Guitars

Epiphone unveils beginner-friendly $229 ‘Tribute’ to Gibson’s iconic Hummingbird acoustic

Gretsch just released the most vibey acoustic guitar of the year and it’s only $249

“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

Commodores co-founder and bassist Ronald LaPread has died, aged 75

Thom Yorke joins Flea for 10-minute Marvin Gaye jam at Chili Pepper’s only solo UK date

Geezer Butler, Tal Wilkenfeld and Nate Mendel hail the legacy of the P Bass, as Fender celebrates its 75th anniversary

“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

“Ibanez serves up another RG that’s built for stunt guitar, priced for virtuosos-in-training, and with enough sounds to please the fusion kid and headbanger alike”: Ibanez RGR431PB review

Harley Benton unleashes a $185 shred-ready hotrod with a roasted maple neck and dual-humbuckers

Ace Frehley’s iconic ‘Budokan’ Les Paul Custom sells at auction for $512,000

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

“A lot of people lost the plot”: Jared James Nichols on what's wrong with vintage guitar culture

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland unveils his first-ever Jackson signature guitar

“For those who find Strandberg’s space-age designs a little too alien, Ibanez’s Q series is the perfect middle ground”: Ibanez QX527B review

Donner reinvents the travel guitar with a headless electric featuring onboard amp and speaker

“We’re back in Laurel Canyon in the late '60s”: Eastman Fullertone Offset review

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

“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

Fender gives the Tone Master Pro a mighty firmware update, adding some classics from its amp archive

"The app is where things get both wild and a little weird:" Positive Grid Reactor 50 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review

Positive Grid's new AI-enabled combo lets you design "any tone imaginable" by text or image

“Make no mistake, it could grace any professional stage”: Fractal AM4 review

“The very essence of the Fender aesthetic”: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV 30th Anniversary review

It’s $92, weighs 4.5kg and is packed with features, and Harley Benton calls it “ultimate grab-and-go practice station” – meet the DNAfx AmP10 modelling combo

“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

Eventide unveils the H9 Harmonizer Gen 2, now with the complete suite of H90 and algorithms and more

"Where it truly triumphs is in its versatility and value proposition": Fender Strobo-Sonic Pro Tuner Pedal review

Meris unveils the Ottobit X, a high-end purveyor of lo-fi guitar sounds inspired by the ‘80s

Fender gives the Tone Master Pro a mighty firmware update, adding some classics from its amp archive

“I had confused the two similar circuits and made a horrible mistake. I made a video. I told everyone”: JHS Pedals unveils the Fumble – an $89 boost pedal with a seriously complicated back story involving John Mayer, Dumble amps and a ‘70s acoustic preamp

“Make no mistake, it could grace any professional stage”: Fractal AM4 review

Stompbox stalwarts Morley and DOD team up for a "WTF" 3-in-1 fuzz, wah and octave pedal

Oliver Ackermann on the break-stuff tone philosophy behind guitar's most unorthodox pedal brand

Khemmis just made one of the heavy metal records of the year using a $28 plastic fuzz pedal

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