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Steve Vai has reimagined Brian May’s Red Special in his own vision with the help of a UK boutique guitar builder
By Matt Owen published
The 'Vai Special' puts a distinct spin on May's legendary guitar, and was meticulously spec'd by Vai himself – with a few Ibanez JEM inspirations to boot

All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the unmissable Black Friday gear discounts I’m eyeing up
By Matt Owen published
The Kilt celebrates its 10th birthday, Fractal goes up against IK Multimedia and Line 6, and Tom DeLonge reaches for the stars (literally)

Nuno Bettencourt solos while ‘ice skating’ – as he shreds guitar and shaves ice in new Extreme music video
By Phil Weller published
Is there anything the man can’t do?

Joy Division co-founder Peter Hook on his friendship with Gary “Mani” Mounfield – and how groove defined his bass playing
By Janelle Borg published
The beloved Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist passed away on November 20 at the age of 63

Neural DSP just gave players 2 huge reasons to switch to the Nano and Quad Cortex
By Matt Owen published
Neural V2 Capture ushers in a whole new era of amp modeling for the company

George Harrison and Eric Clapton both married the same woman. Now the historic 1913 Gibson acoustic named after Pattie Boyd is headed to auction
By Phil Weller published
The pair reportedly wrote some of their most iconic songs on the instrument

JHS Pedals retools one of its most underrated distortion pedals for its 10th anniversary
By Phil Weller published
The JHS Kilt 10 arrives with an updated clipping circuit, higher headroom, and more nuance than ever before

Gojira name stand-in guitarist after Joe Duplantier undergoes hand surgery
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist will still tour with the band, but they’ll have extra firepower to handle their riffs
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