Meet the ‘Les Pallet’ – an electric guitar that has been fashioned from a shipping pallet By Phil Weller published 4 October 24 There’s no contouring or care for playability here – but if you’ve ever wanted to see someone shred a pallet, it’s your lucky day
Why Grace Bowers prefers the Gibson SG to the Les Paul By Jackson Maxwell published 3 October 24 Though her preference was originally based on aesthetics and weight, her reasons have – as she's grown more seasoned – expanded to feel and tone
Ernie Ball Music Man’s new Sabre HT features pickups inspired by its guitar string innovations By Matt Owen published 3 October 24 Ernie Ball Music Man says its potentially groundbreaking Heat Treated humbuckers were made using the insights that helped innovate the Cobalt and M-Steel Slinky strings
Serj Tankian reveals he has a Gibson signature model on the way By Janelle Borg published 3 October 24 The System of a Down frontman discusses his penchant for Gibsons, particularly Les Pauls, and elaborates on what we can expect from his signature model
Mark Hoppus combines Jaguar, Precision and Jazz Bass parts on his new Fender signature model By Michael Astley-Brown published 3 October 24 The blink-182 bassist’s latest signature arrives over two decades after his first Fender model, and follows bandmate Tom DeLonge’s recent Starcaster guitar
Joe Bonamassa throws his support behind the movement to keep Rory Gallagher's famous Strat in Ireland By Janelle Borg published 3 October 24 Bonamassa was previously rumored to be one of the big-name guitar collectors interested in bidding on Gallagher's 1961 Strat
IK Multimedia takes aim at Nano Cortex with free TONEX upgrade – making the modeler more versatile than ever By Matt Owen published 3 October 24 An updated suite of effects, AmpliTube 5 X integration and a new-look version of the TONEX headline IK Multimedia's anniversary celebrations for its game-changing amp modeler
George Harrison’s Futurama – which starred in the Fab Four’s historic Hamburg tour – is heading to auction By Matt Owen published 3 October 24 The oddball electric – which originally went up for auction back in 2019 – was also used on the Fab Four's first official Polydor recordings, having featured heavily during their early Cavern Club gigs
How Elton John and Hall & Oates guitarist Caleb Quaye ended up inheriting the Led Zeppelin legend’s studio work By Janelle Borg published 3 October 24 Jimmy Page decided to quit his lucrative career as a session guitarist in favor of joining the Yardbirds, and Quaye was right on time to take his spot
Learn the ‘chanking’ funk approach popularized by game-changing James Brown guitarist Jimmy Nolen By Donnie Laudicina published 3 October 24 You can chank us later for this lesson in an approach that could revolutionise how you execute your rhythm guitar manoeuvres
“This all-original distortion circuit is a home run for fans of ’90s guitar tones”: JHS Hard Drive review By Stuart Williams published 3 October 24 Josh Scott’s tribute to ’90s guitar tones brings us gain and lots of it, in a versatile stompbox that has Mesa/Marshall vibes, grungy grit, and EQ’ing options for those who like it scooped
James Hetfield reflects on the anxieties he experienced after stepping away from the guitar for too long By Jackson Maxwell published 3 October 24 Speaking to GW in 1996, the always-candid Hetfield recounted how Metallica's post-Black Album break left him “vegging”, and out of practice
How Justin Hayward ended up with Lonnie Donegan’s 12-string – before Donegan took it back By Jackson Maxwell published 2 October 24 Decades later, the guitar would once again end up in Hayward's hands, this time for good
Tetrarch’s Diamond Rowe becomes Jackson’s first female signature artist with the launch of her new ground-breaking signature guitar By Matt Owen published 2 October 24 The metal trailblazer was announced as a Jackson artist earlier this year, and now she's been honored with a history-making signature model
Yvette Young explains why she's rebooting her a solo career – and redefining her guitar playing along the way By Janelle Borg published 2 October 24 Young is temporarily putting aside Covet to lean into different facets of her guitar playing, focusing less on virtuosity and more on melody-driven composition
“I needed to get out of the way of it”: OG Incubus bassist Dirk Lance on how Drive taught him to stop overplaying By Michael Astley-Brown published 2 October 24 Alex Katunich’s busy slap and pop basslines fueled much of the band’s early output, but in a rare new interview, he explains how their biggest hit forced him to take a step back
Martin has introduced an all-new body shape that delivers dreadnought tones from a smaller build By Matt Owen published 2 October 24 In honor of the Hawaiian music craze of the 1920s and 1930s that influenced the “Golden Era” acoustic boom, Martin has unveiled the O'ahu HG-28
America's Got Talent sensation Maya Neelakantan gifted a rare prototype of the late Slayer guitarist's signature model by his wife By Janelle Borg published 2 October 24 Neelakantan was handed an ESP LTD Jeff Hanneman Tribute 2014 – of which only 666 guitars were made
Gibson has brought back the ES-330 – reviving one its most iconic hollowbody models for the first time in years By Matt Owen published 2 October 24 A distant cousin of the Epiphone Casino and a sibling to the more popular ES-335, the ES-330 has been out of the limelight for quite some time – but now it's officially back
Meet Hello Mary’s Helena Straight, the ’90s-inspired, time signature-twisting player whose guitar caught the Cure’s attention By Phil Weller published 2 October 24 We get the story on how the Big Apple alt-rock trio are evolving in real time, aided and abetted by a well-stocked pedalboard and Reeves Gabrels’ signature Reverend
