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Score a FREE Fender pedal when you buy two at full price with this insane Hammertone offer
By Daryl Robertson published
Fender has gone hammertime for Hammertone discounts with this insane 3 for 2 offer – overdrive, distortion, delay and flanger pedals up for grabs

Kiki Wong announced as new Smashing Pumpkins guitarist after 10,000 applications
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The popular Instagram guitarist will tour the world with the alt-rock legends from June 2024

Lee Ritenour sets the record straight on fixing George Benson’s Give Me the Night solo
By Janelle Borg published
Quincy Jones made Ritenour swear never to tell George Benson about the incident

Mötley Crüe share their first new single with John 5 – and as promised, it marks a heavy return
By Matt Owen published
Headlined by a blistering solo from John 5, Dogs of War is the band's first new single since 2019, and the first to be released since their split with former guitarist Mick Mars

Dweezil Zappa on the high-tech custom build that Eddie Van Halen dubbed “The Super Pluto Guitar”
By Matt Parker published
The tale of a truly distinctive instrument that was custom-made for a trio of rock’s most innovative players in the 1980s

David Gilmour’s first new single in 9 years features one-and-a-half minutes of all-out soloing
By Matt Owen published
Upcoming album Luck and Strange was made with the help of a new producer who tore up the Gilmour rulebook

Friedman’s expanded IR-D puts a cult classic amp mod into a tube preamp pedal
By Matt Owen published
Two independent channels, genuine tubes and state-of-the-art digital tech come together for another neat release from the boutique amp specialist

Tony Iommi once dressed his guitar tech up as himself and sent him onstage
By Janelle Borg published
The real Tony Iommi played while hiding behind a stack, and the fake Iommi nearly got away with it
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