10 best compressor pedals 2021: Tame your tone's dynamics with compression By Jonathan Horsley With great options from Boss, Keeley, MXR and more, there has never been a better time to add one of the best compressor pedals to your pedalboard
Bigsby vibratos: charting the history of the game-changing guitar hardware By Rod Brakes Andy Babiuk – musician and author of The Story Of Paul Bigsby: The Father Of The Modern Electric Solid Body Guitar – uncovers the origins of Paul Bigsby’s masterpieces
Walrus Audio Mako Series ACS1 Amp + Cab Simulator review By Trevor Curwen World-class amp tones from a compact pedal? Walrus Audio seeks to grant big performance from your pedalboard
Justin Norvell on the past, present and future of guitar design at Fender By Guitarist editors “We owe a lot to the body of musical work that’s been created on our instruments. We’ve gone from being timely to timeless”
Gibson Les Paul buyer’s guide 2021: The best Les Pauls for every budget By Daryl Robertson We break down the latest offerings from Gibson and Epiphone to help you pick the right Les Paul for you
Cort G300 Pro review By Dave Burrluck Besides making guitars for a host of brands including PRS, Cort’s own boutique-inspired designs are making serious waves...
Smooth Hound Innovations debuts the Siva, a Helix-style multi-FX and amp modeler with built-in wireless system By Matt Owen The British-built design promises component-by-component reproductions of classic circuits, and a huge array of amps and effects
Watch The Black Keys deliver rousing live performances of Crawling Kingsnake and Going Down South on The Late Show By Sam Roche Frontman Dan Auerbach and guitarist Kenny Brown trade tasty leads and slick slides during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
You have less than 48 hours to bag a free acoustic guitar with a Guitar Tricks annual subscription By Chris Barnes First-rate online guitar lessons AND a free guitar for just $129? This unmissable deal expires soonl
The 8 best amps for metal 2021: play loud and proud with the best metal amps on the market By Guitar World Staff, Jonathan Horsley These powerhouse metal amps from EVH, Peavey, Orange, Hughes & Kettner and more will have you primed to seek and destroy straight from the word go
Fender unveils Final Fantasy XIV Stratocaster By Michael Astley-Brown The striking limited-edition guitar will also be playable in-game via a new patch
Joanna Connor reveals her aversion to baseball-bat guitar necks and regret at trading in a ’64 Fender Twin By David Mead Bought & Sold: the blues guitar maven walks through her hits, misses and rules when buying gear
Joe Bonamassa uses a headless Kiesel guitar to demo his forthcoming signature 1948 Fender Dual Professional combo By Sam Roche The blues ace notes the “73 years of design” that separates the guitar and amp
The 10 best Stratocasters 2021: how to find the perfect Fender Strat for you By Amit Sharma, James Farmer The best Strats for every budget and playing style
Molly Tuttle releases new cover EP, …but i’d rather be with you, too By Richard Bienstock The new release finds the fingerpicking titan teaming up with Iron & Wine to cover Phantogram’s You Don’t Get Me High Anymore
Mooer unveils DSP-equipped, all-in-one digital six-string, the GTRS Intelligent Guitar By Matt Owen The digital-meets-analog six-string sports a Super Knob that grants access to 126 guitar effects, a drum machine with 40 presets and an 80-second looper
Watch Billy Gibbons rip out some mean slide licks – using a beer bottle – in new My Lucky Card video By Richard Bienstock The ZZ Top legend’s third solo album, Hardware, is out in June
Glou-Glou debuts feature-packed stereo looper/delay pedal, the Loupé By Matt Owen Versatile offering comes equipped with nine assignable controls, a host of sound-sculpting effects and functionality based on the Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram debuts driving new single, 662 By Michael Astley-Brown The 22-year-old blues phenom celebrates his Mississippi roots with a sizzling single-coil stomp
Bob Dylan museum, featuring never-before-heard recordings, set to open in Oklahoma in 2022 By Matt Owen The upcoming center is set to showcase a series of Dylan-based artifacts, including handwritten lyric manuscripts, as-yet-unseen footage and rare pictures
