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Stephen Carpenter shares his power chord addiction as Deftones announce new album
In a candid conversation with Zane Lowe, Stephen Carpenter and Chino Moreno describe how they search for soundscapes instead of songs – while Carpenter reveals his long-lasting guitar tone influences
Wet Leg are one of the hottest indie bands on the planet – but leader Rhian Teasdale couldn’t play guitar until she started the band
Wet Leg have just dropped their highly-anticipated sophomore album, moisturizer, following a lauded performance at Glastonbury Festival
How Norman Harris helped reunite a Beatle with his long-lost Les Paul
The Lucy Les Paul was gifted to Harrison by Eric Clapton and used on a score of iconic recordings. When it was stolen, Harris came to his rescue
Eric Gales nearly recorded a guitar solo for Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter
Raphael Saadiq reveals he was close to giving Gales a ring when Beyoncé requested an extended solo on one of the Cowboy Carter tracks
How Turnstile ramped up the shred in Olivia Rodrigo’s live show
Lead guitarist Arianna Powell reveals how the hardcore outfit inspired the guitar choices on Olivia Rodrigo’s recent tour
Yvette Young confirms that she's the guitar-wielder on the official new Superman soundtrack
In videos posted to social media, Young can be seen recording for Superman using a sparkly pink Ibanez equipped with P-90s, which she had previously teased “may or may not be coming out”
This 16-year-old has been called the next Stevie Ray Vaughan – and he’s finally been given the keys to “the real SRV tone” after years of experimenting
Rhys John Stygal has partnered with Pedal Pawn to put on an SRV clinic, complete with an obsessively assembled guitar rig and pointers on how to harness the blues great’s tone
A guitar amp with a touchscreen? Mooer’s $190 F15i looks to set a new benchmark for desktop modeling amps
Could the Positive Grid Spark have competition?
10-year-old guitarist nails Are You Gonna Go May Way during America’s Got Talent – on a PRS that’s almost as tall as he is
Bay Melnick Virgolino’s PRS might make him look tiny, but the sounds he gets out of it are huge
Vivian Campbell sets the record straight on his infamous departure from Ronnie James Dio’s band
The guitar icon joined and departed Dio in the space of a few years owing to disagreements over the financial running of the band, Campbell says
That time Ty Segall accidentally smashed his beloved ’60s Gibson
We’ve all got at least one broken gear anecdote, and if you think yours is a horror story, think again...
This ambitious pedal uses AI to recreate the guitar tones from any song you feed it
Show the OnePedal a song and it’ll steal its tonal secrets, its developers say
PRS gives its celebrated NF 53 the SE treatment – tabling a bid for the best sub-$1k electric of 2025
The workhorse six-string is loaded with the firm’s innovative Narrowfield pickups and a bunch of premium specs – and it’s already received rave reviews
Justin Hawkins on why he’s not convinced by alternate tunings
Hawkins believes that E standard offers plenty of opportunity for expression
Jake Kiszka’s Greta Van Fleet journey so far has been an astounding success – but there are some things he'd change about it
Kiszka looks back on GVF’s early days while looking ahead to the future with his brand-new project, Mirador
“I miss being at the end of the stage and turning up my amp as loud as possible”: Oasis have performed their first live shows in 16 years – and Noel Gallagher re-embracing guitar solos after all this time is set to be a highlight of the entire reunion
After largely spending years as the rhythm guitarist for his High Flying Birds project, Gallagher is finally letting loose on the fretboard once again
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