Latest articles by Phil Weller
Mosrite Guitars – the underdog firm loved by Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, and Johnny Ramone – is back
The small but beloved company shaped the sound of punk and surf rock, and now it’s been revived by a firm rooted in the Nashville scene
How Sophie Lloyd got over her performance anxiety – thanks to an arena show with mgk
The British shredder enjoyed a meteoric rise as she went from YouTuber to mgk’s guitarist – and it helped her tackle her anxiety
How Stevie Ray Vaughan surprised the son of blues royalty at his 16th birthday
Allison thought he’d lost the chance to jam with his hero, then he noticed a tour bus passing the venue
Nick Johnston embraces his Mastodon turn with his most metal signature Schecter yet
The guitar completes Johnston’s “evolution” from a single-coil loyalist to twin humbucker convert
Joe Bonamassa test drives Gary Moore’s iconic Soldano amp
Bonamassa bought the historic amp head at auction last year
“I couldn't believe I was playing a guitar where the strings were not attached to anything”: YouTuber builds experimental guitar with floating strings – and it changed the way he played
The wild guitar design took a lot of troubleshooting and the world's most powerful magnet to turn the idea into reality
The iconic EHX Holy Grail has been championed by Jim Root – and now the first prototype has been found
The classic reverb pedal can be found on pedalboards the world over, but JHS Pedals' Josh Scott has tracked down the first one
Facing mounting debts, Nick Beggs sold off his Kajagoogoo bass – 40 years later his fans helped him buy it back
A family intervention and the generosity of Beggs' fans reunited him with his much-loved bass – and he found a musical way of rewarding them
Is Gibson about to start making seven-strings and baritones? A NAMM tease all but confirms it
Extended-range guitars are in vogue right now, and Gibson looks poised to give its Victory model a makeover
Blackstar launches the Beam Mini – the world’s first amplifier to natively support Neural Amp Modeling
The potentially game-changing practice amp grants players access to over 35 amps and cabs – as well as Tone3000’s massive user-generated tone library
How Steve Stevens saved Steve Vai on his David Lee Roth debut
Vai was a novice at “big rock guitar tones” at the time – but Stevens came to his rescue
Eric Gales’ hotly anticipated signature Kiesel is here
The souped-up signature is Gales' first collaboration with the company after he joined its ranks in October last year
Ola Englund plays Dimebag Darrell’s actual guitars at Dimebash tribute show
Englund starred alongside Chris Broderick and Nevermore touring guitarist Atilla Vörös, who played another of Dime’s famous axes on the night
Martin overhauls its affordable Road Series – and splits it into Retro and Modern builds
It's introducing 20 new models, 18 of which are either new or newly updated, as it seeks to make window shopping easier than ever before
Gator teams up with Vertex Effects for a one-stop “unified pedalboard system”
Made with durable material, in three different sizes with and without risers, direct collaboration leaves no stone unturned in the quest for the ultimate pedalboard
Two-Rock’s Studio Overdrive head is a small-but-mighty tube amp that promises both gain and clarity
Kitted out with subtle but useful tone-shaping tools and enough gain to belie its smaller size, the Studio Overdrive is all about the feel it creates
Getting up-close with a $10m trio of guitars once wielded by Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour
The truly iconic guitars are due to go under the hammer at Christie's soon – and Guitarist got an exclusive look ahead of the sale
Blackstar unveils Artist FR series of compact, competitively priced FRFR speakers
These lightweight 1x12s boast onboard EQs and 50 or 100 watts of power – and they could be your modeler's new best friend
Roland rolls out the Cube Street Mini – its most compact portable PA yet
Built for solo and duo performances, and emboldened with effects, it proves that good things do come in small packages
Silvertone revives “one of the most recognizable guitar models in rock history”
The guitar’s resurrection centers on retaining its “classic mojo” while also bringing other aspects up to speed
Laney puts the philosophy of Nathan East’s signature head into an all-powerful, dual-input preamp pedal
Packing all the features of the bass guru’s signature head into a portable unit, he says it’s a “game-changer” all over again
Up-close with Jack White’s NFL halftime show Triplecaster – built just days before his surprise gig with Eminem
Third Man’s Dan Mancini tells the story of a guitar that came to life at the last minute
ESP remembers Alexi Liaho and Jeff Hanneman as Slaughter to Prevail’s Jack Simmons gets his first signature in new 2026 lineup
There are also new signatures for Mick Thomson, Stephen Carpenter, and George Lynch, while LTD celebrates its 30th anniversary
