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"We wanted something smaller, easy to use, no Bluetooth app, no hidden menus – just turn knobs, make noise, play guitar…" Watch Yvette Young blow our minds with the new pedals from Universal Audio
VIDEO We went to Universal Audio's HQ for the launch of their new reverb, delay and compression units, and James Santiago and Yvette Young demonstrated how they captured the Black Dog sound in a box
“115 effects and tools to ignite your imagination and shape your sound”: Native Instruments updates its flagship amp and effects plugin with Guitar Rig Pro 7
There are four new amps, five new pedals, an all-new loop station, and a heap of rackmounted hardware tools for shaping your sound
Delivering the goods: Teemu Mäntysaari plays his first show with Megadeth – and has it dialled from the second he steps onstage
The Finnish metaller is filling in for Kiko Loureiro and appears to have nailed his first show
“What’s a Spark?!” Paul Gilbert was so blown away by his students’ guitar tone, he became a Positive Grid convert – despite his “limited brain power”
We have Gilbert’s army of aspiring shredders to thank for his new limited-edition signature Spark Mini – the super-collectible digital amp for Gilbert and Dio fans
The Yamaha hand-crafted FG9 M acoustic combines old-world craftsmanship with state-of-the-art technology
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Elegant, pro-quality six-string boasts Adirondack spruce top, mahogany back, sides and neck, Japanese-inspired appointments and more
Remember Nepco’s Danelectro-inspired V-style guitars? Well, Gibson has issued it a cease and desist, so you won’t see any more of them
Nepco has pivoted away from V-style builds after Gibson’s lawyers got in touch. Now meet the next shape in line for the Dano-gone-lux treatment
The Keith Richards riff machine is still in fine working order as the Rolling Stones return with new single Angry
The first single from long-awaited new studio album Hackney Diamonds proves that after all these years no-one does rock 'n' roll guitar quite like the Stones
A 150-year-old Martin acoustic is up for sale on Reverb – and it’s surprisingly attainable and 100 percent playable
The compact 1-21 must have some tales to tell, and it’s in such good condition that it’s got plenty more songs in it yet
“Designed to suit the modern player’s need to blur genre lines and push sonic boundaries”: Jackson’s American Series Virtuoso is taking metal guitars to the mainstream
The second shape in the firm’s new US-made line-up looks pretty in pink, but seems to pull off the tricky challenge of appealing to an increasingly diverse array of players
“It’s just meant to be a rock machine”: YouTube star Ryan ‘Fluff’ Bruce hooks up with Ernie Ball Music Man for a StingRay signature model that’s more versatile than you might expect
Equipped with Fluff’s signature Fishman pickups, this limited-run StingRay comes in two finishes: Aqua Sparkle and, brilliantly, Tealy Dan
