Epiphone expands range of semi-hollow guitars with updated UpTown Kat ES model By Matt Owen The stylish, new-and-improved version comes in a choice of flashy metallic colorways, and sports a set of newly designed ProBucker FB720 mini-humbuckers
PRS teams up with Joe Walsh for new signature Limited Edition McCarty 594 Singlecut guitar By Jackson Maxwell “I don’t like new guitars, but out of the box this is absolutely perfect," the Eagles legend says of his luxurious new solidbody
Victory's V4 The Kraken crams a 180W high-gain guitar amp into a pedal format By Matt Owen The compact pedalboard-friendly fixture features two independent channels inspired by vintage and modern high-gain sounds, and boasts onboard Two Notes cab sim technology
Reverb.com suffers temporary data breach By Sam Roche Users' personal info was publicly accessible for a short time
Boss Waza Craft TB-2W Tone Benders are now available – and already being sold for $2,000 on Reverb.com By Matt Owen The pedal giant’s president Yoshi Ikegami voiced his dismay at the marked-up four-figure price tags, saying, “We don’t make pedals for such scalpers”
LegendaryTones announces HOT MOD V2 EVO tube gain module for Marshall amps By Sam Roche New unit replaces an amp's V2 tube and offers two high-gain options and a bass boost/cut control
Austin guitar great Denny Freeman, who played with Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, dies aged 76 By Richard Bienstock A central figure in the Austin blues explosion, Freeman also worked with Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal and many others
Frank Zappa's last ever US show set for release as a live album By Sam Roche Listen to I Ain't Got No Heart, from Zappa's performance at New York's Nassau Coliseum in 1988
A Slash Sanchez custom Strat-style guitar and other Guns N’ Roses-played instruments and amps are up for sale By Richard Bienstock Also on offer are Richard Fortus’s BC Mockingbird and Les Pauls, Gilby Clarke’s Zemaitis single-cut and modded Marshall and Vox amps
Watch Nancy Wilson perform her Eddie Van Halen tribute, 4 Edward, on acoustic guitar By Richard Bienstock The Heart great’s first solo album, You and Me, is out in May
Harley Benton launches $79, Bluetooth-enabled practice amp, the TableAmp V2 By Sam Roche The new desktop offering boasts a 30W output and onboard digital reverb
Ronnie Wood reveals he’s been given the all-clear after battling cancer for a second time By Matt Owen The Rolling Stones legend was diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma, a type of cancer commonly found in the lungs, during the coronavirus lockdown
Billy Duffy teases new smaller-bodied Gretsch White Falcon signature model By Sam Roche “It's not been made yet – we're kind of testing the water with a couple of prototypes,” the Cult guitarist explains
New Peter Green book The Albatross Man to feature rare photos and memorabilia, newly recorded music from David Gilmour and Kirk Hammett By Richard Bienstock Green worked on the project for years prior to his death in July 2020
Gordon Smith Guitars shares first look at luxurious as-yet-unnamed GS Offset model By Matt Owen The boutique brand is inviting individuals to send in their suggestions for what the axe should be called, offering a GS Mini Amp to whoever submits the selected name
Jimi Hendrix's 'Woodstock' Marshall Super Lead and Fender Jazzmaster go up for sale on Reverb.com By Matt Owen The Jazzmaster saw action with the Isley Brothers in 1964, while the Marshall was used during Hendrix's iconic sets at Woodstock and Isle of Wight festivals
Lollar promises the best of both worlds with new coil-splittable Eldorado humbucker By Sam Roche New addition utilizes phase cancelation to eliminate unwanted noise, and sports magnetic pole pieces for faithful single-coil tones
Watch Larkin Poe unfurl a harmony-laden Star-Spangled Banner on a Nashville rooftop By Richard Bienstock The Lovell sisters inject some lap-steel down-home-ness into the national anthem
Marshall has now released its own jukebox By Richard Bienstock The amp manufacturer teams up with Sound Leisure for the luxuriously-spec’d Marshall Jukebox
TC Electronic downsizes its Skysurfer reverb pedal – meet the Skysurfer Mini By Sam Roche New addition boasts top-mounted jacks for flush pedalboard mounting and a trio of reverb voices
