Glenn Fricker seeks to blend HM-2-style “Swedish chainsaw” and modern metal tones with his signature Revv distortion pedal, the Northern Mauler By Sam Roche published 3 November 22 The YouTube gear maestro wants you to “say no to boring tone”
Obsidious guitarist Rafael Trujillo delivers one of the most technically formidable playthroughs of the year with this 7-string prog-metal masterclass By Sam Roche published 1 November 22 Trujillo – formerly of Obscura – offers stellar leads and fiery tremolo picking aplenty in this head-spinning playthrough of Iconic
It’s settled: James Hetfield had the best Halloween costume this year By Sam Roche published 1 November 22 The Metallica frontman paid tribute to Stranger Things – which gained the band a deluge of new fans earlier this year – by dressing up as the Hellfire Club’s guitar-toting hero, Eddie Munson
Noel Gallagher teams up with Johnny Marr on new High Flying Birds single, Pretty Boy By Sam Roche published 1 November 22 The Mancunian indie rock legends link up on the first track from Gallagher's new album, which arrives next year
Robert Fripp and Toyah celebrate Halloween with a spine-tingling take on Black Sabbath's Children of the Grave By Sam Roche published 31 October 22 The pair transform their kitchen into a spider's lair in this oh-so-spooky installment of Sunday Lunch
James Hetfield launches his first-ever signature guitar strings with Ernie Ball By Sam Roche last updated 28 October 22 “It's only taken 40 years for me to have my own strings – come on!”
Sick Riffs: Cody Quistad teaches you the earth-shattering main riff of Wage War's Who I Am By Sam Roche last updated 28 October 22 The track is taken from the band's latest album, Pressure
Harley Benton just launched a $91 guitar for metal players By Sam Roche last updated 28 October 22 The unbelievably affordable TE-20HH SBK boasts a basswood body, maple neck and all-over Satin Black finish
Ibanez revives the RG565 with new Genesis Collection model By Sam Roche last updated 28 October 22 The new incarnation of the shred classic is made in Japan, and comes in Emerald Green and Fluorescent Orange finishes
Someone built a guitar that tases you for missing a note By Sam Roche last updated 28 October 22 Is this the most masochistic guitar learning device ever conceived?
Johnny Ramone's iconic 1965 Mosrite Ventures II guitar sells at auction for $937,500 By Sam Roche last updated 28 October 22 The battered offset was used by the guitarist on every single Ramones album, as well as at almost 2,000 of the band's shows between 1977 and 1996
G&L launches highly limited ASAT Classic Thinline model By Sam Roche published 27 October 22 The limited-edition six-string boasts Magnetic Field Design pickups and comes in two colorways each limited to 50 units worldwide
Watch Alex Lifeson and Robby Krieger join forces for 8-minute jam of Santana's Evil Ways By Sam Roche last updated 27 October 22 The Rush and Doors guitarists traded smooth Latin-inspired classic rock leads at a recent benefit concert in California
Marco Puglisi – aka Syndrone – recruits Andy Gillion for a no-holds-barred guitar playthrough of Android God Revolution By Sam Roche published 26 October 22 The seven-minute shred marathon features on the 2019 Guitarist of the Year finalist's latest Syndrone full-length, Neogenesis
Bono wants U2's next record to be a “noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album” By Sam Roche published 25 October 22 “Right now I want to write the most unforgiving, obnoxious, defiant, f**k-off-to-the-pop-charts rock ‘n’ roll song we’ve ever made”
Robert Fripp doesn't care what King Crimson fans think of his YouTube covers: “At age 76, why should I give a f**k?” By Sam Roche published 25 October 22 Fripp has some choice words for anyone who objects to his videos with wife Toyah Willcox
Nita Strauss taps Arch Enemy's Alissa White-Gluz and unleashes the shred on towering metal anthem, The Wolf You Feed By Sam Roche published 25 October 22 “Nita and I finally got to collaborate – something we have both wanted to do for years!” White-Gluz says of the track, which features weighty riffs and blazing leads aplenty
Thief caught on camera stealing Nita Strauss's Boss multi-effects pedal during guitar clinic By Sam Roche published 24 October 22 The guitarist was hosting a meet and greet when the GT-1000CORE was stolen
Fender CEO Andy Mooney: “There are still heaps of virtuoso players, but there are fewer guitar gods now” By Sam Roche published 24 October 22 More people are playing guitar than ever, says the Big F's main man, but they're doing so “for more reasons than just wanting to be a rock star”
Are you ready? Robert Fripp and Toyah have covered Korn's Blind By Sam Roche published 24 October 22 The pair attempt to match the upheaval caused by the track at Woodstock '99, from the comfort of their kitchen