Animals As Leaders announce special livestream event By Richard Bienstock Tosin Abasi and co are coming to your Facebook and YouTube feeds on July 9
Dean unveils Seymour Duncan-equipped, carved-top Icon Select electric guitar By Richard Bienstock New model offered with mahogany or flame maple top, exclusive SD pickups and more
10 best beginner bass guitars 2020: our pick of the best four-string bass guitars for beginners By Jonathan Horsley The best beginner basses for young players, newcomers and the budget-conscious – featuring Yamaha, Squier, Ibanez and more
Guitar Gabby: "Understanding where guitar music came from helps young black women like me, out here paving our own paths" By Amit Sharma The LTD-wielding guitarist talks the music business, The TxLips Band and the genius of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Blackstar’s Debut combos might just be the best-looking beginner amps on the market By Michael Astley-Brown New 10E and 15E amps boast ISF control and ‘tape’ delay effect
12 best guitar cables 2020: top instrument cables for acoustic, bass and electric guitars By Guitar World Try these recommended guitar leads from Planet Waves, Mogami, Ernie Ball, George L’s and more
Watch Zack de la Rocha play some seriously hardcore guitar in recently unearthed video By Richard Bienstock The performance captures the Rage Against the Machine front man onstage in 1990 with his hardcore band Hard Stance
Marcus King to team with Mastodon’s Brent Hinds and others for Four of a Kind, Live from Nashville charity series By Richard Bienstock The livestream event will feature King and his guests “performing with no audience and still trying to bring the same energy as a full live show”
Watch the Japanese Consul General to the US play a ripping Hendrix-inspired version of The Star-Spangled Banner By Richard Bienstock “I would like to perform the American national anthem with my deepest gratitude and respect,” Kanji Yamanouchi says
Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde and Joe Bonamassa to guest on new Derek Sherinian album, The Phoenix By Richard Bienstock The insane lineup also includes Kiko Loureiro, Bumblefoot, Billy Sheehan and more
Country music legend Charlie Daniels dies aged 83 By Richard Bienstock The Devil Went Down to Georgia singer, songwriter, guitarist and fiddle player also recorded with Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and many others over his long and varied career
Sick Riffs: Kevin Dye teaches you the inventive, effects-heavy solo of Gates’ Shiver By Michael Astley-Brown Set your pitch-shifter to work with this synth-like lead line
Diezel's new VHX head knows when it's been profiled By Michael Astley-Brown What does this surprising new feature mean for the future of amp profiling?
Beginner guitar: how to play minor chords By Total Guitar editors Improve your playing and get to grips with the theory behind minor chords
Warbringer: "We’re not walking on eggshells, as far as the riffs we write. We don't go, 'It’s gotta be thrash!'" By Gregory Adams California thrashers Chase Becker and Adam Carroll talk epic tracks, happy accidents and Weapons of Tomorrow
Balaguer Standard Series Espada review By Michael Astley-Brown This tricked-out electric from Balaguer rewrites the offset formula for the modern era
Best headphones for guitar amps 2020: practice in peace with the best guitar amp headphones By Amit Sharma Studio cans, noise cancelling headphones… even headphones that are the amp – explore the best headphones for guitarists, from Boss, Audio-Technica, Sennheiser and more
Darkglass’s Element aims to conjure cab sim magic with the touch of a finger By Richard Bienstock New offering boasts touch-sensor sliders for sleek, knob-less operation
The 100 greatest guitarists of all time By Total Guitar editors Featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, the best jazz, rock, indie, blues, metal and acoustic players - and the best guitarists around today...
Hamstead Soundworks’ Ascent is a pure clean boost pedal built by techs for AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Queen and more By Richard Bienstock Profits from the hand-soldered stompbox will go to the techs who built the pedals
