Latest articles by Richard Bienstock
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
Watch Justin Johnson use Nux’s Stageman II rechargeable acoustic amp to pick a pristine version of the Beatles’ Let It Be
Battery-powered 80-watt unit delivers organic tone, comes loaded with effects, IRs, a built-in looper and much more
Hagerman unveils the tube-amp-in-pedal One Watter
Low-power design boasts clean and gain channels for practice-at-home ease
Fredric Effects’ DuoFace Dual Vintage Fuzz packs silicon and germanium circuits into one pedal enclosure
Go from smooth and sustain-y to gated and “splitty” with a flick of a switch
A David Bowie-owned and -signed Takamine is up for auction
The 12-string acoustic-electric is autographed with the inscription “Ground Control to Major Tom”
Billy Gibbons gets atmospheric on new spoken-word-and-guitar single, Desert High
The ZZ Top legend’s third solo album, Hardware, is out in June
Watch Dave Mustaine shred on a Les Paul at a Nashville SC Major League Soccer game
The Megadeth leader is the latest signature artist to perform the “Gibson Guitar Riff”
Watch Jay Leonard J explore the new, “fully featured” Eventide UltraTap pedal
Newest addition to the dot9 series promises a "multiverse of tone" via delays, reverbs, volume swells, modulations and more
Spector joins with La Bella Strings for custom line of electric bass strings
New nickel round-wound long-scale strings available in four, five and six-string sets
Opeth announce 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of seminal progressive death metal effort Blackwater Park
The landmark album “was the stepping stone into professionalism for us,” says Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt
Brian May plays Beethoven’s Ode to Joy for new single “uniting the Spanish music industry”
“A stupendous event,” the Queen guitarist says of Himno a la Alegría
Washburn launches luxurious-looking, affordably-priced Deep Forest Ebony Collection of acoustics
New models boast striped ebony tops and okoume backs and sides for “warm and bold” tone
Listen to Gary Moore’s scorching, previously unreleased live take on Freddie King’s blues classic, I’m Tore Down
The track hails from new compilation, How Blue Can You Get, featuring Moore deep cuts and alternate versions
Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer pleads guilty to two felonies for role in US Capitol insurrection
The guitarist is the first rioter to enter a guilty plea following the January 6 violence
Find the PRS that's just right for you with the company’s new one-minute guitar quiz
You’re just 60 seconds away from the perfect PRS pairing
Positive Grid’s Spark Pearl updates the revolutionary smart amp and app with eye-popping white-and-gold style
Special edition version features new looks, same unrivaled feature set for unparalleled practice, jamming and recording experiences
Nancy Wilson shares acoustic Eddie Van Halen tribute, 4 Edward
The instrumental will appear on her forthcoming solo debut, You and Me
Sammy Hagar would have been “embarrassed” if Van Halen had adopted proposed Van Hagar name change
Fortunately, Eddie Van Halen nixed the idea immediately
