Total Guitar

My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

By Matt Owen Published 19 June 26

My personal highlights from a week filled with Fenders, Epiphones, pedals and more. Have a highlight of your own? Let us know in the comments

Keith Richards on the time Chuck Berry punched him

By Phil Weller Published 19 June 26

The Stones legend says he’d have done exactly the same

You can now watch the Norman’s Rare Guitars documentary online for free

By Phil Weller Published 19 June 26

Featuring all-star interviews and crazy stories, the film charts the rise of Norman Harris’ legendary store and the vintage guitar market boom

Fender's limited edition Player Fusion range has taken its entry level electrics in a radical hard rock direction

By Matt Owen Published 18 June 26

High-output pickups, Floyd Rose bridges, baritone Jaguars – the Player Fusion range might be the final piece in the Player puzzle

The Fender legal furore is a damn shame, because Squier just launched its coolest guitars in years

By Michael Astley-Brown Published 18 June 26

The Paranormal range is back, and it’s bringing baritones, Bigsbys and a 6-string that thinks it’s a 12-string

Matt Pike quits doom-metal icons Sleep – and his surprise replacement has been announced

By Matt Owen Published 18 June 26

Pike's departure comes alongside the band's first new single since 2018, which debuts a new-look lineup ahead of a North American tour

The teenage blues sensation hailed as the next Stevie Ray Vaughan has had his main guitar stolen

By Matt Owen Published 18 June 26

Rhys John Stygal has received support from Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jared James Nichols and Gary Glark Jr. after his guitar and pedalboard were stolen in Austin, Texas

Mike Campbell on the riff he wanted to ditch – but Tom Petty made him double down

By Janelle Borg Published 18 June 26

Campbell was forced to get creative to make a Heartbreakers classic

The difference between a PRS Silver Sky and Fender Stratocaster, according to a blues hero who plays both

By Phil Weller Published 17 June 26

The guitars have their own unique qualities in Philip Sayce's eyes – and both are welcome in his rig

Ed O’Brien opens up on his guitar insecurities in Radiohead

By Jonathan Horsley Published 17 June 26

The Radiohead guitarist speaks about dealing with depression in a band and finding solace in the familial bond with his bandmates