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Misha Mansoor is selling off a heap of his used Periphery gear on Reverb

By Matt Parker published 27 July 22

“All of this gear has mojo,” says Mansoor of a sale that includes prototypes, rarities, and custom builds of his Jackson signature guitars, alongside instruments used at the start of his career

Luna Guitars welcomes the Exotic Caidie to its beginner-friendly Gypsy series

By Sam Roche published 27 July 22

The striking acoustic-electric sports trademark Luna visual touches – including its insignia on the headstock and pearloid moon phase inlays

J. Rockett Audio Designs El Hombre review

By Trevor Curwen published 27 July 22

J. Rockett’s tribute to Billy Gibbons is an overdrive offering amp-like feel in a compact box – for that Texan sound and more

This man has built guitars out of everything from copper pipes to Mountain Dew bottles

By Sam Roche published 27 July 22

Intrepid YouTube/social media luthier Shane Speal is a cigar box guitar expert, and has created some of the wackiest stringed instruments we've ever seen

Herman Li explains why more rock musicians should be getting into online content creation

By Matt Owen published 27 July 22

The DragonForce maestro, who is active on Twitch and YouTube, says having a social media side hustle provides more than just a secondary income

Death By Audio’s Space Bender is a chorus modulator offering “vintage sci-fi sounds, bending sonic bedlam, and pulsing atmospheres”

By Jonathan Horsley published 26 July 22

The NYC-based effects pedal company promises no shortage of intensity with an effect designed for players looking to fall down the wormhole of modulated delay, chorus and flanger

Origin Effects unveils versatile Tube Screamer-style drive pedal, the Halcyon Green Overdrive

By Matt Owen published 26 July 22

Compact stompbox seeks to solve the TS808's biggest problem, and promises a seamless transition between mid-forward drive tones and rich clean tones

Fender George Harrison Rocky Stratocaster

Fender launches George Harrison Rocky Stratocaster, a replica of the Beatle’s iconic hand-painted Day-Glo Strat

By Jonathan Horsley published 26 July 22

Originally a 1961 Strat in Sonic Blue, Harrison debuted Rocky on Rubber Soul, before giving it an eye-popping new finish as the Fab Four entered the psychedelic era

Mojo Hand FX offers “otherworldly sonic textures” with its new Octaverse reverse delay octave pedal

By Sam Roche published 26 July 22

With a straightforward control layout and innovative concept, the Texas-based company's latest design promises to reinvigorate your pedalboard

Joni Mitchell watched online videos to relearn guitar after brain aneurysm

By Matt Owen published 26 July 22

The legendary songwriter picked up an electric guitar for her performance of Just Like This Train at this year's Newport Folk Festival, which marked her first full live set in 20 years

Jim Root partners with Dunlop for chug-friendly drop A and drop B signature strings

By Matt Owen published 26 July 22

The Slipknot guitarist's new custom-gauge sets seek to provide tuning stability and high-end clarity capable of accommodating his low-end six-string onslaughts

Fender JV Modified ’50s Telecaster and ’60s Stratocaster review

By Neville Marten published 26 July 22

Forty years on from the launch of the Japanese-made JV series Strat and Tele, Fender revisits the range with ‘modified’ versions that claim to offer the best of the old and the new

How the advent of speakers using neodymium magnets enabled bigger sounds from lighter cabs

By Paul Gough published 26 July 22

The neo kid in town revolutionized cab design, allowing smaller, lighter units to punch above their weight

How to apply consecutive scale tones in your playing with cluster chords

By Richard Barrett published 25 July 22

Five inspirational ideas to take cluster chords out of the realm of fretboard theory and into something you can put into practice

Learn 5 licks in the style of one of the fastest guitarists who ever lived, Shawn Lane

By Charlie Griffiths published 25 July 22

Transposing piano for guitar, combining jazz, classical and rock, Lane was way more than just a speedster – this lesson will take you inside his imaginative phrasing and esoteric note choices

Why Gibson’s Elvis SJ-200 has us all shook up

By Neville Marten published 25 July 22

The King of the Flat-Tops does not get any more regal than this

St. Vincent, James Taylor and Joe Walsh, all musical residents on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert unveils guitar-heavy list of musical residents, including St. Vincent, James Taylor and Joe Walsh

By Matt Parker published 25 July 22

The residencies mark a first for the show and will see artists appearing for a full week, with St. Vincent teeing things off from tonight, July 25

The Nux Mighty Plug Pro is a headphones amp with a wide range of features

Nux launches new feature-packed headphone guitar amp, the Mighty Plug Pro

By Sam Roche published 25 July 22

Guitarists can control its plethora of amp, cab and pedal simulations via an accompanying smartphone app

U2 reportedly set for 2023 Las Vegas residency at the largest spherical structure on earth

By Matt Owen published 25 July 22

The new $1.8 billion MSG Sphere super-arena will feature state-of-the-art spatial audio, a programmable exterior exosphere, interior immersive display – and The Edge on guitar?

Fender Japan Jazzmaster HH Wide Range CuNiFe humbucker

Fender Japan releases gloss black limited-run 60s Jazzmaster HH with Wide Range CuNiFe humbuckers

By Matt Parker published 25 July 22

Please meet the latest highly-desirable, unobtainable object from Fender’s Japanese lineup