Guitars

“This is quite a hard guitar to categorise – and perhaps Jacob Collier likes it that way... For the right player, though, it could be the key to experiencing guitar anew”: Taylor Jacob Collier GS Mini 5-String review

"For blues players and fingerstyle enthusiasts especially, it’s hard to imagine a better-suited companion": Gibson L-00 Century 12-Fret review

Martin marks Earth Day with a custom graphic 00L Biosphere IV acoustic in the name of penguin preservation

Yamaha expands TransAcoustic lineup with more guitars that look like regular acoustics but are anything but

“We are about to do something insane”: Guitar Center is launching its own guitar brand “from the ground up”

Best acoustic guitars 2026: Super steel string acoustics for all players and budgets

A future player favourite? Gibson unveils the Songwriter Recording Artist acoustics

"For a guitar that comes in at this price, the overall build is impressive, with a level of attention to detail that’s more than respectable": Harley Benton Custom Line King-12 CE NT review

Epiphone raises the bar for its acoustic guitar range with all-solid builds, rosewood fingerboards and affordable takes on Gibson classics

“It was the record that changed our lives”: Rush frontman Geddy Lee on the band's classic 2112

No knobs? No problem – Sterling By Music Man takes bass guitar design minimalism to its logical conclusion with the super-cool Joe Dart Vision

Neural DSP unveils the Darkglass Ultimate plugin – a fully featured digital platform for studio-quality bass tone

“It was traumatic": Paul McCartney’s driver on how he felt when Macca’s beloved Hofner was stolen

Peter Hook says he won’t perform with New Order at their RNR Hall Of Fame – unless he receives an apology

Budget gear giant Harley Benton goes high-end for BassTheWorld signature bass

“Mac’s death was a traumatic experience for me”: Thundercat on how losing Mac Miller made him change his life

“You can tell – he feels every word”: Flea talks collabs and a new Chili Peppers album

Geddy Lee on the making of Rush’s 1984 classic Grace Under Pressure

“I wanted to write it off after seeing the fretboard and feeling the back of the neck, but it won me over,”: Charvel Standard Series San Dimas Style 2 SD2 HH HT review

Gretsch reinvents a cult classic loved by Jack Antonoff as it unveils two Electromatic baritones

Seymour Duncan releases hand-wound replica of an OG humbucker from the dawn of the high-gain era

Gibson’s unveils ‘50s and ‘60s ES-335s, promising “decade-correct feel, look and tone”

“Everything a headbanger could want from a metal guitar – just as long as you don’t need a neck pickup”: Jackson Pro Plus Pure Metal KE1A Kelly review

Eddie Van Halen-approved baked maple necks? Check. Flagship pickups? Check. EVH Gear unveils stunning refresh of the Wolfgang Special

“If this is the future of guitar, then sign me up”: Strandberg Boden Original N2.6T review

A sub-$600 shred machine with active EMGs and roasted flame maple neck? Harley Benton expands its Pro Series with 41 hot-rodded but affordable S-styles

Fender 75th Anniversary Vintera Road Worn 1951 Telecaster & American Professional Classic Cabronita Telecaster review

Seymour Duncan releases hand-wound replica of an OG humbucker from the dawn of the high-gain era

“It’s easy to use, packs a tiny footprint and looks to counter two of the biggest drawbacks of going sans cable”: Blackstar AirWire i58 review

Best acoustic guitar pickups 2025: electrify your acoustic for stage, studio and sound fx – our top picks for all budgets

“Would I take this to gigs and use it with confidence, knowing that my pedals are being powered sufficiently and safely? Absolutely”: Harley Benton Spaceship Power 40-B review

IK Multimedia just put $300,000 of Dumble mojo into a Tonex One mini pedal

Gibson unveils the $449 Murphy Lab aged humbucker set that will make your Les Paul sound like ‘Greeny’

Guitarist Chris Buck appeals for help to find his stolen Peli cases

Best guitar tuners 2026: From tuning pedals and clip-ons, to guitar tuning apps

Best electric guitar strings 2026: Sets for all styles and budgets

“Track a performance through your favorite tube amp while simultaneously capturing a dry signal as a safety”: Warm Audio’s Reamper is an analogue “creative routing hub” that could be the recording tool you’ve been waiting for

“We built the amps, Hendrix made them scream”: Marshall celebrates 60 years of Jimi Hendrix with “cosmic” anniversary collection including hand-wired amp, Fuzz Face and more

“I felt like I was levitating off the ground. I felt like I was in Cream in 1968”: Jared James Nichols on why he switched to Marshall amps

“So yes, it’s official: I’ve made the move”: Jared James Nichols switches to Marshall amps

With AI stem separation, component-level modelling, and access to 200,000+ neural captures, Blackstar's Beam Mini “redefines” the desktop amp

Jake Kiszka on the time he went shopping for the world’s most expensive guitar amp in Japan

No rig, no problem! This website lets guitarists design amps and effects tones by text prompt

UK amp pioneer Lyndon Laney has died, aged 77

Could your next amp be Kurt Cobain’s stage-played Fender Twin? Nirvana’s Bleach-era touring backline goes up for sale

Sweetwater's latest sale is the place for pedal lovers, with big savings on Universal Audio, Line 6, Eventide, Keeley, DigiTech and more - including $100 off the highly rated UAFX Anti 1992

Best multi-effects pedals 2026: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers

The most mighty mini amp modelling pedal just got mightier as IK Multimedia offers full MIDI integration and wireless editing on the Tonex One+

Project Lydia, Roland’s neural sampling stompbox, moves a step closer to becoming a finished product

Meet the $99 stompbox that’ll crush your bits – JHS expands its affordable 3 Series with three exotic effects for your pedalboard

You’ve seen Fender’s Godzilla Strat, now here the comes the pedal – and it’s a monster op-amp distortion with city-levelling tone (and a seriously cool graphic finish)

“A bit of EQ tweaking with the Bad setting will get it sounding like a viable substitute for a Klon... there’s a world of drive to be explored”: DOD Badder Monkey review

Crazy Tube Circuits’ Triptychon might just be the only pedal you need for classic rock

Death By Audio’s Oliver Ackermann on the time he sold a pedal to Richard Fortus and disaster struck

Electro-Harmonix launches six of its most-famous pedals as plugins

Amp modelling titan Fractal Audio unveils its first guitar plugin suite

"I love that you don’t have to be a Mayer mega-fan to enjoy what’s on offer here": Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X review

“A one-stop shop for almost everything a guitarist might need”: Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio review

“Huge sounds in the vein of an artist at the forefront of the progressive metal scene” Neural DSP Archetype: Misha Mansoor X review

“This is the amp that defined the sound of surf and early rock ’n’ roll”: Universal Audio is giving away its new UAD Showtime '64 Tube Amp plugin worth $149 for free

Tones from head to mix Positive Grid Project: BIAS X

Positive Grid unveils BIAS X, an AI-powered plugin allowing players to design tones using text and “music-to-tone” prompts

Misha Mansoor teams up with Neural DSP for Archetype plugin that nails his Periphery tone – but does so much more

Does your digital rig lack “thump” and feel? Victory’s PowerValve 200 promises to restore that analogue tube mojo

IK Multimedia just put $300,000 of Dumble mojo into a Tonex One mini pedal

Marshall launches membership scheme and pledges percentage of online sales to support grassroots music venues

“You can have a great amp but if the speaker sucks it won’t sound good”: Sylosis' Josh Middleton on the most important link in your signal chain

“Our goal has been to define the standard for what an all-in-one digital rig can be”: Neural DSP’s game-changing Quad Cortex amp modeller just got a lot smaller – but it’s got the same sounds, the same power, and a 7” touchscreen too

It’s official! Neural DSP’s John Mayer Archetype plugin suite is here – and with Dumble, Klon and Reverberator captures, it is the motherlode for boutique electric guitar tone

“A generational leap in modelling technology”: Neural DSP gives Quad Cortex and Nano Cortex an almighty power-up

Universal Audio gives its UAFX amp modelling and effects pedals an almighty power up, adding MIDI connectivity, improving presets and app integration

IK Multimedia unveils the Tonex Plug – is this pocket-sized powerhouse a gamechanger for headphone amps?

Harley Benton’s DIY Kit Challenge is now open and there are prizes to be won

Best ukuleles: Top acoustic ukes and the best electric ukuleles for all

This UK man vowed to play ukulele again for the NHS hospital staff who helped save his fingers after a horrific accident – now he's fulfilled his promise

Best beginner ukuleles: Top entry-level ukuleles for kids and adults

Guitar Center surprises Southwest Airlines passengers to Hawaii with inflight ukulele lessons

Fender reveals new look California Coast Series ukuleles

Harley Benton unveils a pair of budget and travel friendly ukuleles just in time for summer holiday season

Harley Benton's new ukulele is a solid (mahogany) deal at £29 / €35

Black Friday Ukulele deal: All Ukutune ukes now half price