Guitars

The MusicRadar gear roundup Sep 2026 edit, featuring fresh drops from Taylor, Yamaha, ESP and more

Best guitars for kids 2026: The ultimate guide to electric and acoustic guitars for children

George Michael’s ‘Faith’ guitar heads to auction and you won’t find a 1940s Gretsch with more ‘80s mojo

“His effects are bonkers in the best way possible”: The MusicRadar guitar gear roundup Aug 2026 edit

Best cheap acoustic guitars 2026: Top picks for strummers on a budget

Best acoustic guitar for beginners 2026: Strum your first chords with our choice of beginner acoustic guitars

The Blind Faith Tele returns as Guitar Center unveils Eric Clapton Crossroads charity collab

Martin unveils a pair of Joe Bonamassa signature acoustics based on his 1937 pre-War vintage unicorn

Fender CEO clarifies his controversial comments comparing cover songs to AI

Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted pays his respects to the late, great Cliff Burton

“Experience the gear that created their unmistakable sound”: Motorhead exhibition set to open with interactive element

“Its build quality is miles ahead of any other new instrument at this price”: Harley Benton JB-62HA review

Laney welcomes all instruments to the party with refreshed Audiohub lineup

Amy Winehouse “knew exactly what she had created” with Back to Black, says her former bass player

Jackson and Charvel’s Sleep Token signature models are officially here – and are officially kind of insane

Fender refreshes the American Vintage II lineup with classic finishes from the paint room

“I haven't really listened to Rush music”: Anika Nilles on her preparation for the 50 Something tour

"The most pleasant person you could ever be with”: Bootsy Collins on his unlikely friendship with Buckethead

The Gibson Custom Shop brings back the 1957 L-5 CES with a meticulous VOS reissue

How John 5 and Fender reinvented the Telecaster with the Mötley Crüe guitarist's new signature collection

"Genuinely punches above what its asking price might suggest": Patina PJ-6 offset guitar review

The MusicRadar gear roundup Sep 2026 edit, featuring fresh drops from Taylor, Yamaha, ESP and more

Phil Collen on why you can play anything on his new Jackson, and even nail those Hysteria tones

Fender CEO admits regret over S-style cease-and-desist campaign – but says it will "improve" guitar design

Who knew classic Land Rover Defender paint jobs would look so good on John Mayer’s Silver Sky?

Has Fender finally solved the problem of single-coil hum with this “innovative breakthrough”?

Harley Benton just factory modded its SC-550 Plus and sent it out with Fishman Fluence Classic humbuckers – active, multi-voiced, hum-free pro pickups in a sub-$500 guitar

Has Fender finally solved the problem of single-coil hum with this “innovative breakthrough”?

How a miracle pawn shop purchase in the depths of winter made Joe Bonamassa fall in love with P-90s

Have Gibson and Baggs cracked the code for amplified acoustic guitar tone? Meet the HiFi DNA system

D’Addario admits generative AI was used on string demo video after all

Best pedalboards 2026: top choice 'boards for guitarists

Broken strings? Lifeless tone? Terrible playing? It’s not you… It’s your strings: How to restring a guitar fast to play and sound great again

MusicRadar’s epic guitar gear round-up: June ’26 edit, ft. EHX, PRS, Fender’s mega-launch and more

Gibson brings back the T-Top humbucker with “period-correct” 1968 spec

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

Fender unveils Joe Bonamassa’s Tone Master Twin – is it really better than the tube version?

The MusicRadar gear roundup Sep 2026 edit, featuring fresh drops from Taylor, Yamaha, ESP and more

Positive Grid just kicked off the deal season with a gigantic 38% discount on our favourite headphone amp for guitarists and a wallet-friendly FRFR

Positive Grid brings its smart amp experience to your ‘board with the Spark Pedal

Laney welcomes all instruments to the party with refreshed Audiohub lineup

One of my top-rated guitar practice tools just dropped to $99 - save nearly 40% on the Positive Grid Spark Neo Core

“His effects are bonkers in the best way possible”: The MusicRadar guitar gear roundup Aug 2026 edit

Friedman's Jose 20 series pays tribute to amp guru whose mods helped shape the high-gain revolution

Neural DSP adds Device Presets and expands Quad Cortex functionality in biggest ever CorOS update

“It improves in all the right places”: Strymon TimeLine MX review

“An excellent example of the genre’s shifting atmospheric soundscapes”: EarthQuaker Devices Towers review

The MusicRadar gear roundup Sep 2026 edit, featuring fresh drops from Taylor, Yamaha, ESP and more

“Even if you have a decent amp, there's enough variety and depth of effects in the Stage to justify integrating it into an existing rig”: Hotone Ampero II Stage review

“Expands the range of your pedalboard – without changing what already works”: Boss unveils the EX-4 Effects Expander, a compact multi-fx powerhouse that's designed to maximise your pedalboard's potential

Polyend Loop is part looper pedal, part drum machine and comes stocked with over 100 effects

"Some of the best quality effect algorithms I’ve ever laid ears on": Eventide H9 Harmonizer Gen 2 review

“Equal parts smooth operator and agent of chaos”: EHX and Adrian Belew resurrect the Echoflanger

IK Multimedia launches flagship amp modeller that lets you run four Tone Models simultaneously

Tone3000 launches a free open-source plugin for accessing its mammoth library of NAM A2 captures

IK Multimedia just totally revamped its Tonex Player and made its tone ecosystem a lot easier to use

“Craft tones practically at the speed of thought”: Line 6 unveils Helix Stadium Native plugin

MusicRadar’s July 2026 guitar gear roundup: featuring Orange Amps, Harley Benton, Epiphone and more

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

When Death Cab for Cutie shared their guitar rig with us

IK Multimedia launches flagship amp modeller that lets you run four Tone Models simultaneously

Neural DSP adds Device Presets and expands Quad Cortex functionality in biggest ever CorOS update

IK Multimedia just totally revamped its Tonex Player and made its tone ecosystem a lot easier to use

“Craft tones practically at the speed of thought”: Line 6 unveils Helix Stadium Native plugin

Chris Payton reveals his rig for Bruno Mars stadium shows

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

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