Michael Astley-Brown

The official Black Friday deals are here, with discounts on nearly every smart amp in the line-up, plus big savings on software

As The Cure return to the stage with their first album in 16 years, their leader is employing a setup that defiantly rejects contemporary tonal wisdom

Tom Dalgety has crafted some of modern rock’s biggest-sounding albums – and he has some sage words of wisdom when it comes to guitar tone

The hot new tracks and deep cuts GW editors have been listening to this month

Lesh didn’t play bass when he joined Jerry Garcia’s new band, leading to an innovative style that brought the instrument to the fore

Eddie Van Halen and his brother tried out the Soundgarden singer shortly before his death – and at one stage, an Ozzy Osbourne-fronted Van Halen album was also on the cards

The blink-182 bassist conducted tone tests to make sure the modelers could match his previous tube rigs

He may have once had a guitar worth $4 million, and you'll still see physical heads and cabinets at his live shows, but when laying tracks down at home, the Pink Floyd legend's tastes are far from expensive

The blink-182 bassist’s latest signature arrives over two decades after his first Fender model, and follows bandmate Tom DeLonge’s recent Starcaster guitar

Alex Katunich’s busy slap and pop basslines fueled much of the band’s early output, but in a rare new interview, he explains how their biggest hit forced him to take a step back

The pop megastar kicked off her massive Hit Me Hard and Soft tour with a new electric guitar in tow

A new trailer for The Last of Us season two shows the guitar in the hands of both Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey – and it’s not the only acoustic that makes an appearance

Your monthly round up of the freshest new cuts from the world of guitar courtesy of Tetrarch, The Cure, Larkin Poe, Amyl and The Sniffers, Dayglow, and many more

Beabadoobee, aka Beatrice Laus, recently landed a number one album in her native UK, but her fondness for My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Elliott Smith has spawned a guitar style that has confounded her fellow players

The innovative delay is a ‘greatest hits’ of Diamond designs, with a unique reverse mode that’s “like echoes bounding through a stormy canyon”

Dan Cleary was the man who restrained Farrell seconds after the singer attacked Navarro mid-gig – he opens up about the months of tension that led to what he believes to be the band’s last-ever show

Four years on from the first Mako launch, the D1 Delay, R1 Reverb, M1 Modulation and ACS1 Amp + Cab Simulator have received a comprehensive update

The future of the reunited alt-rock outfit remains uncertain as members of the band share their concerns over Farrell’s mental health

Fan footage shows Farrell verbally then physically attacking his bandmates, casting the reunited alt-rock band’s future in doubt

Our rundown of the finest fretboard cuts from the past four weeks is here – and with it comes new efforts from fast-rising guitar stars, a potentially generational indie rock group, Eric Clapton's favorite contemporary player and much more