Harley Benton debuts sub-$250 DC-Junior FAT in Ferris Blue By Richard Bienstock Limited-edition model boasts mahogany construction and single P-90 pickup
U2’s Bono and Edge play Stairway to Heaven to honor their road crew By Richard Bienstock “We said we would never ever play this,” Bono warns
Sick Riffs: Kohhei Matsuda and Yuki Tsujii teach you the avant-garde six-string psychedelia of Bo Ningen's Koroshitai Kimochi By Sam Roche Learn the off-kilter riffs behind the Japanese noise-rockers' debut single
17 pro guitarists who play cheap guitars By Jonathan Horsley Because not every song requires a custom shop instrument to get the tone right
How to play guitar like Jimi Hendrix By Total Guitar editors We dive in to the legendary guitarist’s trademark chords and lead-writing tricks
Brian May's 20 greatest guitar moments By Amit Sharma From Brighton Rock to Bijou, here are the Queen icon's finest songs, solos and acts of melodic genius
Could these raised-ridge picks radically change your guitar tone? By Richard Bienstock Acoustik Attak's Attak Piks promise “the sonic result of multiple, rather than single strikes on guitar or bass strings”
Watch members of Tool, Primus, Mastodon and Coheed and Cambria absolutely crush Rush’s classic Anthem By Richard Bienstock The latest from Two Minutes to Late Night is a wonder in the world
Slash, Jared James Nichols, members of Lamb of God, Alice in Chains and more pay tribute to AC/DC’s Back in Black By Richard Bienstock Back in Black 40th Anniversary: A Virtual Celebration, featuring lessons, jams and testimonials, can be viewed in full now
Blackstar unveils Live Logic MIDI controller By Sam Roche Pedal designed to offer quick and easy MIDI control over recording and performance environments
Poly Effects’ Beebo puts Eurorack modular synth power in a pedal By Richard Bienstock Feature-packed processor is controlled via touchscreen, with tons of tweakability
Sitek teams up with YouTube guitarist Joss Allen for the Freya Overdrive/Booster pedal By Richard Bienstock Dual-use stompbox offers low-to-mid-gain overdrive and a transparent high headroom booster
St. Vincent shares footage of herself “fumbling through” Stairway to Heaven By Michael Astley-Brown Stairway allowed as Annie Clark covers Led Zeppelin in honor of closed guitar stores everywhere
Sick Riffs: Chris "The Doctor" Black plays through the carnival-themed riffs of Raven Black's Darkest Pit By Sam Roche Featuring a particularly striking glow-in-the-dark Mayones guitar...
Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac co-founder and British blues icon, dies aged 73 By Michael Astley-Brown Guitar legend passes away in his sleep
How to play the solo in Whitesnake's Trouble Is Your Middle Name By Joel Hoekstra Guitarist Joel Hoekstra teaches you the winding leads of this attitude-driven rocker
Paul Reed Smith and Maryland Hall announce virtual Music School for Aspiring Musicians interactive experience By Richard Bienstock Four-day livestream to feature instructors Tim Pierce, Tyler Larson, Dennis Chambers and the Grainger Brothers, among others
Bandcamp’s revenue-waiving Fridays will continue for the remainder of 2020 By Richard Bienstock To date, the endeavor has raised more than $20m for artists and labels
Devin Townsend teams with Wes Hauch to perform entire cancelled Bloodstock festival set via "ambitious" virtual concert By Richard Bienstock “It's not just any quarantine concert; this one is a quantum leap of sound and visuals,” Townsend says
Can't decide between a Tele and a Strat? Get both with the Joe Doe Punkaster By Richard Bienstock Two classic body styles, one fictional backstory
