Jonathan Horsley

The time Adam Jones saved Tool's support band from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness

By Jonathan Horsley Published 16 January 26

We've all been there, sweating with a borrowed backline that's not playing ball. Luckily, Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles had a guardian angel looking over him

Lenny Kravitz used to buy guitars from fans in parking lots at his shows – here’s why he’s stopped

By Jonathan Horsley Published 10 January 26

It was the strangest thing. Kravitz would be getting ready to get back on the bus and he'd make the gear purchase of his life – a vintage grail at a good price... Those days are gone

Evolution or revolution? Taylor rolls out its Next Generation Grand Auditorium lineup – potentially its most advanced guitars yet

By Jonathan Horsley Published 9 January 26

Taylor's flagship model gets a power-up for 2026, with an all-new pickup, new bracing system, and innovative Action Control Neck joint

The Cult’s Charlie Jones on how he almost never got his Grammy for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ Please Read the Letter

By Jonathan Horsley Published 29 December 25

Irony is alive and well

“He went, ‘This is what I played on Don’t Look Back in Anger.’ I was like, ‘What?’” Gem Archer on the Strat’s secret spot in Oasis history

By Jonathan Horsley Published 25 December 25

Noel Gallagher largely stays loyal to his Gibson guitars for Oasis – but there was one notable exception

Joe Walsh auction raises huge sums for charity – and raises eyebrows as unexpected guitars attract big money bids

By Jonathan Horsley Published 19 December 25

Who here remembers the time circa 2008 when Walsh was playing an EMG-equipped Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom live onstage with the Eagles?

John Mayer explains what finally convinced him that modeling tech was up to scratch in newly shared signature plugin test footage

By Jonathan Horsley Published 19 December 25

Mayer teamed up with Neural DSP for an Archetype plugin that modeled his prized guitar gear in digital form

Paul McCartney pays tribute to Höfner as the legendary German brand’s future hangs in the balance

By Jonathan Horsley Published 19 December 25

Having played a Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass since 1961, the Beatles icon is saddened to learn of the German brand's plight

The Harmony Stratotone that Brian Jones used to teach Keith Richards and played on the Rolling Stones debut single fetches $150,000 at auction

By Jonathan Horsley Published 10 December 25

It is a lot of dough for an entry-level instrument – but given the Stratotone's provenance, the auctioneers were estimating it would go for more than twice that

How Ritchie Blackmore came across an obscure string mod that introduced him to a whole new sound – and why it didn’t work for him

By Jonathan Horsley Published 6 December 25

Burton proved it was possible to use banjo strings on guitar, but Blackmore’s early adventures with the hack got mixed results

Tommy Emmanuel names the emerging players who are flying the flag for a new era of Americana and bluegrass

By Jonathan Horsley Published 5 December 25

Asked for his guitarist of the year, the Aussie maestro replied with the names of four players who are lifting us all out of our "comfort zones"

A long-lost Beach Boys Dumble that has spent the past 35 years in Hawaii has surfaced – and Jason Momoa is using it on his new album

By Jonathan Horsley Published 5 December 25

This early 1980s holy grail took a decade to hunt down – and there's another one out there in the wild

Sheryl Crow says Don Henley told her to stop giving her songs away after she wrote a song for Eric Clapton that never got released

By Jonathan Horsley Published 5 December 25

Will Slowhand ever release this song? It has been sitting "on hold" for him since the ’90s

Tommy Emmanuel on the time Les Paul baited him into bringing his A-game to a jam

By Jonathan Horsley Published 1 December 25

The Aussie acoustic guitar maestro found out the hard way that Les Paul had a wicked sense of humor

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs launch Christmas appeal for unused gear to give to musicians who can’t afford their own

By Jonathan Horsley Published 28 November 25

The English metal band have launched an initiative in their hometown asking for gear donations that will be given away at Christmas

Lucy Dacus joins John Mayer in singing the praises of this emerging guitar genius

By Jonathan Horsley Published 28 November 25

Forget sweep-picking and next-gen percussive acoustic fingerstyle guitar, Dacus says it's all about the bravery to play something different

Jack White just lit up the NFL halftime show at Ford Field with White Stripes classics and bringing Eminem out from nowhere

By Jonathan Horsley Published 28 November 25

Jack White is a man who knows how to make full use of his time onstage – and during this Thanksgiving set, he put on a seven-and-a-half-minute rock 'n' roll masterclass (with some bonus hip-hop)

Gary Moore’s red Stratocaster sells at auction for more than $330,000

By Jonathan Horsley Published 21 November 25

This was the Strat that Moore played during his legendary 2004 performance of Red House – when people dared say it was better than Hendrix

The art of relic’ing a Fender guitar – and why it’s harder than you think

By Jonathan Horsley Published 21 November 25

Fender’s Chief Product Officer explains the science behind a relic job, and why for many players it’s the best chance they’ll get to own a lived-in guitar

“I made a critical mistake 35 years ago, and I try to walk away from it, but I end up coming back”: Why George Lynch is back with his band

By Jonathan Horsley Published 16 November 25

Just when he thought he was out, they pulled him back in. Or something like that, as new album Dancing with the Devil finds the former Dokken alpha-shredder chasing lightning in bottle