Latest articles by Richard Bienstock
Squier unveils Fender Special Run Mustang, HSS Strat and Tele models with fresh finishes, limited-edition specs
Special-run models offer eye-popping looks at super-affordable prices
Join Sophie Burrell on a tour of the various amps, effects and more on tap in IK Multimedia’s amazing new AmpliTube 5
“You could easily record an album just using this plugin given the options that are on hand,” Burrell says
At the Gates release shredding new single, Spectre of Extinction, featuring King Diamond's Andy LaRocque
The Swedish melodic death-metal pioneers' new album, The Nightmare of Being, is out in July
Watch Reverb.com’s eagerly anticipated The Pedal Movie now
The feature-length film, which explores the comprehensive history of effect pedals, is out today
Watch a new director’s cut of Prince’s legendary While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo, now with more Prince
Re-edited clip still doesn’t reveal where his guitar landed
Tony Iommi had to warn Eddie Van Halen to “behave” on the 1978 Black Sabbath/Van Halen tour
The British metal legends feared the young support band was “ripping them off,” according to a new EVH biography
How Fender built Mike McCready’s Custom Shop Strat, one of its most intricate replicas yet
The Pearl Jam guitarist and Master Builder Vincent Van Trigt detail how the '59 became a '60, and what went into making the painstaking recreation
Nux’s Mighty Bass 50BT amp offers powerful bass tone with tons of flexibility in a compact package
Three-channel 50-watt amp packs in modeling tech, cab IRs, deep tone-editing tools and much more
Watch John Petrucci watch other guitarists try to play like John Petrucci
Mere guitar mortals take on Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment songs, and the prog-metal master weighs in
Quilter Labs' SuperBlock series aims to pack big amp power and versatility into pedal formats
SuperBlock US and UK designs offer a range of American and British-style tones at 25- and one-watt options
John McLaughlin announces lockdown-themed album built around “transcontinental collaborations”
Liberation Time is out July 16
Watch Dave Grohl and his 15-year-old daughter Violet cover X's Nausea with Krist Novoselic and Dave Lombardo
The “supergroup” performed the 1980 track Nausea on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Marcus Machado: “Learn the rhythms, learn the changes – that's what’s important to any gig. Nobody's going to hire you for how fast you play the solo“
He's collaborated with the likes of Anderson .Paak and Robert Glasper, fused hard rock and hip-hop with th1rt3en, and now Machado channels Jimi Hendrix, Nile Rodgers and, yes, Prince, on his searingly funky new album, Aquarius Purple
Take a deep dive into the Gibson App – “the one app that does it all” – with guitarist and educator R.J. Ronquillo
“It’s designed for everybody, from the newbie guitarist to the absolute rock star,” R.J. says
7 famous guitar intros that will give you chills
Music Is Win’s Tyler Larson plays the goosebump-inducing riffs and licks, with a little help from Positive Grid’s new Spark Pearl
Austin guitar great Denny Freeman, who played with Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, dies aged 76
A central figure in the Austin blues explosion, Freeman also worked with Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal and many others
A Slash Sanchez custom Strat-style guitar and other Guns N’ Roses-played instruments and amps are up for sale
Also on offer are Richard Fortus’s BC Mockingbird and Les Pauls, Gilby Clarke’s Zemaitis single-cut and modded Marshall and Vox amps
Watch Nancy Wilson perform her Eddie Van Halen tribute, 4 Edward, on acoustic guitar
The Heart great’s first solo album, You and Me, is out in May
New Peter Green book The Albatross Man to feature rare photos and memorabilia, newly recorded music from David Gilmour and Kirk Hammett
Green worked on the project for years prior to his death in July 2020
Watch Viennese virtuoso Bernth shred through Paganini’s notorious Caprice No. 24
The master shredder and YouTube sensation releases new album, Elevation, in May
Watch Larkin Poe unfurl a harmony-laden Star-Spangled Banner on a Nashville rooftop
The Lovell sisters inject some lap-steel down-home-ness into the national anthem
Marshall has now released its own jukebox
The amp manufacturer teams up with Sound Leisure for the luxuriously-spec’d Marshall Jukebox
Late Children of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho’s studio and stage amps and pedals are up for auction
Items include heavily used Marshall heads and cabinets, Blackstar amps and a fully loaded pedalboard
