Puddle of Mudd is one of those bands I put in the same category as Black Stone Cherry -- full on rock that makes you want to pick up a guitar and play along.

Whenever I want to shock my buddies with a tune, I throw on Buckcherry’s hit, “Too Drunk...” It always does the trick! What amazes me about Buckcherry is that they have some incredibly funny songs, but yet it’s also great rock and roll. A hard beat, really good guitar tone and lyrics that make people laugh.

I love John Hiatt. His bluesy, soulful guitar playing and songwriting on albums like Slow Turning will soothe your savage soul if you’re having one of those bad days. The 56-year-old Hiatt has been around the music industry for 35 years and is still rocking.

Sure, there’s nothing more gratifying than coining a riff or a style that seems distinctly your own, but most of the world’s best guitarists developed their defining sound by first emulating many other guitarists. Here are 26 feature stories with detailed information about how to achieve the tone of some of the most iconic guitarists in the world.

Metalcore band In This Moment have truly seen a rise to the big time in a short period of time. It hasn’t been long since they began in 2005 and already they were opening for Ozzy Osbourne in 2008.

If I said we were going to take a look at Robert Deal’s guitar tone, you probably wouldn’t be reading this article. However, put Mick Mars’s name in there and here you are.

Ever since we started our exclusive FREE guitar lessons from the incomparable Arlen Roth earlier this year, we’ve received countless emails from readers requesting the tablatures. Well, you’ve spoken and now we’ve listened. Starting today, every new lesson from Arlen Roth will be accompanied by its very own tablature in PDF format. Simply click on the “Download PDF” button and up pops an easy-to-read tablature file with everything you need to follow Arlen’s lesson. If it doesn’t pop up right away, you’ll need a program like Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it, which is free and downloadable straight from Adobe.

Green Day are perhaps one of the rawest groups out there these days. Not because of their punk roots, but because that’s the way they’ve always been and success hasn’t changed them.

Is there a greater picture of pure rock and roll than Ace Frehley in late 1977 with his flaming Gibson Les Paul standing in front of a stack of Marshalls? I think you’d be hard pressed to find one, especially during the era when KISS released one of the greatest live albums of all time, Alive II.

West Virginia native Brad Paisley is another of the modern artists that has successfully made the crossover from country to pop. Along the way, he’s also made quite a name for himself as a guitar player.