Guitar Gear

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

Best guitar picks 2026: my choice of tried-and-tested plectrums to upgrade your playing

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

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

Seymour Duncan goes toe-to-toe with Fishman with its triple-voiced MortalCoil active pickups

Best acoustic guitar strings: our top-rated strings for your acoustic

Turn your old guitar strings into sculptures with the String Thing

Best wah pedals 2026: add an essential tone-shaping effect to your pedalboard with our expert guide

"There’s clarity where you want it, and a glorious wall of noise when you need it": Laney Black Country Customs Billy Corgan Supergrace Loudpedal review

Line 6’s Helix Stadium Floor is finally shipping – 8 months after it was first unveiled

"A triumphant first all-analog pedal from Strymon, which will inject your rig with some impressively usable and versatile drive tones": Strymon Fairfax Class A Output Stage Drive pedal review

Best amp modelers 2026: rack-mounted and floorboard options for every budget

Loved by Frank Zappa, Bootsy Collins, Steve Vai and more, how the Mu-Tron III became a vintage pedalboard icon

The Frog Pedal is a surprisingly versatile octaver that makes your guitar sound like, erm, a frog

Best fuzz pedals 2026: add some filth to your sound with these essential pedalboard effects

“An incredibly powerful, immensely versatile pedal that crams gold-standard modeler experiences and sounds into the smallest form factor possible”: Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini review

“A match for boutique offerings from smaller high-end manufacturers”: PRS DGT 15 Combo review

“It just floored me”: Inside Fender’s mission to bring the ’62 Super Amp back from the dead

“Delivers surprisingly good amp models and one of the best AI practice tools I’ve ever used”: JBL BandBox Trio review

Best guitar amp headphones 2026: practice playing your guitar in peace

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

Blackstar launches the Beam Mini – the world’s first amplifier to natively support Neural Amp Modeling

Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions

Best guitar amps 2026: tube, solid-state, and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets

Leo Fender’s favorite amp, recreated? Fender ’62 Super Amp review

“Sub-$500 guitars built with some degree of care and expertise”: Epiphone J-45 Studio and J-200 Studio review

Why Paul Gilbert thinks it’s important to practice restraint when it comes to shredding

The bass used to record The Special’s gloomy political anthem, Ghost Town, is headed to auction

Is Slash's no. 1 Les Paul – which isn’t a Gibson – set for a Gibson reboot?

Swannell Guitars makes an electric like an acoustic with tones that will blow your mind

Police in search of robbers who stole $15,000 vintage Martin from Maryland music store

Gary Clark Jr. comes full circle with a new signature Gibson ES-355 that pays homage to his hero

With over $1,000 off PRS Core guitars and amps, I think I just found the most tempting sale around this Presidents' Day

Score a vintage spec Fender with $600 off this Presidents' Day thanks to some gigantic Vintera II discounts over at the official Fender store

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 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

Best guitar audio interfaces 2025: get better recorded guitar tones

Presonus Eris Pro 6 Review