Three of the biggest guitar and bass YouTubers are going on tour to ‘Escape the Internet’ By Janelle Borg published 9 May 24 The aptly titled Escape The Internet Tour sees three YouTube guitar and bass behemoths tour together for the first time
Best reverb pedals 2024: from spring to shimmer, our pick of the best reverb effects for your pedalboard By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 9 May 24 Take a deep dive into the cavernous world of 'verb and explore the best reverb pedals for every budget
Ozzy Osbourne names the best guitarist he’s played with By Janelle Borg published 9 May 24 Ozzy Osbourne says he has played with many guitarists, but none of them could quite capture the energy of one of his former bandmates
Lee Ranaldo remembers the time Steve Albini made Sonic Youth a guitar with 16 high E-strings – and an inlaid appendage By Janelle Borg published 9 May 24 The alt rock icon has recalled the producer and guitarist’s ultimate in-joke custom guitar build
Phil Collen on how Def Leppard accidentally reinvented rock guitar on classic album Pyromania By Jenna Scaramanga published 9 May 24 Pyromania is 40 years young this year is still fresh as a daisy. Collen explains how tones, solos, Mutt Lange and the art of recording one string at a time forged a pivotal moment in rock
Steve Albini, punk guitar icon, dies at 61 By Jackson Maxwell published 8 May 24 Guitarist and frontman for hard-edged alt-rock titans Big Black and Shellac, Albini was also a famed producer, most famously manning the boards for Nirvana's In Utero
Slipknot's Mick Thomson has just released his much-speculated Fishman Fluence signature pickup set By Janelle Borg published 8 May 24 Mick Thomson's signature pickups come fully equipped with three voicings that reflect the wide array of tones Thomson has employed during his career
Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony sets the record straight on the much-rumored VH tribute project By Janelle Borg published 8 May 24 According to Michael Anthony, internal disputes have ruined the Van Halen tribute project's potential
Mick Mars’ NSFW ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ Kramer has just gone up for auction By Phil Weller published 8 May 24 The guitar was used extensively during Motley Crüe’s 1987-88 Girls, Girls, Girls world tour
“Sharper attack, extended sustain and a warmer tone”: Could brass saddles supercharge your Strat tone? By Phil Weller published 8 May 24 AxLabs Hardware certainly thinks so – its String Surfer brass saddles promise to improve Stratocaster tone and reduce string breakages
Boss Katana:Go vs Fender Mustang Micro: which headphone amp is right for you? By Daryl Robertson published 8 May 24 Two of the world's most popular headphone amps go head to head to see who comes out on top
B.B. King gifted one of his Lucille guitars to the Pope – it’s now up for auction By Janelle Borg published 8 May 24 After belonging to B.B. King and Pope John Paul II’s Vatican collection, the guitar is expected to fetch more than $80,000 at auction
Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson's 1965 Telecaster is up for auction and could fetch up to $700,000 By Phil Weller published 8 May 24 With its black finish stripped down in favor of its natural wood grain, a uniquely installed Bigsby B16 bridge, and decades of history played into it, the guitar is a key highlight in Julien’s upcoming Music Icons auction
“I’m never going to out-do Yngwie”: Richie Faulkner on Priest’s new album and why he’s no shredder By Amit Sharma published 8 May 24 Judas Priest's Invincible Shield finds the British metal institution surviving against the odds. Its very own bionic man Richie Faulkner gives us the guitar POV on a venerable work of British steel
“Paul said he’d do anything to make it happen”: Herman Li on his switch to PRS By Amit Sharma published 8 May 24 Paul Reed Smith wanted to do something but I had to explain it was my dream as a kid to have an Ibanez signature. Paul said he’d do anything to make it happen
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready falls off stage mid-solo – but doesn’t miss a note By Phil Weller published 8 May 24 The Pearl Jam guitarist disappeared on the first night of the grunge heroes’ tour in Vancouver, but not even falling off stage could stop his shred-fest
In 2005, Prince’s Cloud 3 sold for $10,000. Now it’s expected to fetch $600,000 at auction By Janelle Borg published 8 May 24 Since its original sale, the guitar has been rediscovered as one of Prince’s most heavily used stage guitars, used on iconic tours including Purple Rain, Sign of the Times, and Diamonds & Pearls
Fender brings the Telecaster Thinline to the American Professional II Series and revives the Stratocaster Thinline By Michael Astley-Brown published 8 May 24 Kitted out in four transparent pastel finishes, the new limited-edition releases rank among Fender’s most enticing launches this year
Danelectro has brought back its Big Sitar – with some modern upgrades By Janelle Borg published 7 May 24 The new Danelectro model promises to deliver the quintessential electric sitar sound popularized by the likes of Metallica, Steve Howe and Steve Vai
Red Witch aims to harness Frank Zappa and Carlos Santana tones with its new sample hold filter pedal By Phil Weller published 7 May 24 The Euphemia offers the ability to alter the effect’s speed, aggression, velocity, and wet/dry mix while also unlocking the ‘notched’ EQ sounds of Brian May and Carlos Santana