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Best baritone guitars 2025: pick up the slack with these long scale guitars

By Matt McCracken last updated

Get low with my expert pick of the best baritone guitars from PRS, Gretsch, Chapman, Jackson, and loads more

Guitars
American singer-songwriter and guitarist Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth performs on stage at La Riviera on November 30, 2013 in Madrid, Spain

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo is selling his first-ever electric guitar on the band's relaunched Reverb store

By Janelle Borg published

This is the third time the iconic experimental rockers have linked up with the online gear marketplace to sell a collection of their own gear to fans

Guitar Gear
Four pedalboards sat on top of their boxes on a wicker rug

Best pedalboards 2025: perfect platforms for your pedals, tested

By James Grimshaw last updated

I used 10 pedalboards from Fender, D’Addario, Pedaltrain and more at home, in the studio and on stage to find out which ones are worth stomping on

Pedalboards

How to get the best from your tube amp with British amp and pedal guru Dan Coggins

By Jamie Dickson published

Lovetone pedals mastermind and tone-meister at large Dan Coggins shares his tips on getting the best from the tube amp in your life

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Best combo amps: the best all-in-one amps for every budget

By Matt McCracken last updated

The ultimate tube, solid state, and modeling combo amps for every genre, from Motown to metal and everything in between

Combo Amps
Jerry Cantrell and Jeff Beck

Jerry Cantrell on how Jeff Beck inspired him to dig out a rare pedal for I Want Blood

By Phil Weller published

The Alice In Chains riffer drew inspiration from the late great, and his penchant for left-field gear, for his latest solo album

Guitarists
Wolfgang Van Halen

The hottest guitar gear launches of 2024 – from Wolfgang Van Halen’s long-awaited semi-hollow signature to UAFX’s Dumble-in-a-pedal

By Amit Sharma published

There was an onslaught of new guitar products released over the past 12 months. Here are the ones that had us all talking (and checking our bank balance)

Guitar Gear
With up to 80% off, Sweetwater has the biggest Black Friday sale we've seen so far – and it's even better than last year

Sweetwater's gargantuan Black Friday sale is even bigger than last year – save up to 80% on guitars, amps, pedals & more

By Daryl Robertson published

Bag enormous Black Friday savings on electric and acoustic guitars, amps, pedals, recording gear, strings and more

Guitar Gear
Joe Perry backstage with Aerosmith in 1976, noodling on a B.C. Rich Mockingbird in a natural finish

Why the ’70s was a time of innovation and folly for guitar gear

By Chris Gill published

The ’70s gets a bad rep from some guitarists but it's too easy to say this was a bad time for Gibson and Fender and that's the story. There were some real treasures and technological breakthroughs

Music Industry
Eric Johnson performs on stage during the G3 tour stop at The Magnolia on February 07, 2024 in El Cajon, California.

Eric Johnson says the ever-expanding world of guitar gear has resulted in “so much option anxiety”

By Phil Weller published

As the amp modeler and digital multi-effects markets continue to grow, Johnson has responded with a back-to-basics record that demonstrates the benefits of a stripped-back signal chain

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