Boss Space Echo RE-202 Review By Trevor Curwen published 24 June 22 Boss presents a pedal to truly recreate the sound of Roland’s iconic tape echo unit
Salt Box Workshop’s Spite Box is a lean, mean distortion/fuzz machine built in aid of a good cause By Matt Parker published 24 June 22 This collaborative design between Dave Gill and Jeff Davis will help raise money for local music programs in Baltimore, Maryland
Best pedals for blues 2022: overdrives, reverbs and more, primed for blues By Alex Lynham published 24 June 22 Assembling a pedalboard for a blues gig? Start here with our picks from Ibanez, Analogman, Boss and more...
Has black metal guitar just been evil surf rock all this time? By Sam Roche published 24 June 22 Wish they all could be True Norwegian? You'll be surfing to the sounds of Emperor and Satyricon after watching YouTuber Kevin Balke's revelatory video
Lari Basilio announces new album Your Love – watch the video for its breath-taking title track now By Jonathan Horsley published 24 June 22 Start the weekend right with GW's premiere of Lari Basilio's feel-good new single
Ozzy Osbourne shares epic new single Patient Number 9 featuring Jeff Beck By Jonathan Horsley published 24 June 22 And it is classic Ozzy, impeccably mounted Friday night metal with big hooks, an all-star lineup, and a guest turn from a guitar god...
Hear Marcus King's hard-riffing new song, Lie Lie Lie By Jackson Maxwell published 23 June 22 The third single from the South Carolina native's forthcoming solo effort, Young Blood, boasts an earworm of a riff and an explosive solo
D'Angelico unveils elegant new Excel DC, SS XT electric guitars By Jackson Maxwell published 23 June 22 Unlike their standard counterparts, these new-for-2022 models feature a Scroll-Style headstock and laminated quilted maple top
Stream music for less with up to 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited, completely free By Chris Barnes published 23 June 22 This unmissable early-Prime Day saving gives you access to 90 million songs, podcasts and curated playlists
Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes’ thrilling acoustic cover of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit By Jonathan Horsley published 23 June 22 In this GW premiere, the acoustic virtuoso duo combine powers to rework the era-defining grunge anthem, with spectacular results
JD Simo unpacks the legacy of Elvis Presley and reveals how he nailed Scotty Moore’s guitar tone for Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic By Alison Richter published 23 June 22 As sole guitar player on Elvis, JD Simo left no stone unturned in search of the gear to bring rock ’n’ roll history to life, but as he explains, it was a gig he had been waiting his whole life for
JustinGuitar review 2022 By Simon Fellows published 23 June 22 A fantastic online guitar tutorial site that costs nothing. Fair dinkum!
Pigtronix turns loose the Star Eater, a super-jumbo fuzz with filter and selectable germanium and silicon clipping By Jonathan Horsley published 22 June 22 The “fuzz sculptor with an appetite” has beefy fuzz, woolly fuzz, Smashing Pumpkins-style fuzz, you name it...
5 things to expect from Adam Jones’ seemingly imminent signature Epiphone Les Paul Custom By Matt Parker published 22 June 22 We gaze into our crystal balls (and Instagram) to make some predictions about the Tool guitarist’s much-anticipated signature Epiphone, which, surely, must be coming soon...
Jim Schwall, guitarist and vocalist of the Siegel-Schwall Band, dies at 79 By Jackson Maxwell published 22 June 22 Particularly well-known for his six-string prowess in the Chicago area, Schwall was famous for primarily using an amplified Gibson B-25 acoustic
Neural DSP adds nine new amplifiers, 10 new effects to the Quad Cortex in major new update By Jackson Maxwell published 22 June 22 The update also includes the company's Minivoicer algorithm, which allows users to add two pitch-shifted voices on top of their signal
Join Paul Reed Smith in his tricked-out home studio for a video tour of his awesome pedal collection By Sam Roche published 22 June 22 Tune in to find out which stompbox is the PRS Guitars supremo's all-time favorite
Julian Lage teams up with the legendary Bill Frisell for new single Auditorium, reveals new album title By Jonathan Horsley published 22 June 22 View With a Room will be Lage's sophomore album for the legendary Blue Note label and is out September 16. Lage has also announced a string of dates for the Fall
Kirk Fletcher announces new album, Heartache By The Pound, premieres biting new single, Afraid To Die, Too Scared To Live By Jackson Maxwell published 21 June 22 Billed as a return to the guitarist's musical roots, the album features Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble keyboardist Reese Wynans, and is set for release in July
Abasi Concepts expands its Larada Legion series with its most affordable six-string electric guitar to date By Jonathan Horsley published 21 June 22 This fresh 2022 drop from Abasi's most-affordable line is offered in four finishes, equipped with a pair of Tosin Abasi Fishman Fluence humbuckers and is available now
