Guitar Gear

This new 75th Anniversary Telecaster features a genuine Fender first – and it could change the face of Teles to come

Best guitar tuners 2026: my road-tested pick of chromatic, polyphonic and strobe options

This guitar has 64 pickups – and it could revolutionize guitar recording

Best guitar capos 2026: These are the tried & tested options I'd recommend for acoustic and electric players

Best guitar straps 2025: play in comfort and secure your guitar in style – top picks from a guitar salesman

Metallica has rolled out something special to help celebrate 50 years of EMG

Joe Satriani’s amp builder has released a potentially game-changing pickup system – which gives players the power to choose where their gain is created

Fishman brings Herman Li’s PRS Chleo Fluence pickups to the masses – but there’s a catch

D’Addario just launched a glove to clean your guitar

"It’s one of the most satisfying stacking combinations I’ve encountered in a dual-channel pedal for a very long time": Wampler Golden Jubilee review

“More aggressive, more physical, more raw and in tune with the animal kingdom”: Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2 Dual Op-Amp Fuzz review

“Lo-Fi and Pitch modes take you well beyond the usual analog delay paradigm”: Beetronics Bee Bee Dee review

"It’s not the cheapest solution, but it’s one of the most fully featured volume pedals available": Walrus Audio Canvas Volume review

Behringer sues Boss over “knock off” polyphonic tuner

Best pedalboards 2025: perfect platforms for your pedals, tested

“The basic rotary sound is very convincing”: Crumar Burn review

“It’s a pedal I didn’t even know I needed”: EHX Effects Interface review

Best pedalboard power supplies 2026: juice your ‘board with my pick of pro-grade power for every budget and size of 'board, fully tested

Best bass amps for practice 2026: top combos for working on your chops at home

How to dial in any guitar amp and find your sound

Joe Bonamassa names his go-to studio amp – which he bought from Steven Seagal

Ashdown pairs the classic, sought-after valve tone with modern flexibility in its SX guitar amp line

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Orange redefines modern tube amps with the OR60, a single-channel, easy-to-use amp head with serious muscle

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Josh Homme’s first guitar amp wasn’t even a guitar amp

Built in the UK: Why Marshall still defines the sound of guitar

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Laney is leading the way for FRFR speakers in 2026 – and its LFR lineup sets a new standard for amp modeler users

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As Blackstar heads towards its 20th anniversary, it redefines what it means to develop an artist-first amp that pairs class with innovation

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How Gibson made the ultimate tribute to David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson

How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar

Thefts, sweat, and countless mods: The story of Rory Gallagher’s ’61 Stratocaster, one of the most iconic guitars of all time

What makes a guitar worth $14.6 million?

PJD Origin Series Carey Apprentice and St John Apprentice review

Guitar expert reveals the guitars that could surpass the new auction record held by David Gilmour’s Black Strat

The magical mystery of the $1.3m Gretsch that might have recorded a Beatles classic

I attended the biggest guitar auction in history – and witnessed a new dawn in the value of the instrument

Charvel launches the Standard Series with a $599 Tele that promises to play like a pro

If you want to sound better live, three of our top-rated in-ear monitors just got some mega discounts in the Thomann In-Ear Days sale - save up to 30% on pro-level live sound

Best in-ear monitors for guitar players 2025: stay in tune and on time

“The best wireless headphones for musicians you can buy right now, despite a few flaws”: Yamaha YH-WL500 review

“Some of the finest sounding IEMs”: Ultimate Ears Pro UE 150, UE 250, UE 350 In-Ear Monitors review

“A handy addition to your pedalboard if you're playing shows with poor monitoring”: Cloudvocal EverSync Wireless IEM review

Best earplugs for musicians: guitarist-friendly plugs to suit every budget

CloudVocal’s EverSync wireless in-ear monitor system delivers high-quality, low-latency monitoring in a compact, pedalboard-friendly design

Audio Technica ATH-M50xBT2 review: the only headphones you need for guitar, studio and everyday use?

Save big on the Boss Waza-Air and a host of other guitar amp headphones solutions with these red-hot Cyber Monday deals

Fractal goes up against Neural DSP and IK Multimedia with ICONS – its first-ever plugin

“At long last, a DAW puts the guitar at the very heart of its operations”: Fender Studio Pro 8 review

Fender forges surprise Samsung partnership to bring Fender Play to home TV screens for the first time

“A utopia of modeled guitar tones that will suit pretty much any guitarist out there”: Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio review

“I just want to keep playing it” - Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X review

Neural DSP unveils Archetype: John Mayer X – a landmark signature plugin that brings the guitar great’s tones to the masses

Universal Audio’s amp-emulating pedals have been a huge success – now they’ve arrived in plugin form via the all-inclusive Paradise Guitar Studio

Universal Audio is giving away a free plugin for Black Friday but hurry, you've only got a few days to get yours – choose one of ten different plugins

Neural DSP Archetype: Misha Mansoor X review

Best guitar audio interfaces 2026: get better recorded guitar tones

Best FRFR speakers 2026: transparent tone for multi-effects and amp modelers

Best impulse responses: the secret sauce of great recorded guitar tone

Best microphones for recording guitar 2026: capture your acoustic or electric playing perfectly with these top-flight mics for every occasion

Why Fender just launched its own recording software – and what sets it apart for guitarists

These 5 audio interfaces came out on top in my testing gauntlet, and now they're all on sale with a hefty Black Friday discount – including $200 off a UA Apollo

"One of the best ways to quickly and easily record your music alongside your smartphone": Blackstar Polar Go review

“Affordable, professional-quality”: Warm Audio Fen-Tone WA-FT ribbon microphone review

Presonus Eris Pro 6 Review