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“Will appeal to high-gain players without unlimited budgets”: Victory MKX Lunch Box Head review
By Martin Smith published
Victory’s most advanced compact amp to date promises huge tone-potential in a lunchbox-sized package. We’re feeling hungry…

All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the answer to all your modeler tone woes
By Matt Owen published
Fresh new drops from Taylor, Fender, Gibson, Eastwood and more...

Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The metal pioneers’ longest-serving guitar player has passed away after a major operation

How 2,000 hours of work and some of the world's most exotic tonewoods birthed Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger”
By Jamie Dickson published
Ornate, laden with brass and exotic woods, ‘Tiger’ has become one of the world’s most expensive guitars as part of the recent Jim Irsay auction

“We thought, ‘He’s a massively successful artist – what could possibly go wrong?’ We really didn’t like the results, so we didn’t give permission for it to be released”: The folk-rock album recorded with an ’80s mega-star that never saw the light of day
By Jonathan Horsley published
When Richard and Linda Thompson entered the studio with Gerry Rafferty they thought only good could come of it. But creative differences saw the songs shelved... At least for a time

Gibson revives and refreshes its Songwriter Recording Artist acoustic range
By Phil Weller published
Two new models, with and without cutaways, blend vintage Gibson tones with a modern dreadnought shape and L.R. Baggs electronics for a best of both worlds approach

When Bonnie Raitt took Melissa Etheridge guitar shopping – and convinced her to swap her Les Paul for a Strat
By Jonathan Horsley published
Proof that we should always listen to Bonnie Raitt's advice, Etheridge never looked back with the Strat

How John Mayer helped Doug Pettibone sharpen his pedal steel skills
By Phil Weller published
When Pettibone’s pedal steel skills were exposed he feared the worst – but what Mayer did next surprised him
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