Julien’s Auctions 'Music Icons' lot, featuring Eddie Van Halen and Prince-played guitars, rakes in nearly $5 million in three days By Matt Owen Prince's Blue Cloud fetches $281,250, while EVH's Charvel Art Series models sell for a total of $210,225
Watch Joe Bonamassa and Jared James Nichols tear through Crossroads at the Gibson Garage grand opening concert By Matt Owen The duo shared the stage with a slew of other Gibson guitar heavyweights on the night, including Marcus King, Orianthi, Emily Wolfe and Warren Haynes
George Harrison’s estate announces massive All Things Must Pass 50th anniversary reissues By Richard Bienstock The legendary Beatle’s landmark solo album is bolstered with previously-unreleased tracks, memorabilia and…garden gnomes
Dave Grohl says surviving Nirvana members have recorded “really cool” new music By Guitar World Staff Just don’t expect to hear the jams any time soon – or maybe ever
Eric Bibb announces new album Dear America, drops blues-soaked single, Born Of A Woman By Matt Owen The upcoming outing will be Bibb's first since signing for Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group
Brian May explains why he uses a sixpence as a pick By Richard Bienstock “The more rigid it is, the more you feel what's happening at the string in your fingers,” the Queen legend says
Watch Eddie Van Halen play the riffs from Amsterdam years before its release in newly unearthed 5150 studio footage By Richard Bienstock The song eventually appeared on Van Halen’s 1995 album, Balance
Bernie Marsden pays homage to Albert, BB and Freddie King with his first solo album since 2014, Kings By Sam Roche The record – which comprises 10 covers and two original King-inspired instrumentals – arrives July 23
Grez Guitars pays homage to '50s-era electric guitars with the Mendocino Junior, built from 100-year-old redwood By Sam Roche Other spec highlights include a Honduran mahogany neck, Macassar ebony fingerboard with maple inlays and a singular Wolftone Meaner Dog Ear P-90 pickup
Hamstead Soundworks aims to open up a solar system of high-gain tones with all-new Comet: Interstellar Driver pedal By Matt Owen The meticulously crafted offering sports a circuit-changing toggle switch and two internal controls that seek to squeeze out a wide spectrum of gain-infused tones
Arturia promises “audio effects you’ll actually use” with its analog-inspired FX Collection 2 plugins By Michael Astley-Brown Updated package delivers 22 effects, including new compressors, modulation and fresh Space Echo-inspired sounds
Redbeard Effects debuts its first-ever overdrive pedal, the Angry Rhubarb Paradynamic Overdrive MKII By Matt Owen The boutique brand's first foray into the world of overdrive boasts an all-analog design, as well as pre- and post-EQ overdrive circuits
OPFXS crams all of its innovative effects – and more – into one fully reprogrammable compact pedal, the V-Uno By Michael Astley-Brown The FX co behind the Dig Deep promises 20+ effects from the multi-effects pedal design, which will be regularly updated
Fender’s latest limited-edition equips the ’70s Telecaster Deluxe with a Strat-style tremolo By Michael Astley-Brown The Made-in-Japan ’70s Telecaster Deluxe delivers whammy thrills in Lake Placid Blue, Three-Tone Sunburst and Butterscotch Blonde finishes
Jared James Nichols announces new EP Shadow Dancer, shares gritty first single Skin 'n Bone By Sam Roche The Epiphone signature artist has been named a Gibson Brand Ambassador to coincide with the announcement
Guess KMA Audio Machines' next pedal and you could win a fully loaded pedalboard By Sam Roche The 'board features a Logan overdrive, Moai Maea analog octaver, Horizont multi-spatial JFET phaser, Cirrus reverb/delay – and a mysterious new product
Solar Guitars launches new Tele-inspired range with the EverTune-equipped T1.6AN By Sam Roche The classy new metal-friendly offering boasts a plethora of high-end appointments, including distressed metal hardware, Luminlay glow-in-the-dark side dots and Duncan Solar pickups
David Gilmour teases a sonic shift for his next album: "The electric guitar I'm currently playing is not as 'rock god' as one might expect" By Matt Owen The Pink Floyd legend hopes to have the record ready "in the next year or two"
Lindsey Buckingham announces first solo album in 10 years By Matt Owen The former Fleetwood Mac guitar icon has also shared the self-titled record’s ethereal lead single, I Don’t Mind
John Mayer performs first-ever live rendition of Last Train Home on Jimmy Kimmel Live! By Matt Owen The PRS-wielding blues titan dialed in the '80s-flavored guitar tones and offered up a selection box of smooth six-string phrases in the track's debut live runout
