Best pedalboards 2023: 11 budget-spanning picks to help organize your guitar effects By Jonathan Horsley last updated 29 March 23 Get the best from your effects with these 'boards from Voodoo Labs, Boss, Friedman and more
Best reverb pedals 2023: 14 great options for your pedalboard By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 29 March 23 Take a deep dive into the cavernous world of 'verb and explore the best reverb pedals for every budget
Hannah Murphy: “There’s such intimacy in playing classical music by yourself. I could lose myself in it” By Joe Bosso published 29 March 23 How Johann Kaspar Mertz, Frederico Moreno Torrobo and Manuel Ponce persuaded Murphy that her future lay with nylon strings instead of pop-punk and power chords
Imagine Dragons' Wayne Sermon on how his time playing jazz at Berklee formed the foundation of his pop rock approach By Mark McStea published 28 March 23 The guitar star addresses the Rick Rubin-produced Mercury – Acts 1 and 2, and why there won't be a third installment of the Mercury collection
John Primer: “I tried the Cry Baby wah pedal and a phase shifter, but the blues guys said, ‘Hey, you throw that thing in the garbage’” By Jim Beaugez published 28 March 23 The one-time Muddy Waters lead guitarist and living legend of the Chicago blues scene discusses good times, Hard Times, and that time Keith Richards offered him a cigarette
Joanne Shaw Taylor on Jeff Beck: “He was my favorite guitar player – he made the guitar a different instrument” By Ellie Rogers published 28 March 23 Remembering Jeff Beck in her own words, Joanne Shaw Taylor speaks of a player who took the guitar to the edge and beyond
The Stones Roses, Primal Scream and bass playing: A rare interview with Mani By Scott Rowley published 27 March 23 Stone Roses and Primal Scream legend Gary “Mani” Mounfield on gear, groove and the problems of playing with a drum machine
Eddie 9V: “One thing I learned from the great blues players – it’s more about what’s in your heart and soul” By Bill DeMain published 27 March 23 A blues traveler goes back to 1969 and returns with a modern take on a classic Southern sound, and his name is Eddie 9V
Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch reveals what’s on his pedalboard By Mike Huguenor published 27 March 23 Why hook up one booster to your 'board when you can have three? Martsch explains all...
Martin vs Taylor: What's the difference between these two iconic acoustic brands? By Daryl Robertson published 27 March 23 We take a deep dive into two titans of the acoustic world to find out which is the most suitable for you
The Lowlist: Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous is one of the greatest live albums ever released By Mike Brooks published 26 March 23 Unfairly maligned as an album "fixed in the studio", a new version of Live And Dangerous proves Lynott and co didn't need overdubs
10 things you didn’t know about Carol Kaye By Nick Wells published 24 March 23 She played for Elvis, Sinatra, Spector, the Beach Boys - but just how did she do it?
Carol Kaye played a Fender Precision Bass on most of her classic sessions – but she preferred the Music Man StingRay By Matt Owen last updated 24 March 23 The session bass legend was recruited by Music Man to demo the first-ever StingRay in 1978, and recorded a fusion track especially for the occasion
Jeff Beck in his own words: “My Strat is another arm – it’s part of me. It doesn’t feel like a guitar at all… It’s a tool of great inspiration and torture” By Jamie Dickson published 24 March 23 In these classic interviews, the late Jeff Beck, a man who typically preferred to let the guitar do the talking, looks back on his career and discusses his gear discoveries and creative epiphanies
Should Bill Wyman have gotten a songwriting credit for The Rolling Stones (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction? By Nick Wells published 24 March 23 Bill Wyman: “The fact of the matter is that my bassline made the song just as much as Keith’s guitar riff”
Best Fender amps 2023: The Big F’s finest tube combo, digital modeling and headphones amp solutions By Jonathan Horsley last updated 23 March 23 Fender’s amp line-up has something for everyone. Our buyer’s guide will help you decide which is right for you
Best guitar amps for recording 2023: five home studio companions that will help you achieve tonal greatness By Daryl Robertson last updated 23 March 23 Our pick of the greatest home studio amps from Boss, Kemper, Hughes & Kettner, Blackstar and Positive Grid
Joe Bonamassa names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound By Andrew Daly published 23 March 23 The king of modern-day blues-rock on "the greatest rock guitar player that ever was", who he considers "the Frank Sinatra of the blues" and "Immaculate Conception as a guitar player" – and why he regularly apologizes to Eric Johnson
How Narrow Head tapped into a shoegazing '90s alt-rock sound with “poppier pop and heavier heavies” By Gregory Adams published 23 March 23 The Houston-based pedal pushers put on an immersive tone clinic on their latest release, Moments of Clarity, and it's giving us all heavy '90s vibes
Kamelot’s Thomas Youngblood discusses the evolution of a bona-fide Florida metal institution and the guitar strategies that challenge his audience By Gregory Adams published 23 March 23 Kamelot have made a spectacular return with The Awakening, reestablishing the Sunshine State veterans as champions of guitar-forward, progressive power metal
