10 best pedalboards 2021: organize your guitar effects with these budget-spanning pedalboards By Jonathan Horsley, Daryl Robertson 15 November 2021 Get the best from your effects with these 'boards from Voodoo Labs, Boss, Friedman and more
From effervescent funk to chaotic, full-throated nu-metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen 12 November 2021 Usher in the weekend with playlist-bolstering new songs from Slipknot, Foals, PUP, Nilüfer Yanya, Korn, Camp Cope, Rolo Tomassi and more
Best guitar tuners 2021: The 11 best chromatic, polyphonic, and strobe options By Chris Bird, James Farmer 12 November 2021 Find the best guitar tuner whatever your budget, with our top picks from the likes of Boss, Korg, TC Electronic and D’Addario
Dave Mustaine reveals his favorite Megadeth solos that he’s written By Matt Owen 12 November 2021 The Megadeth axe-slinger includes the solos in Holy Wars and Wake Up Dead in his collection of most-liked lead efforts
Hear two new songs from Dave Navarro, Taylor Hawkins, and Chris Chaney’s NHC project By Matt Parker 12 November 2021 Devil That You Know and Lazy Eyes are the latest cuts from the LA trio
Buying a beginner guitar this Black Friday? Here's 8 things to consider - plus all the latest deals By Chris Corfield 12 November 2021 Black Friday is a great time to invest in a starter guitar. Here’s what you should look out for
Andrew Baena and Cooper Lagace deliver brutal 8-string death-metal riffs in new playthrough of Carcosa's Hypnos By Sam Roche 12 November 2021 The track is taken from the band's knockout debut album, Anthology
Best guitar wireless systems 2021: set your playing free, from the rehearsal room to the stage By Jonathan Horsley 12 November 2021 Fed up with cumbersome cables? These are the 10 best wireless guitar systems for every budget
Robert Cray says he‘s ended his friendship with Eric Clapton: “I’d just rather not associate with somebody who’s on the extreme and being so selfish” By Matt Parker 12 November 2021 The bluesman told The Washington Post that Clapton’s decision to sing lyrics comparing lockdowns to slavery was a significant factor
We need to talk about boomer bends: why the backlash to Tim Henson's technique preference represents more than just a generational divide By Matt Parker 12 November 2021 The Polyphia guitarist’s comments about avoiding "boomer-ish" bends sparked a reaction that speaks to larger issues for us guitar players, and how our treatment of the past shapes the future of the instrument
Best combo amps 2021: Our choice of the 15 best all-in-one combo amps for every budget By James Farmer 12 November 2021 The ultimate tube, solid state and digital combo amps for every genre, from Motown to metal and everything in between
Code Orange are Out For Blood as they debut savage new single By Sam Roche 12 November 2021 While the track dabbles occasionally in poppier-style arrangements, guitarists Reba Meyers and Dominic Landolina are on hand to deliver crushing drop-tuned riffage
Gibson, Jared James Nichols to host Guitars For Vets benefit concert featuring Lzzy Hale, Tommy Emmanuel, Tesla's Frank Hannon and more By Jackson Maxwell 11 November 2021 Rock to Remember will also feature the likes of Jimmy Vivino and Kat Dyson, and Joey Belladonna, and will be streamed online today, Thursday, November 11
Hear Paul Gilbert give I Saw Three Ships a bluesy, slide-heavy makeover By Jackson Maxwell 11 November 2021 On the latest single from his upcoming Christmas album, 'TWAS, Gilbert turns this classic carol into a baptism of blues-rock lead guitar fire
Watch Mdou Moctar play a stunning early morning set on the banks of the Niger River By Jackson Maxwell 11 November 2021 With his band in tow, Moctar runs through four standout cuts from Afrique Victime, as the sun rises behind him
Jack White announces two new albums for 2022, Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive By Matt Owen 11 November 2021 The albums – White's first since 2018's Boarding House Reach – are available to preorder now and will arrive April and July next year
Slash, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman, George Lynch, Dee Snider and more to feature on all-star Leslie West tribute album By Jackson Maxwell 11 November 2021 Hear the album's first single – Wylde's loving, tough-as-nails interpretation of Mountain's Blood Of The Sun – now
Alex Skolnick debuts first-ever blues trio track, Florida Man Blues By Matt Owen 11 November 2021 The metal man reunites with his jazz trio and trades gargantuan gains for crystal cleans in his debut out-and-out blues effort
Long-lost psychedelic pop song featuring George Harrison and Ringo Starr unearthed By Matt Owen 11 November 2021 Radhe Shaam was recorded at the same time as the Beatles’ White Album sessions, when Starr and Harrison were at the height of their powers
Korn announce 14th studio album Requiem, share brooding first single, Start the Healing By Sam Roche 11 November 2021 The album – which was “born of time and the ability to create without pressure” – arrives February 4
