Fender finally releases long-awaited Stratocaster Lego set By Matt Owen You can now build your own Strat and Princeton Reverb amp thanks to a new 1,074-piece kit
Radiohead announce three-disc Kid A/Amnesiac reissue, premiere previously unreleased track, If You Say The Word By Jackson Maxwell KID A MNESIA couples 2000's Kid A, 2001's Amnesiac and a third disc of alternate takes and previously unreleased material
Man on course to smash world record after playing bass guitar for 60 hours straight in mammoth fundraiser By Matt Owen Mark Edwards of Devon, England, played a continuous 86-song setlist for more than two days straight, shattering his previously held record of 41 hours of four-string action
Kim Thayil and Jerry Cantrell join forces to lead upcoming Sounds of Seattle rock camp By Jackson Maxwell The grunge-focused camp – which also features original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen – will take place in Los Angeles from February 17-20, 2022
Kirk Hammett reveals he has never written a guitar solo with a wah pedal By Matt Owen The Metallica guitarist made the admission in this month's issue of Guitar World, in which he and James Hetfield pick apart the sonic history of the Black Album
Jonny Greenwood says Radiohead side-project The Smile's debut album is "just about finished" By Sam Roche The guitar-driven band – which also features Thom Yorke and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – are “sitting in front of a pile of music”, Greenwood reveals
Faith Guitars revamps its HiGloss acoustic series with the three-piece rosewood-equipped FVHG3 By Matt Owen The flagship model from the new-and-improved HG3 series will be followed by updated versions of the brand's current HiGloss guitars
Adori Audio’s Slimtech is an ultra-slim combo amp that fits in a gigbag By Matt Parker The uber-portable guitar amplifier has a 10-hour rechargeable battery, plus delay, distortion and Bluetooth
Hard-rock heroes UFO schedule their last-ever show and promise “it’ll be a worthy finale” By Matt Parker The iconic outfit set a date for their live retirement in October 2022
Rico Nasty’s unexpectedly heavy NPR Tiny Desk concert makes a star of Strandberg-toting guitarist Liso Lee By Matt Owen The South Korean six-string sensation, who has performed alongside Cee Lo Green, Zayn Malik and Gwen Stefani, stole the show in her latest gain-heavy run-out
Burgerkill founding guitarist Aries Tanto – aka Eben – dies aged 46 By Sam Roche The guitarist played with the Indonesian metal outfit since their inception in 1995
Johnny Marr shares a closer look at his bonkers 9-pickup Fender Stratocaster By Matt Owen The mind-bending Spirit Strat recently made its debut in the music video of Marr's new single, Spirit Power and Soul
Watch the moment a festival pulls the plug on Guns N’ Roses and Dave Grohl – and they carry on regardless By Matt Parker BottleRock Music Festival muted the PA before the band's set had finished, not that anyone onstage seemed to mind…
Death By Audio post Hurricane Ida update, announce latest addition to lineup is a kitten named Toots By Matt Parker DBA’s Oliver Ackermann and Heather Bickford rescued the cat from a car engine, where it had taken refuge in the storm
Black Oak Arkansas guitarist Rickie Lee Reynolds dies aged 72 By Sam Roche The Southern rock guitarist suffered a cardiac arrest, according to his daughter
Hear Ariel Posen’s new swampy instrumental slide guitar masterclass, Clawhammer By Matt Owen The track is taken from Posen's forthcoming fourth studio outing, Mile End, due October 1
Kiko Loureiro has switched to the Neural DSP Quad Cortex for Megadeth’s current tour By Matt Owen The Megadeth guitarist revealed he made the jump from Fractal’s Axe-Fx II XL+ during a behind-the-scenes rehearsal video
Judas Priest have “at least an album or two of new material”, according to bassist Ian Hill By Sam Roche “We're in our 70s and still relevant, which is reason to be cheerful if nothing else!” Hill says
First-ever band-sanctioned Led Zeppelin documentary shares first official clip By Matt Owen The minute-long teaser from the hugely anticipated Becoming Led Zeppelin offers a peek at stellar archival live footage
Fender partners with Mattel for new Barbie Collection song lessons on Fender Play By Jackson Maxwell Created with the aim of inspiring potential future musicians, the lessons show aspiring young guitarists how to play songs from the new Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams movie
