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Kim Thayil (middle) performs onstage at the Whisky A Go Go with two attendees of the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp

Watch Soundgarden's Kim Thayil tear through Led Zeppelin's Communication Breakdown at Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp performance

By Jackson Maxwell published 22 March 23

The grunge guitar legend revisited an early Soundgarden setlist standard onstage with some lucky campers at the Whisky a Go Go

Watch Larkin Poe deliver a dueling Strat and slide workout in punchy Jimmy Kimmel performance

By Matt Parker published 22 March 23

The duo performed stomping new blues rocker Bad Spell, complete with some killer harmonic lead sections

Fishman Fluence Tim Henson signature pickups

Fishman debuts signature Fluence pickup sets for Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage – complete with an onboard nylon-string substitute setting

By Jonathan Horsley published 22 March 23

The Polyphia boys land the big Fishman, with each pickup featuring three voices, including the ridiculously tantalizing “nylon-string surrogate” mode on Henson’s neck humbucker

Marcus King plays Paul Kossoff's 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom

Watch Marcus King play a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom once owned by Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton

By Jonathan Horsley published 22 March 23

King was on tour in France when super-collector Matthieu Lucas of Matt’s Guitar Shop dropped by with a very special single-cut in tow

Kiesel unveils the A2, a future-forward offset electric guitar and bass that marks the dramatic evolution of the Aries

By Jonathan Horsley published 22 March 23

The A2 guitar and bass debut a refined body shape and contouring to enhance ergonomics and offer players a speedy ride

Deryck Whibley is selling off a “treasure trove” of gear used across two decades with Sum 41

By Matt Parker published 22 March 23

The new Reverb haul includes a custom-built Fender Thinline Tele, a 1962 Gibson SG and his first Marshall cabinet

Wolfgang Van Halen flexes his tapping chops on new Mammoth WVH single, Another Celebration at the End of the World

By Michael Astley-Brown published 22 March 23

The big-riffing, big-soloing track is our first taste of WVH’s second album – which is arriving sooner than you think

Grover Jackson and Morgan Electrics’s Joe Morgan

Morgan Amps has teamed up with legendary luthier Grover Jackson (yes, that one) on a new high-end guitar line

By Matt Parker published 22 March 23

The Tennesseean boutique amp-maker now has a boutique guitar line, Morgan Electrics

Alice Cooper and Nita Strauss live onstage at London's Wembley Arena in 2017

Nita Strauss reunites with Alice Cooper for new single Winner Takes All – and Strauss is cutting heads in the solo

By Jonathan Horsley published 22 March 23

“There was no question that I wanted to create a song to collaborate with my longtime boss and friend, the legendary Alice Cooper,” says Strauss

Positive Grid unveils the Spark Go, a 5-watt modeling amp that fits in your pocket

By Matt Parker published 22 March 23

The “ultra-portable”, battery-powered Bluetooth guitar amp offers access to Spark’s full ToneCloud library and practice features

HeadRush debuts the amp-cloning and Auto-Tune-equipped Prime, “the most powerful, versatile, and realistic-sounding floorboard FX processor ever”

By Matt Parker published 21 March 23

The touchscreen-equipped amp modeler and multi-FX brings the fight to Neural DSP and Line 6

Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt performs during the Generation Axe show at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on November 9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nuno Bettencourt reveals the most important pedal in his guitar rig: “I tried playing without one and f**kin’ hated it!”

By Michael Astley-Brown published 21 March 23

The unlikely stompbox is integral to the Extreme virtuoso’s searing distorted tone, even if he admits, “Other players think it’s not doing anything and would probably wonder if the battery is dead”

The pedals that the world's greatest guitarists can't live without – only in the new Guitar World

By Damian Fanelli published 21 March 23

Plus! Periphery, Huey Lewis guitar great Chris Hayes, Nova Twins, Tom Verlaine, Vinnie Moore, Obituary, Slade's Noddy Holder, the Sweet's Andy Scott and more, more, more!

Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior 2023

Gibson unveils new Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior, complete with the pinkest hardcase you’ve ever seen

By Matt Parker published 21 March 23

The Green Day leader returns with a new single-pickup signature model, packed with a P-90 and a none-more-pink Protector case

Michael Landau's "Coma" Stratocaster, surrounded on both sides by Fender replicas

Fender honors one of the most heard electric guitars of all time with two new Michael Landau signature "Coma" Stratocasters

By Jackson Maxwell published 21 March 23

Boasting an HSS layout and faded red satin lacquer finish, the new signature model replicates a legendary '59 Strat that's been used on albums by Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and hundreds of others

Darkglass seeks to shake up the noise gate market with mysterious and “cutting-edge” new NSG pedal

By Michael Astley-Brown published 21 March 23

It’s got one giant knob, it works with guitar and bass – and that’s about all we know

The holy grail of saturated tones? Crazy Tube Circuits’ Motherload combines Big Muff and Rat sounds in one pedal

By Michael Astley-Brown published 21 March 23

A host of onboard EQ and voice options promise to take the classic fuzz/distortion circuits into new sonic territory

Blackstar unveils its most powerful entry-level amp yet, the Debut 50R

By Matt Owen published 21 March 23

The $249 combo seeks to cover all practice and gigging needs

Taylor Swift with her Fearless acoustic guitar

Taylor Swift’s parents recreated her Fearless guitar using rhinestones and super glue

By Matt Parker published 20 March 23

The pop icon says her mom and dad set to work on the instrument the day before her Eras tour kicked off

Mick Slattery performing with Space Ritual in 2009

Hawkwind founder and guitarist Mick Slattery dies aged 77

By Matt Parker published 20 March 23

Slattery recorded with the British space-rock institution on their first demo and played their acid-laced early gigs