Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
Buddy Guy announces new album and teams up with Jason Isbell for its first single, Gunsmoke Blues
The iconic bluesman's new album is titled The Blues Don't Lie and is scheduled for a September 30 release
Watch John Mayer and Bob Weir play acoustic versions of Grateful Dead classics at the Rise for the River benefit
The duo treated the crowd at Pine Creek Lodge, Montana, to a string of Dead standards including Friend of the Devil, Bertha and Brown-Eyed Women, all to support SWMT Flood Relief
Pigtronix unveils the Gloamer – a polyphonic amplitude synthesizer for “cinematic string sounds, asymmetrical tremolos, and angular stutter effects”
If you’re looking for something different, this volume swell with in-built compressor from the imagineers at Pigtronix is certainly that
Kramer debuts the Striker Collection, shreddable electrics in hot colors with high-performance and affordability as standard
The S-style series has left and right-handed options, with licensed Floyd Rose or Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridges, HSS pickup configurations and the choice of plain or figured tops
Wampler Pedals unveils the Moxie, a compact and “twisted” twist on a vintage TS-style overdrive
So this why Brian Wampler was playing Hannibal Lecter in that Silence of the Lambs inspired Instagram post, a TS-10 inspired drive pedal with extra attitude
10 questions for Yngwie Malmsteen: “I’m an extremist in everything I do. More is more in everything”
The shred king talks regrets, first gigs and explains why he never has a bad show
From serene acoustic duets to sizzling drop-tuned action: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Start the month off on the right foot with hot new songs from Alter Bridge, Bullet For My Valentine, Chat Pile, Winter, The 1975, Cecil Alexander, Boris, Black Anvil and more
Neural DSP launches Archetype plugin suite for Rabea Massaad – and it has an actual synth onboard
The Archetype: Rabea is packed with amps and effects, and has a fully functioning dual-oscillator monosynth that is triggered by your guitar
Pedal Pawn unveils the Octone, an octave fuzz inspired by the “spooky magic” of a vintage Octavia
The British effects company suggests that the vintage octave fuzziness and “clean and clear” octaves will give Strat owners heavy Jimi and Stevie vibes
Walrus Audio promises “mountains of sustain and a smooth attack from” the Mira Optical Compressor pedal
Take full control of your dynamics with a highly tweakable studio-grade compressor that features a handy side-chain hi-pass filter
From psychedelic transatlantic collaborations to nostalgic acoustic ballads: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Round out July with exciting, guitar-fronted tracks from Orianthi, Hot Mulligan, Lamb of God, David Lee Roth, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin, and more
Sammy Hagar and the Circle announce new album, Crazy Times, and share the hard-rocking title track
Produced by Dave Cobb in Nashville’s legendary RCA Studio A, and also featuring the Red Rocker’s fellow Van Halen alum Michael Anthony on bass, Crazy Times is out September 30
Death By Audio’s Space Bender is a chorus modulator offering “vintage sci-fi sounds, bending sonic bedlam, and pulsing atmospheres”
The NYC-based effects pedal company promises no shortage of intensity with an effect designed for players looking to fall down the wormhole of modulated delay, chorus and flanger
Fender launches George Harrison Rocky Stratocaster, a replica of the Beatle’s iconic hand-painted Day-Glo Strat
Originally a 1961 Strat in Sonic Blue, Harrison debuted Rocky on Rubber Soul, before giving it an eye-popping new finish as the Fab Four entered the psychedelic era
Ashdown unveils the LB-30 2.N, a bass tube amp head loaded with Two Notes Torpedo IR cab emulator technology
Classic tube warmth meets digital functionality in this IR-equipped 30-watt bass head
Steve Morse announces his departure from Deep Purple after 28 years with the band
The band pay a warm tribute to Morse as the guitarist leaves to look after his wife, who is battling cancer
From pit-starting drop B chug to intricate jazz tapestries: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Liven up the dog days of summer with cool new tunes from Slipknot, Muse, Chat Pile, Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi, Titus Andronicus, Sam Fender, Makaya McCraven and more
Peter Jackson is planning another Beatles film
The Oscar-winning director has also opened up about enabling that iconic Lennon/McCartney virtual duet at Glastonbury
Introducing bubble harmonics, a new guitar technique inspired by EVH and Alan Gogoll, pioneered by Atlanta guitarist Donn Aaron
Watch Aaron demonstrate the technique in the solo instrumental Star Castle, with no effects besides a little compression and an MXR Phase 90 set at zero
Watch Joe Haley from Psycroptic put on a progressive death metal rhythm guitar masterclass in this playthrough of Rend Asunder
Right-hand accuracy? Check. Tricksy middle section that is more challenging than, like, 94.4 percent of all regular metal solos? Check. Multi-scale electric guitar? Check
Lari Basilio unleashes the 7-string Ibanez on new single, Alive and Living
Alive and Living is the second track to be shared ahead of the release of Basilio's new album, Your Love, and it finds her alternating between six and seven strings
In search for the perfect melody with Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s Joe White and Frank Keaney
The Melbourne-based indie-rockers’ Endless Rooms is a quietly epic record of spiritual uplift, existential angst and world-building songs, and it is constructed by three very different guitarists working in unison, chasing ideas as far as they’ll go
From soulful sonic mosaics to stark instrumental post-rock: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks
Looking to freshen up your weekend's soundtrack? These guitar-powered tunes from Larkin Poe, Marcus Mumford, Disturbed, Imperial Triumphant, Russian Circles and more might just be the ticket
Larkin Poe share video for Blood Harmony, the soulful title track of their much-anticipated new album
Blood Harmony is out November 11, and you can watch the video premiere for its title track right here, right now on GW
Mesa/Boogie puts vintage U.S. tube amp tones back on the menu with new 20W California Tweed 6V6 2:20 lineup
The California Tweed series expands with 1x10, 1x12 and 20W head formats: single-channel amps with Duo-Class and Dyna-Watt power scaling, tube-driven spring reverb, effects loops and the tantalizing prospect of 1950s-inspired guitar tones
