Behold the PeacePoti, a new pedal solution that eliminates accidental changes to your onstage settings By Richard Bienstock New offering locks in your settings via recycled steel replacement knobs
John Petrucci: recording guitar is like beard trimming By Richard Bienstock “If you try to get it exactly symmetrical… next thing you know you’ve got to shave the whole thing off,” he says
A petition has been launched to get Tosin Abasi and Misha Mansoor behind the wheel as Top Gear hosts By Matt Owen Could the prog-metal titans end up swapping speedy solos for fast cars?
Herman Li responds to criticism that shredders “don't have any feel or emotion in their music” By Richard Bienstock “I like playing fast because I find it exciting,” the DragonForce virtuoso tells Music Is Win
John Petrucci-led prog supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment are back By Richard Bienstock Petrucci and Portnoy join forces once more for the release of LTE's first album in more than 20 years
Watch Jay Leonard J tear it up on a “striking” Cort KX300 Etched electric guitar By Richard Bienstock New model boasts “three-dimensional” sandblasted open-pore finish, EMG RetroActive Super 77 humbuckers
Andrew Watt on the making of Ozzy Osbourne's next all-star album, guitar battles with Post Malone, and what his all-star jam sessions are really like By Richard Bienstock The 30-year-old guitarist and songwriter is up for Producer of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards
Mojotone claims to have "solved the soundhole pickup problem" with the Quiet Coil NC-1 acoustic pickup By Matt Owen Is this "the soundhole pickup you've been waiting for"?
Line 6’s ultra-portable POD Go offers “state-of-the-art sound quality, dynamics and realism” in a compact floor unit By Richard Bienstock Newest iteration of the company’s pioneering guitar processor technology boasts over 270 amp models and effects and much more, at a ridiculously affordable price
Gary Clark Jr. tries the space-age Abasi Concepts Space T on for size By Matt Owen The blues-rock ace has been pictured playing Tosin Abasi's futuristic Tele-style model
Sick Riffs: Christian Lee Hutson teaches you the sumptuous acoustic fingerstyle lines of Talk By Sam Roche All you need's an acoustic guitar and a capo. A piece of foam is optional
Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin tease all-new Beatles documentary By Sam Roche A black-and-white teaser trailer shows the pair listening to hits and discussing the Fab Four's legacy
Haunted Labs and Dirty Haggard Audio's Hell Horse is a stallion of a fuzz/delay hybrid By Sam Roche The two companies pair their effects know-how for a collaborative dual-purpose stompbox
The 10 best guitar riffs of 2020 By Jonathan Horsley Please make some noise for this year’s finest rhythm playing – as voted for by you
Sick Riffs: Vanny Tonon teaches you his innovative 'Hybrid Slap' technique By Sam Roche The Italian solo guitarist showcases the sonic trick in his ingenious track The Hybrid Master of Time
Stone Deaf seeks to "make good tones great" with the QBoost preamp/tone shaper By Matt Owen The limited-edition pedal promises “glorious saturation, precise control and thunderous tone”
Fender’s Player Series gets a new limited run with roasted maple necks and Custom Shop pickups By Matt Owen Has UK guitar store guitarguitar created the best Player Stratocaster and Telecaster yet?
Love as Laughter’s Sam Jayne dies aged 46 By Sam Roche Bandmate Zeke Howard confirmed the news on Instagram
20 ways to play guitar like Jimmy Page By Chris Bird Learn the Led Zeppelin icon's riffing and soloing approaches, tone tips and altered tunings – everything but the violin bow!
Mesa/Boogie’s “tighter, meaner” Badlander amps bring high-gain Rectifier tone screaming into the modern era By Richard Bienstock New 50- and 100-watt models boast two channels, three dynamic preamp modes, CabClone IR technology and much more
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