Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
![Journey drummer [left] Deen Castronovo, plus keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Jonathan Cain and lead guitarist Neal Schon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9kstjKg53FEL6BCbUpYMpR-840-80.jpg.webp)
After a delay, Castronovo's drum tech sat in for the rest of their Tulsa show while Neal Schon dedicated the night to him
From The Archive Atkins was one of the greatest of all time and yet he was never satisfied. We guitar players can be too hard on ourselves
After losing its battle over trademark infringement, Armadillo, the company that owns Dean, must foot the bill for Gibson’s legal campaign
The Venom frontman and bassist Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant, who died on October 1, aged 63, gave metal a new sense of extremity, with black metal the final frontier
A big week for guitar includes a sumptuous wah from Jam Pedals, a teeny Vox and makeover for the Silver Sky, while Matteo Mancuso keeps the Revstar flying high
Our expert guide to the best 12-string guitars from Taylor, Rickenbacker, Fender, and others
The remarkable story of the wholly unauthorized project that pushed the limits of Gibson guitar design using its own materials – and why the guitars are finally going up for sale
Who wants that honey? The Billy Corgan Infinite Sadness is released to coincide with the Smashing Pumpkins’ Rats in a Cage Tour, and is limited to 60 instruments
Do you remember NAMM 2026? Yeah, we've still got the nightmares, the Anaheim stare, but this affordable, all-kinds-of-high-end-looking Wong signature model is no flashback
![Sammy Hagar plays a red Explorer [left] in 2025; Alex Van Halen in action behind the kit during a Van Halen show in 2015.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WsbwJw5JKcus23XwZA52mh-840-80.jpg.webp)
Hagar makes an impassioned play for the Van Halen co-founder and drummer to clear the air, and insists whatever he wrote in his book, it was all true
Four years ago Higginbotham said he’d turn their SE line into a $75 million business. How close are they? What’s getting them there? And which guitar icon would he love to hear on which of their models?
From the Archive It pays to keep some change in your pocket. You never know when your tone will need it
The legendary Patti Smith guitarist has a simple reason for why he wants a simple setup on his Strat
The JC-1 was 273 days in the making and is a vintage-modern S-style with five-way switching and a blend control for combining the bridge and neck pickups
The estate files complaint over his $80,000 buy-out and use of his image after his death
Including robot tuners and the multi-effects pedals that invited us to stomp on iPads
The German budget gear brand's latest go-faster T-style is a shred machine with pro-quality appointments at a beginner's price point
No, it has nothing to do with Godflesh but everything to do with how the eight-stringer gave melancholy music a super-heavy spin as Jesu
From the Archive How the stepson of Robert Johnson took B.B. King under his wing as he workshopped his chops in Memphis
Iommi says he is still in shock after Ozzy’s death and that the late metal icon was determined to put on a show at Black Sabbath’s triumphant farewell
Get low with my expert pick of the best baritone guitars from PRS, Gretsch, Jackson, and more
![Angus Young wears his school uniform as AC/DC play Donington Monsters of Rock [left]; Eric Clapton is suited and playing a pale blue Strat in the mid '80s.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QgAfKvcwAsJVc5suVA6JUK-840-80.jpg.webp)
From the Archive When the AC/DC guitarist was coming up, Clapton was the player blowing everyone's mind but his
![Joe Satriani plays his Paisley Pattern JS signature Ibanez; Kirk Hammett [right] plays his ESP Mummy.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w4FRgR6B5Pv4bVmgRR4KYU-840-80.jpg.webp)
From the Archive When Joe Satriani got an exclusive preview of new Metallica material during lessons with his student Kirk Hammett
