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The oddball electric guitar that fast-rising soul-pop guitarist Maya Delilah favors over her Strats and Teles
The fingerstyle guitarist and genre-blending singer-songwriter recently released her debut record on the historic Blue Note Records
Tim Pierce on working with Michael Jackson – and how the King of Pop turned out to be an unexpected gear nerd
As a session pro, Pierce has worked with a who’s who of the music industry, and lent his guitar chops to some of Jackson’s most notable recordings
Gibson (sort of) revives the cult Marauder model beloved by Adam Jones and Paul Stanley
A Marauder in all but name, the celebratory offering marks 50 years of Gibson handcrafting guitars in Nashville
Mark Knopfler on why he doesn't consider himself a “guitar god” – and the ones in the industry who deserve that title
40 years after the release of the Dire Straits’ seminal album, Brothers in Arms, Knopfler reflects on that game-changing period and why he was always a reluctant rock star
“A bold step forward in modern amp design”: Blackstar goes up against Boss and Positive Grid with the ID:X – a next-gen modeling amp with newly developed tech that isn’t afraid of the competition
Blackstar goes up against Boss and Positive Grid with the ID:X – a next-gen modeling amp with newly developed tech that isn’t afraid of the competition
Joe Bonamassa wraps his Rory Gallagher tribute shows with a stunning cover of As The Crow Flies
The gorgeous ancient relic was made famous by Gallagher’s take on the Tony Joe White song on his 1974 live album, Irish Tour
Nuno Bettencourt was spotted playing a mystery guitar at Back to the Beginning – is he about to launch his own guitar brand?
Bettencourt took to the stage for the historic event with a Washburn-esque build that flashed a new ‘Nuno’ logo on the headstock – and we have some questions
The ‘metal Yardbirds’ assemble at Back to the Beginning
K.K. Downing, Rudy Sarzo and Danny Carey joined the trio to perform Judas Priest and Black Sabbath cuts
Steven Tyler makes triumphant return to the stage with Back to Beginning set
Two Aerosmith members have already voiced their desire to do one more Aerosmith show, and Tyler – who nailed his Back to the Beginning set – sounds in killer form
Every guitar hero, special guest and all-star cover from Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s epic Back to the Beginning farewell show
Jake E. Lee, Ronnie Wood and Nuno Bettencourt were among the six-string royalty joining the likes of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira for the nine-hour celebration
Ola Strandberg ushered in a new era of headless guitars – but no one is doing it like his own company
Ibanez, Kiesel, Schecter and more have all upped their headless guitar game in recent years, but Strandberg’s approach is unique
Troy Van Leeuwen explains why Queens of the Stone Age are not a Fender Strat band
The alt-rock maverick doubles down on his love for offsets and the Tele's versatile tone
DiMarzio is determined to make you like the Tele neck pickup position with its new Muscle T set
The Muscle T aims to add everything Tele pickups lack
This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and it includes my new dream reverb machine
Elsewhere, Ibanez shows its RG range some love and Dunlop hopes to make you a better player with some newly engineered guitar picks...
Gibson steps up the search for the lost Back to the Future guitar – and its discovery hinges on one key spec
The guitar played by Michael J. Fox for the film’s famous school dance scene has been missing for 40 years – and Gibson is determined to track it down
Gibson spent years trying to convince Warren Haynes to work on a signature guitar – this is what changed his mind
His signature Les Paul steps away from his usual spec choices, and with good reason
Paul Reed Smith says early Les Pauls were all Goldtops to hide a tonal breakthrough from Leo Fender
The PRS Guitars founder answers the million dollar question: why were all the early Gibson Les Pauls Goldtops?
Herman Li on how Guitar Hero helped make guitar solos cool again – and why grunge killing off the shred scene wasn’t a bad thing
Guitar cultures come and go, and though Li was instrumental in putting shred back on the menu, he says the grunge scene was “great” for this one reason
