California police recover 9 stolen vintage guitars worth $225,000 By Matt Owen A slew of Gretsch, Fender and Gibson guitars have been retrieved after they were stolen last year as part of a $2 million heist in Southern California
Julien’s Auctions 'Music Icons' lot, featuring Eddie Van Halen and Prince-played guitars, rakes in nearly $5 million in three days By Matt Owen Prince's Blue Cloud fetches $281,250, while EVH's Charvel Art Series models sell for a total of $210,225
Watch Joe Bonamassa and Jared James Nichols tear through Crossroads at the Gibson Garage grand opening concert By Matt Owen The duo shared the stage with a slew of other Gibson guitar heavyweights on the night, including Marcus King, Orianthi, Emily Wolfe and Warren Haynes
New VR game Unplugged lets you play guitar without an actual guitar using hand-tracking technology By Matt Owen Watch the new trailer for the upcoming guitar-based game, which aims to test your air shredding skills through finger-mapping mechanics
FM Guitars teams up with Chordinero for mammoth dual-neck-compatible capo By Matt Owen Extended offering sports note-holding metal rods and seeks to open up an array of "completely new techniques for the guitar"
Eric Bibb announces new album Dear America, drops blues-soaked single, Born Of A Woman By Matt Owen The upcoming outing will be Bibb's first since signing for Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group
From euphoric post-rock to gritty, overdriven blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche On tap this week is some guitar-driven heat from Jared James Nichols, Deafheaven, The Front Bottoms, Laura Stevenson, The Pretty Reckless and more
Hamstead Soundworks aims to open up a solar system of high-gain tones with all-new Comet: Interstellar Driver pedal By Matt Owen The meticulously crafted offering sports a circuit-changing toggle switch and two internal controls that seek to squeeze out a wide spectrum of gain-infused tones
Redbeard Effects debuts its first-ever overdrive pedal, the Angry Rhubarb Paradynamic Overdrive MKII By Matt Owen The boutique brand's first foray into the world of overdrive boasts an all-analog design, as well as pre- and post-EQ overdrive circuits
Matt Heafy joins forces with Richard Marx for metal-heavy reimagining of pop classic Right Here Waiting By Matt Owen The track's serene strings, synth pads and shakers make way for high-gain chugs, rapid-fire kick drums and a smattering of shred lines in the most surprising cross-genre collaboration of the year
Behold the Bass Giant – a 13-feet-tall sculpture that features 16 fully playable bass guitars By Matt Owen Marco Menin's mammoth model is made from a mixture of electric and acoustic basses, and boasts LED lighting, Bluetooth connectivity and two separate amps
Yvette Young gifts Willow Smith her signature Ibanez YY10 guitar By Matt Owen Smith wastes no time in flexing her newfound picking powers with a quick-fire cover of Mac DeMarco's Goodbye Weekend on the Slime Green six-string
David Gilmour teases a sonic shift for his next album: "The electric guitar I'm currently playing is not as 'rock god' as one might expect" By Matt Owen The Pink Floyd legend hopes to have the record ready "in the next year or two"
Lindsey Buckingham announces first solo album in 10 years By Matt Owen The former Fleetwood Mac guitar icon has also shared the self-titled record’s ethereal lead single, I Don’t Mind
John Mayer performs first-ever live rendition of Last Train Home on Jimmy Kimmel Live! By Matt Owen The PRS-wielding blues titan dialed in the '80s-flavored guitar tones and offered up a selection box of smooth six-string phrases in the track's debut live runout
The Ampbot – the “most portable, powerful, plug-and-play guitar amp ever made” – launches on Kickstarter By Matt Owen Ultra-compact amp boasts Bluetooth connectivity, onboard tuner and five effects
Slash, Phil Collen and Robert DeLeo join forces for a scorching cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Fire By Matt Owen The trio teamed up to play at the 51st Annual Beastly Ball alongside Weezer and a slew of other famous faces, raising money for the Los Angeles Zoo
The Linda Lindas make national TV debut with blistering performance of Racist Sexist Boy on Jimmy Kimmel Live! By Matt Owen The punk proteges followed up their new Epitaph Records deal with a high-octane rendition of their viral anti-racism anthem
Eddie Van Halen hated how he inspired a wave of “intense uber-shredding”, says Steve Lukather By Matt Owen The Toto and session legend says it "always bothered" Van Halen how he inspired a trend that "turned the guitar into more of a sport"
John Mayer sent Mary Spender his new single before anyone else got to hear it By Matt Owen The British YouTube star had previously caught Mayer’s attention after she wrote her own version of Last Train Home following his quick-fire TikTok tease
Tsakalis AudioWorks targets classic Marshall-style amp sounds with versatile Room #40 pedal By Matt Owen The compact offering takes inspiration from classic Marshall models, including the Plexi Super Lead, Plexi Super Bass and JCM800, and boasts an onboard boost and Variac control
From yacht-rock reinventions to Viking metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche Lend your ears to hot new tunes from John Mayer, Blood Red Shoes, Amon Amarth, Samia, Blackberry Smoke and more
ESP kits out its entire LTD Deluxe 1000 Series with stainless steel frets By Matt Owen Upgraded fret material will be offered as a standard factory-fitted fixture on over 100 LTD guitars and basses
Fern Guitars unveils new-and-improved prototype of its innovative modular six-string, The Phoenix By Matt Owen Visionary design lets users swap pickup configurations “in seconds”, and will be available to preorder from June 15
Orange branches out into high-end electric guitars with luxuriously crafted OE-1 single-cut By Matt Owen The amp company's built-to-order six-string boasts a choice of P-90 or Filter'tron pickups, two-tone Gold and Ivory colorway and decorative chessboard binding
