
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

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 2025: 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
![[L-R] Nita Strauss, Steve Vai, Sophie Lloyd and John Frusciante](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MemeGKgQM5wMmvBNVtvu6M.jpg)
The 10 best guitar solos of 2022
By Jonathan Horsley published
As voted for by you, and featuring the lead guitar skills of Nita Strauss, Sophie Lloyd, John Frusciante, Polyphia, Steve Vai and more, here are the solos that lit up your year
![[L-R] Mark Tremonti, Craig “Goonzi” Gowans, Tim Henson and Dave Mustaine](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tq7Eq3EQGKyMbsJpuKHc2m.jpg)
The 10 best guitar riffs of 2022
By Jonathan Horsley published
These are your favorite riffs of the year, and it's a top 10 that brings together some of rock and metal’s biggest hitters

19 pro guitarists who play cheap guitars
By Jonathan Horsley published
Updated Because not every song requires a custom shop instrument to get the tone right

Gretsch G5260 Electromatic Jet Baritone review
By Jonathan Horsley published
The low-end is nigh with this classy single-cut baritone

Pale Waves on embracing “heavy distortion and chaos and power” and how The 1975's Matty Healy got them hooked on Vox's coffin-shaped Phantom
By Jonathan Horsley published
Heather Baron-Gracie and Hugo Silvani detail their evolution from a synth-pop sound to high-volume pop-punk with irresistible hooks

Darkthrone's Nocturno Culto: "I would like Metallica to record on our equipment. What would they do to express themselves through that gear?"
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
In this rare interview with the Darkthrone guitarist, Ted Skjellum muses on the Fender combo’s black-metal magic and why he doesn’t miss playing live…

Nile’s Karl Sanders talks new guitar partnerships, the key to heaviness and what all tech-metal bands can learn from The Beatles
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
Sanders has composed some of death-metal’s most pulverizing arrangements, but “people go ridiculously nuts over” his most simple songs
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