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Kate Bush on John Giblin: “We’ve all lost a great man and an unmatchable musician”
Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Guy Pratt and many more pay tribute to bassist John Giblin
Richie Faulkner says he used a Bigsby-equipped Fender Telecaster for his clean tone on Judas Priest’s Firepower
The Gibson-loving Judas Priest guitarist maintains, though, that the Flying V remains his, err, elegant weapon of choice
Boss reinvents the SDE-3000 Digital Delay rack unit as two feature-packed pedals – and one is preloaded with Eddie Van Halen’s live settings
There is a standard delay and one co-developed with EVH – featuring the exact same presets found on the dual SDE-3000 rack setup that served as a key part of his Van Halen live sound
Has Zakk Wylde’s signature guitar brand spec’d up its most brutal electric guitar design yet? Meet the Thoraxe
When you need to get all Wylde up onstage and chop the audience’s head off with a big ol’ grizzly bear riff, when you need to cut through the mix, reach for the Thoraxe...
Diamond Pedals is officially back with five compact new stompboxes featuring original circuits, and updated classics
The much-loved Canadian brand returns with the Memory Lane delay, Diamond Drive, Tremolo, and the legendary tone-sweetening Comp/EQ for guitar and bass
Rolling Stone Darryl Jones, Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton (and an actual Beatle) to lead next Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp in New York
Yup, a rhythm section comprising 'fifth Beatle' Pete Best on drums, with Jones and Hamilton on bass, is just the thing for playing Stones, Aerosmith and Beatles classics onstage in NYC
Tony Iommi trades guitars with Brian May and faces the struggle of all left-handers, as he wields the Red Special upside down
The two British guitar heroes and friends spent the afternoon trading licks – and instruments – as part of a forthcoming documentary on riffs
Gretsch launches six celebratory 140th Anniversary models – see the luxuriously-spec’d guitars in action
The stylish collection comprises three high-end, Japanese-made models and a trio of more affordable Chinese-built six-strings, and boasts striking Two Tone Platinum finishes
