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Reverb has revealed its best-selling pedals of 2024 – and it seems we have a winner in this year’s amp modeler race
By Matt Owen published
It’s been a big year for digital amp modelers and regular stompboxes alike, and as Reverb itself notes, it all makes for quite an interesting list
The emotional moment Johnny Cash was offered his one-of-a-kind signature acoustic
By Janelle Borg published
Cash was a strong proponent of Martin guitars, playing a whole host of models – but his all-black D-42 signature model is the most iconic
Pantera’s Rex Brown rejoins Spector’s artist ranks – less than a year after dropping his first Epiphone signature
By Phil Weller published
Brown relied on his Spector basses for the band’s final three albums, and took his stash on the road after Pantera reformed in 2022
Mark Tremonti on how Paul Reed Smith got him hooked on Dumbles
By Matt Owen published
The Alter Bridge guitarist looks back on how he beat his PRS peers to play the amp of his dreams – and never looked back
NAMM 2025: rumors, predictions and breaking news from the world’s biggest gear show
By Michael Astley-Brown published
With the likes of Fender, Gibson and Marshall returning to Anaheim at long last, this year’s event is set to be the biggest in five years – with secrets and surprises to match
Dweezil Zappa shares the surprising beginner guitar lessons he learned from Eddie Van Halen
By Matt Owen published
Zappa first met Van Halen when he was just 12 years old, and it wasn’t long before he was receiving lessons from the guitar god – on his legendary Frankenstein
How the producers of the Timothée Chalamet-starring Bob Dylan biopic nailed Dylan's unique tone – with a particular tweak
By Jackson Maxwell published
In partnership with the film's producers, Gibson gave Chalamet a collection of pristine, handcrafted guitars – but the movie's head music director needed, for accuracy's sake, to dim their natural sonic richness
Jamie Foxx says his daughter saved his life by playing guitar
By Matt Owen published
The Oscar and Grammy winner suffered a serious medical emergency back in April 2023, and recently opened up about the scare in his new Netflix special
“Reveal coming soon”: At long lost, is Gibson finally working on James Hetfield signature guitars?
By Matt Owen published
The Metallica frontman is poised to receive a Gibson Custom Shop creation that pays homage to his famed ‘So What’ 1984 Explorer. Could signature guitars be next?
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