“Do you see Taylor Swift shredding scales? I don’t think so”: Wolfgang Van Halen...
“Do you see Taylor Swift shredding scales? I don’t think so”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains why fans who expect him to shred like Eddie...
“Built to cut through any mix like a blade”: Seymour Duncan launches the Dino...
“Built to cut through any mix like a blade”: Seymour Duncan launches the Dino Cazares signature Machete humbucker
Seymour Duncan has teamed up with Fear...
Kurt Cobain’s $6 million MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E finds a permanent home at London’s...
Kurt Cobain’s $6 million MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E finds a permanent home at London’s Royal College of Music
Kurt Cobain’s famed Martin D-18E, the guitar...
The Guitar Influences of Eddie Van Halen
The Guitar Influences of Eddie Van Halen
Few guitarists have had more of an influence on modern rock and roll than Eddie Van Halen. His...
“My world came crumbling down right in front of me”: Original Arctic Monkeys bassist...
“My world came crumbling down right in front of me”: Original Arctic Monkeys bassist reveals the moment he was kicked out of the band
Back...
Warm Audio WA-TS Tube Squealer review: “it offers a great deal in a small...
Warm Audio WA-TS Tube Squealer review: “it offers a great deal in a small enclosure”
$149, warmaudio.com
Those loveable scamps at Warm Audio are back at...
DOD Unleashes the Badder Monkey
DOD Unleashes the Badder Monkey
The monkey is out of the cage, and this time, it’s a little bit meaner. DigiTech’s cult-favourite Bad Monkey® overdrive...
Jason Isbell thinks some guitarists are biased against Mexican-made guitars: “people will pay more...
Jason Isbell thinks some guitarists are biased against Mexican-made guitars: “people will pay more to reinforce the incorrect opinions”
While some musicians are picky about...
The Dire Straits song Thurston Moore says makes him “run out of the room”
The Dire Straits song Thurston Moore says makes him “run out of the room”
When Dire Straits first emerged on the music scene back in...
Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the...
Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat
The results are in, and Reverb has...
How to get better recorded guitar sounds at home with mobile absorbers
How to get better recorded guitar sounds at home with mobile absorbers
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Chances are if you’re reading this, you record yourself playing...
“It was the crappiest guitar I’d ever played!” how a disastrous guitar purchase became...
“It was the crappiest guitar I’d ever played!” how a disastrous guitar purchase became Tom Morello’s most important instrument
It’s late 1986 – possibly early...
“I thought to myself, ‘This guy’s not gonna be here very long’”: Dave Mustaine...
“I thought to myself, ‘This guy’s not gonna be here very long’”: Dave Mustaine recalls the first time he saw James Hetfield perform
With Megadeth’s...
The shape of a guitar “doesn’t amount to squat” in terms of sound according...
The shape of a guitar “doesn’t amount to squat” in terms of sound according to legendary vintage expert George Gruhn
We’ve come across plenty of...
“It’s an out-of-body experience to be up there with legends like Nuno Bettencourt and...
“It’s an out-of-body experience to be up there with legends like Nuno Bettencourt and Jake E. Lee”: Lzzy Hale on Black Sabbath’s final show
Five...
“Everybody got slapped in the face real hard”: Steve Lukather recalls the impact Eddie...
“Everybody got slapped in the face real hard”: Steve Lukather recalls the impact Eddie Van Halen had on the guitar scene, and why people...
This devilishly cool Schecter MGK acoustic is heavily discounted at Reverb
This devilishly cool Schecter MGK acoustic is heavily discounted at Reverb
Just caught MGK on tour and now you’re inspired to get into guitar? Well, we’ve...
Poly Effects Trails review – probably the world’s most inspiring multi-effects pedal
Poly Effects Trails review – probably the world’s most inspiring multi-effects pedal
$399/£399, polyeffects.com
The Poly Effects Trails is for people who want something different –...
Guitar.com Deals Of The Week: the last Cyber Week guitar deals still available
Guitar.com Deals Of The Week: the last Cyber Week guitar deals still available
Cyber Week – is it really a thing? Well, if reality is...
“Whoever makes me the best one, that’s who I’ll work with”: Steve Vai says...
“Whoever makes me the best one, that’s who I’ll work with”: Steve Vai says no guitar company delivered anything “remotely close” to what he...
Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka thinks that modern rock bands aren’t experimental enough: “There’s...
Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka thinks that modern rock bands aren’t experimental enough: “There’s so much tunnel vision in contemporary rock records”
Rock may not...
Electro Harmonix still wants to harvest the magnetosphere’s energy – this time for AI
Electro Harmonix still wants to harvest the magnetosphere’s energy – this time for AI
When you think of Electro Harmonix, you probably think of their...
Sterling By Music Man Kaizen 6 review: one of the most ergonomic and comfortable...
Sterling By Music Man Kaizen 6 review: one of the most ergonomic and comfortable guitars I’ve ever played
$849/£999, sterlingbymusicman.com
Every now and again you stumble...
Is this the first relic’d Strat? Andrian Belew and Seymour Duncan’s chaotic ‘relic-ing’ session...
Is this the first relic’d Strat? Andrian Belew and Seymour Duncan’s chaotic ‘relic-ing’ session revealed: “He laid it in the grass, doused it with...
“He said, ‘You have something the others don’t’”: Steve Lukather recalls the night Jimmy...
“He said, ‘You have something the others don’t’”: Steve Lukather recalls the night Jimmy Page complimented him – while he was hanging out with...
