As tiny fingers tipped in blue nail polish attack the frets in a blur, you understand why Michael Jackson cast 24-year-old Orianthi as the guitarist on his "This is It" tour. The girl shreds.

Fretless guitar virtuoso Ilya Franciosi tackles Ed’s tricky solo flawlessly to demonstrate what’s possible with the instrument ...

At just 19, Michael Jackson was already a household name ... I said, ‘Okay, great,’” he tells Guitar World. “He puts in a little cassette tape, and he sings the solo and records it.

showed it to Michael, and he liked it so much that he left it on the song as the intro.” Jackson’s fellow Motown alum Robinson asked Santana to play guitar on his 2009 tune “Please Don’t ...