Jonathan Horsley
Jonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars since 2005, playing them since 1990, and regularly contributes to publications including Guitar World, MusicRadar and Total Guitar. He uses Jazz III nylon picks, 10s during the week, 9s at the weekend, and shamefully still struggles with rhythm figure one of Van Halen’s Panama.
Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
Watch Eric Clapton pay tribute to Jeff Beck as he joins Jerry Douglas for an acoustic rendition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps and folk standard Sam Hall
By Jonathan Horsley published
Slowhand was a surprise guest onstage during Douglas's set at the Royal Festival Hall in London
Jesse Gress, Todd Rundgren guitarist and longstanding Guitar Player contributor, dies aged 67
By Jonathan Horsley published
Gress enjoyed a prolific career as a player and a writer of some of the best guitar reference books you could read, and his insightful lessons graced Guitar Player for over 30 years
Tired of playing power chords? Mr. Black has the pedal for you: the High-Five Instant Power Chord Generator
By Jonathan Horsley published
Just play the root note and this compact pitch-shifter will add the fifth and octave as if by magic, but you’d best hurry – it’s a limited-edition run
Tom Morello says he wrote a “phat jam” with Post Malone that could be the rap superstar’s Beat It
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Rage Against the Machine guitarist says it could be like Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson using rock guitar for something unexpected, and calls on Malone to finish the track and release it
Seymour Duncan and Mark Holcomb unveil Scarlet and Scourge humbuckers, wound for crushing tone through amp modelers
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Periphery riffer’s latest signature pickup set tells us where digital amp technology leads us, the pickups must follow
The full range of Marshall stompbox reissues has been seen in the wild – surely an official launch is coming soon
By Jonathan Horsley published
Okay, Marshall, when are we going to see these available at all good music stores across the world?
Buddy Guy says he and his pals would stash their wine in the back of his old Fender Bassman
By Jonathan Horsley published
The key to great vintage tone? The world’s greatest living bluesman salutes the tube combo that is useful in more ways than one – and keeper of some Leo Fender magic
Jimi Hendrix’s isolated guitar tracks from Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) studio outtakes have been posted on YouTube and they sound incredible
By Jonathan Horsley published
Enjoy a half-hour of electric guitar magic as Hendrix thinks out loud via the medium of Fender Stratocaster
Say hello to the Prusacaster, a 3D-printed offset electric guitar built around a $100 Tele-style starter kit
By Jonathan Horsley published
DIY guitar building just got a whole lot more exciting with this hybrid design that requires a Harley Benton T-style Guitar Kit, an MK3-sized 3D printer, some superglue and a steady hand
Watch Mike Campbell pick up his Gibson Firebird with Larkin Poe to perform Tom Petty classic Runnin’ Down a Dream
By Jonathan Horsley published
Campbell and fellow Heartbreaker alum Steve Ferrone brought the house down when they joined the Nashville roots rockers onstage in Los Angeles
Marty Friedman’s Japan Heritage Official Theme Song will make you want to visit Japan – and practice the guitar more
By Jonathan Horsley published
Friedman joins the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Shonosuke Okura for track celebrating Japanese culture through the medium of electric guitar
MOD Audio promises a “universe of reverbs at your feet” with its new Convolution reverb plugin – equipped with 15-second IR processing
By Jonathan Horsley published
Is this the future for multi-effects? Simply load your own reverbs onto the MOD Audio Dwarf’s plugin-powered device and you can design your own ambient adventure
Legendary UK guitar store Mansons Guitar Shop to close after 31 years
By Jonathan Horsley published
The celebrated music store was opened by John Paul Jones, frequented by the likes of Noel Gallagher, Matt Bellamy and Steve Howe, and was synonymous with Manson Guitar Works
Jackson X Series Dinky DK3XR HSS review
By Jonathan Horsley published
A high-speed thrill ride for heavy metal neon nights, this Dinky is a statement guitar for the brave and the bold player
Watch John 5 make a spectacular live debut with Mötley Crüe
By Jonathan Horsley published
Fan-shot footage has emerged of the new Crüe live guitarist totally at home amid the riotous spectacle of a Friday night show in New Jersey, playing classics, covers and some deep cuts, too
Zakk Wylde is selling stage-played guitars from the forthcoming Pantera tour at VIP meet and greets
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Wylde man of guitar is selling VIP packages where you can hang out, grab a photo, an autograph, and get your mitts on a super-aggressive Wylde Audio guitar, too
Fully interchangeable, modular and easily swapped out, are Organic Pickups the future for electric guitar humbuckers?
By Jonathan Horsley published
With a unique baseplate and modular design, Organic Pickups' innovative new You series allow for quick and easy swaps, and you don’t need a special guitar to use them
Thomas McRocklin launches guitar plugin company PolyChrome DSP and claims the software has replaced over $3,000 worth of his own gear
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Kiesel-wrangling guitar teacher and social media star has entered the guitar software arena with one plugin to rule 'em all
Schecter and Monuments' John Browne let the purple reign on shreddable new Tao signature electric
By Jonathan Horsley published
Available with six, seven or eight strings, the Tao has a swamp ash body with flame maple veneer, a wenge/paduak neck, Hipshot hardware and a pair of hot Schecter USA humbuckers
Roger Waters has rerecorded Pink Floyd classic The Dark Side of the Moon: “Let’s get rid of all this ‘we’ crap! It’s my project”
By Jonathan Horsley published
Having reportedly cut his former Pink Floyd bandmates out of the album without their knowledge, Waters has reworked Dark Side and recorded spoken word over the album’s instrumentals
Best 7-string guitars 2024: budget-spanning picks for djent to nu-metal
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
Thicken up your low end with the very best 7-string guitars from Ibanez, Jackson, PRS and more
The 100 greatest guitarists of all time
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
A comprehensive rundown of the best guitarists of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, the best jazz, rock, indie, blues, metal and acoustic players – and the top guitarists around today...
The best guitar albums of 2022
By Jonathan Horsley published
As voted by you, these are the records that blew minds and inspired guitarists the world over
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