 10)
John Abercrombie (Aug 04)
Jeff Beck (Cover Story Sep 03)
Adrian Belew (Jun 08)
Pierre Bensusan (Holiday 13)
Bill Bruford Talks Guitar (Jun 09)
Eric Clapton (Cover Story May 04)
Nels Cline (Cover Story Mar 05)
Ry Cooder (Cover Story May 03)
Steve Cropper (Nov 08)
Paco de Lucia (Jun 04)
Robert Fripp (Jun o3)
Bill Frisell (Oct 13)
John Frusciante (Cover Story Nov 06)
David Gilmour (Cover Story Jan 09)
Gary Green (Dec 05)
Steve Hackett (Dec 03)
Peter Hammill (Apr 06)
Jimmy Herring (Cover Story Dec 12)
Allan Holdsworth (Cover Story Apr 08)
Allan Holdsworth & John McLaughlin (Oct 05)
Steve Howe (Jul 08)
Tony Iommi (Cover Story Jan 10)
John Jorgenson (Dec 04)
Henry Kaiser (Feb 14)
Phil Keaggy (Oct 06)
Mike Keneally (Jun 10)
Mark Knopfler (Jan 03)
Wayne Krantz (Jul 12)
Daniel Lanois (Feb 05)
Nguyên Lê (Oct 12)
Alex Machacek (May 10)
Harry Manx (Dec 08)
Johnny Marr (Cover Story Feb 03)
John McLaughlin (Feb 04)
John Renbourn (Jun 11)
Omar Rodriguez Lopez (Cover Story Feb 10)
Kurt Rosenwinkel (Apr 13)
Ray Russell (Nov 13)
Terje Rypdal (Sep 06)
John Scofield (Nov 05)
Elliott Sharp (Apr 07)
Mike Stern (Oct 09)
Martin Taylor (Nov 08)
David Torn (Jun 07)
Ralph Towner (Jun 06)
Steven Wilson (Cover Story Aug 12)
Mark Wingfield (Mar 09)
Zakk Wylde (Cover Story Mar 04)