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“The pedal your ’board has been waiting for”? Zoom unveils the next generation of its cult classic MultiStomp pedal, cramming 100 effects into a $129 compact stompbox
The MS-50G+ multi-FX can be any effect you want it to be, including an amp modeler with impulse responses – and it offers serious competition to the Line 6 HX One
“Can’t believe I get to jam with these legends”: H.E.R. trades her signature Fender Strat for a metal-ready Charvel to perform with Foo Fighters on SNL
It's not the first time the Grammy winner has favored a Charvel Dinky over her Fender model – is a six-string switch on the cards?
GayC/DC are on the hunt for their new “Malcolm Young” – formidable rhythm chops essential, ability to pun welcome
The all-gay AC/DC tribute act are looking to replace the irreplaceable following the death of guitarist Clint Yeager earlier in the year
“We’re in the same band with the two black Strats. It’s insane that would happen”: How Little Feat acquired not one, but two of Jimi Hendrix’s Fender Stratocasters
Fender made two black Strats for Hendrix – and they both ended up in the Little Feat family
Meet session legend Vernon Ice Black’s mythical ‘Sunnie’ Strat, the guitar that appears on some of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston’s biggest hits… and features a “whoop-de-do button”
Every great session player needs a hit-maker, and Black’s is Sunnie, which features no fewer than seven push-buttons for maximum tonal versatility
“They have one of the best guitar players in the world”: Watch Nuno Bettencourt inject virtuosic two-hand tapping flair into AC/DC’s Highway to Hell during Extreme and Godsmack’s joint cover
The two rock outfits shared the stage for a set-closing cover – and gave the Washburn wielder free rein to solo as he saw fit
Balaguer refreshes and expands its $1,099 Standard Series and there’s something for everyone: retro offsets, baritones, T-styles and a super-shreddable S-style
Joe Balaguer stacks the specs high on the brand’s new-for-2023 Standard lineup, with roasted maple necks, ebony ‘boards, stainless steel frets and locking tuners on all instruments
LAVA MUSIC’s all-new LAVA ME 4 Carbon and Spruce models “are immersive guitars that are like nothing else”
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Significant software upgrades and improved builds help take these LAVA models to new heights
Otherworldly headless shred, and fresh riffs from one of the most underrated guitarists of his generation: This week's essential guitar tracks
Hot new tracks from Plini, Big Wreck, Green Day, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dance Gavin Dance, Tim Henson, Robby Krieger and so very many more
“The ultimate feat”: Pedal Pawn has reverse engineered one of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Tube Screamer pedals to produce the “juiciest mid-hump overdrive tone ever”
The dual-channel overdrive features a faithful recreation of what is believed to be the Screamer SRV used for his legendary El Mocambo performance
