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...
“Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers...
“Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers Eddie Van Halen’s iconic tube tones without the heft
EVH has...
“He came up with the guitar parts we all studied. He produced the records...
“He came up with the guitar parts we all studied. He produced the records we all worshipped”: Guitar community pays tribute to legendary guitarist...
“No self-respecting classical player is going to play with a pick”: Marcin declares himself...
“No self-respecting classical player is going to play with a pick”: Marcin declares himself “a true enemy” of the humble guitar pick
Marcin Patrzałek is...
Nuno Bettencourt says bands often sabotage guest guitarists at gigs on purpose with sub-par...
Nuno Bettencourt says bands often sabotage guest guitarists at gigs on purpose with sub-par gear: “I’ve dubbed it the ‘punishment’ rig’”
While hazing rituals are...
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s actual 1967 Fender Twin Reverb is almost £140,000 for Cyber Week...
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s actual 1967 Fender Twin Reverb is almost £140,000 for Cyber Week – but here’s the gargantuan figure it’ll still set you...
EarthQuaker Devices Barrows review – a titchy fuzz pedal with a huge voice
EarthQuaker Devices Barrows review – a titchy fuzz pedal with a huge voice
$129/£139, earthquakerdevices.com
Somebody at EarthQuaker Devices really wants to confuse people. How else...
