Everything you need to know to get your child playing the guitar today

The desert blues guitarist on staking out new frontiers for Malian music, and his love for the Gibson SG

Presenting the world’s finest low-end thunder, with the best bass guitars from Fender, Ibanez, Yamaha and more…

We meet the Fender Next alumni who are building new sounds from fresh approaches

How the world’s biggest guitar company takes the guitar world’s most-loved instruments and remakes them anew

The English acoustic guitar trailblazer on beauty over technique, audience expectations and his game-changing new Ibanez acoustic

From legends of the old-school to the internet era’s pedagogues of polyphonic fingerstyle, these are the players who changed the guitar teaching game

Manson's guitarist and producer discusses the enigmatic singer's new album We Are Chaos, the pair's eerily similar musical taste, and why his favorite amp is a Gallien-Krueger

These powerhouse guitar amps from EVH, Peavey, Orange and more will have you primed to seek and destroy straight from the box

The ex-Doors man on developing his style, free-form sensibility and how it was jazz informing the band all along

With great options from Boss, Keeley, MXR and more, there has never been a better time to add one of the best compressor pedals to your pedalboard

Crunch, filth, mayhem! Dive into our expert round-up of the best distortion pedals around today

High-output humbuckers, a speedy neck and a headstock that wouldn’t make it past airport security? Here’s what to look for in a metal guitar

The Melvins' King Buzzo on his new acoustic album with Trevor Dunn, what he looks for in a bassist, and the key to his devastating live tone

Give yourself the gift of thunder with the best bass guitar amps money can buy – featuring Trace Elliot, Hartke, Ampeg and more

The 8-string guitar opens up a world of musical possibilities – these are the best from Schecter, Ibanez, Jackson and more

Because not every song requires a custom shop instrument to get the tone right