Guitar Gear

Best single coil pickups 2026: from trailblazing designs to vintage traditionalists

The mystery of Gibson’s first Patent Applied For humbuckers

You can now get an official Ibanez Tube Screamer watch

Best guitar cleaning kits and tools 2026: Keep your guitar looking and sounding sweet

How to change strings faster – with rock solid tuning stability

The Flipjack is a cable that can go from straight to angled in an instant

Joe Bonamassa on how best to set up P-90s – and what sets them apart from humbuckers

Best clip-on guitar tuners 2026: hit the right note with my top pick of cost-effective tuners

I normally tell guitarists to skip the Amazon Big Spring Sale but this year I’m happy to be proven wrong – here’s 7 essential accessories to kickstart your year in guitar from just $6.49

How Mike Matthews saved pedal pioneers Electro-Harmonix from the brink

Fender keeps the pace with Neural DSP and Line 6 with a bumper firmware upgrade that gives players 15 new reasons to try the Tone Master Pro

JHS Pedals once mistakenly put an ultra-rare Dumble boost circuit into one of its DIY pedals – now it’s been launched as an $89 standalone stompbox

Best octave pedals for bass 2026: Pitch-shift your playing with my pick of essential pedalboard additions

TONE3000 rolls out potentially game-changing new A2 NAM modeling tech

“Waiting to throw a spanner in the works of your guitar tone”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Atomic Cluster review

The story of the Boss digital delay pedal that changed the world

Korn have released another pedal that channels the sound of their genre-defining debut record

DOD and Morley team up for the triple threat Wah-ocTo-Fuzz pedal

Best budget guitar amps under $500 2026: cost-cutting amplifiers for every player

Ed Sheeran is about to launch another piece of signature gear – and he’s already gifted it to a young fan

Positive Grid Reactor 100 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review

Positive Grid branches out from the Spark with the Reactor – an AI-powered combo that can generate tones from images and adapts to your playing

Best modeling amps 2026: get iconic amp and effects tones at your fingertips

“The sound and fury of a classic Marshall amp, but in a format that’s incredibly easy to get the best from”: Synergy SYN-20IR Amp Head with Marshall JCM 800 and JMP preamp modules review

Best mini amps for guitar 2026: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone

The metal amp brand beloved by Dimebag Darrell, Kirk Hammett and Scott Ian is on the cusp of making a comeback

Marshall honors Jimi Hendrix with limited edition drop

“As soon as I open the black hardshell case, my eyeballs don’t know where to go first”: Fender John Osborne Telecaster review

What makes this 1957 Les Paul Special such a smokeshow?

"A genuinely brilliant guitar that can do far more than its heavy metal aesthetic suggests": Ibanez Iron Label AZ41B1 review

Dimebag Darrell’s estate responds after court rules in Dean’s favor in legal dispute

Ancoats Granada Special review – a unique modern-retro design with a fresh approach to relic’ing

“A fine, gig-ready instrument with premium build quality”: Taylor Gold Label 710E review

Meet the Afghanistan war veteran who made it his mission to design the ultimate ergonomic guitar

The best guitar bargains on Reverb – and how to get more for your old gear

Steve Vai might be retiring his monstrous triple-neck Ibanez

If you want to sound better live, three of our top-rated in-ear monitors just got some mega discounts in the Thomann In-Ear Days sale - save up to 30% on pro-level live sound

Best in-ear monitors for guitar players 2025: stay in tune and on time

“The best wireless headphones for musicians you can buy right now, despite a few flaws”: Yamaha YH-WL500 review

“Some of the finest sounding IEMs”: Ultimate Ears Pro UE 150, UE 250, UE 350 In-Ear Monitors review

“A handy addition to your pedalboard if you're playing shows with poor monitoring”: Cloudvocal EverSync Wireless IEM review

Best earplugs for musicians: guitarist-friendly plugs to suit every budget

CloudVocal’s EverSync wireless in-ear monitor system delivers high-quality, low-latency monitoring in a compact, pedalboard-friendly design

Audio Technica ATH-M50xBT2 review: the only headphones you need for guitar, studio and everyday use?

Save big on the Boss Waza-Air and a host of other guitar amp headphones solutions with these red-hot Cyber Monday deals

"Who thought we’d look to the kings of gritty bass for silky neo-soul tones?" Neural DSP Darkglass Ultimate review

Fractal goes up against Neural DSP and IK Multimedia with ICONS – its first-ever plugin

“At long last, a DAW puts the guitar at the very heart of its operations”: Fender Studio Pro 8 review

Fender forges surprise Samsung partnership to bring Fender Play to home TV screens for the first time

“A utopia of modeled guitar tones that will suit pretty much any guitarist out there”: Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio review

“I just want to keep playing it” - Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X review

Neural DSP unveils Archetype: John Mayer X – a landmark signature plugin that brings the guitar great’s tones to the masses

Universal Audio’s amp-emulating pedals have been a huge success – now they’ve arrived in plugin form via the all-inclusive Paradise Guitar Studio

Universal Audio is giving away a free plugin for Black Friday but hurry, you've only got a few days to get yours – choose one of ten different plugins

Best guitar audio interfaces 2026: get better recorded guitar tones

Best FRFR speakers 2026: transparent tone for multi-effects and amp modelers

Best impulse responses: the secret sauce of great recorded guitar tone

Best microphones for recording guitar 2026: capture your acoustic or electric playing perfectly with these top-flight mics for every occasion

Why Fender just launched its own recording software – and what sets it apart for guitarists

These 5 audio interfaces came out on top in my testing gauntlet, and now they're all on sale with a hefty Black Friday discount – including $200 off a UA Apollo

"One of the best ways to quickly and easily record your music alongside your smartphone": Blackstar Polar Go review

“Affordable, professional-quality”: Warm Audio Fen-Tone WA-FT ribbon microphone review

Presonus Eris Pro 6 Review