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Best clip-on guitar tuners 2021: stay in tune with 10 of the best clip-on tuners available today

By Jonathan Horsley

The best clip-on guitar tuners offer a convenient, easy and affordable tuning solution. Here’s our recommendations for acoustic, electric and bass guitar

The best guitar capos 2021: 10 top choice capos for acoustic and electric guitar

By Chris Bird

A capo is a great way to boost your creativity on the instrument. Here’s our top picks for electric and acoustic guitar, ukulele, 12-string and beyond

The 15 best electric guitars 2021: top electric guitars for every playing style, ability and budget

By Chris Corfield

Useful buying advice and our expert pick of the best electric guitars for newcomers to pro players

Lande Hekt: "With a new project, there's no pressure to sound a certain way"

By Cheri Amour

With her first full-length solo release Going To Hell, Muncie Girls' Lande Hekt is embracing it all, from fingerpicking to the dirty world of folk

The 10 best pedalboard power supplies 2021: boost your 'board with our recommended pedal power supplies

By Michael Astley-Brown

Get your effects sounding their best with our pick of the best pedalboard power supplies available today

Cole Rolland: “EDM allows me so much more freedom to be creative and make weird guitar noises I hope people haven't heard before”

By Sam Roche

The nimble-fingered YouTube guitarist talks his love of Kiesel, passing 1 million subscribers, and the guitar's place in the future of electronic music

The definitive Kurt Cobain gear guide: a deep dive into the Nirvana frontman's pawn shop prizes, turbo-charged stompboxes and blown woofers

By Chris Gill

Decades on from the grunge legend's passing, his tone remains one of the most iconic in guitar's storied history

Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi: “I've always had the philosophy that going into recording or a show, you can't control everything”

By Matt Parker

The indie-rock stalwart talks acceptance, finally springing for a pedalboard and the band's upcoming album, The Shadow I Remember

Young man using smart phone while sitting at home with guitar in background

Why comparing yourself to other guitarists is bad news for your playing, creativity and mental health

By Michael Astley-Brown

Social media can dent your confidence on the instrument – here’s how you can take action

Adam Jones: “I told Gibson, ‘You know, the wood was different back then...,’ and they went, ‘We’re going to match it.’ This guitar is heavy, man!“

By Richard Bienstock

Tool's six-string sonic architect sits down with Gibson's Cesar Gueikian to discuss the new Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom

Tallah‘s Derrick Schneider: “I wanted every song to have two or three guitar parts to really make them pop”

By Jon Wiederhorn

Is this Pennsylvanian quartet nu-metal‘s greatest hope?

In-demand session player Ari O‘Neal on how she landed some of the biggest gigs in music

By Amit Sharma

The in-demand session guitarist for the likes of Beyoncé, Jay Z, Lizzo and Alicia Keys talks influences, gear and why she's a Fender player through and through

[L-R] Roger Stevens and Christopher Thorn of Blind Melon

Blind Melon: “We're releasing 10-12 singles instead of an album all at once – we'd rather remind people we exist every couple of months than every 2 years”

By Greg Prato

Guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn discuss the challenges of completing music during a pandemic

Julien Baker: “I involve myself in different playing minutiae throughout different periods. I wanted my last album to sound like an ad for the Strymon BlueSky!”

By Matt Parker

The Memphis multi-instrumentalist talks musical investigations, overflowing pedalboards and discarding the looper pedals on her new album, Little Oblivions

12 best multi-effects pedals for guitarists 2021: top do-it-all guitar effects units

By Alex Lynham, Chris Corfield, Daryl Robertson

The best floorboard FX modelers on the market for all budgets, including gear from Line 6, Boss, Neural DSP and Fractal Audio

Smashing guitars is nothing new, so why are people so rattled by Phoebe Bridgers' SNL performance?

By Marianne Eloise

The acclaimed singer-songwriter delivered something extra – just like the many (male) guitar-smashers who went before her

[L-R] Brian 'Head' Welch and JR Bareis of Love and Death

Love And Death: “Our new music feels like a step up – it’s been a six- or seven-year process of collecting riffs”

By Amit Sharma

Brian 'Head' Welch and JR Bareis talk pedals, dreadlocks, Love And Death's forthcoming album Perfectly Preserved, and the future of Korn post-pandemic

Gene Simmons: “People remember a classic and simple bassline more than they do the actual song”

By Amit Sharma

The outspoken Kiss four-stringer on his new line of Gibson G² guitars and basses, the infectious energy of Eddie Van Halen and his favorite basslines of all time