Latest articles by Amit Sharma
Best delay pedals 2025: add dimension to your tone with pedals from Boss, Strymon, Electro-Harmonix and more
Explore the best analogue and digital delay pedals for all budgets
“This one thing has replaced 95% of my rig”: ex-Guns N’ Roses guitar virtuoso Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal picks his 3 essential pieces of gear
Bumblefoot talks tone and changes as he returns with new band Whom Gods Destroy: "Over the pandemic, I feel like my vibrato changed"
"If you’re hoping to dial in the same kind of tones as the world’s biggest metal band and wield a guitar that will turn heads wherever you may roam, look no further": ESP LTD Vulture James Hetfield Signature review
Whether you want to jump in the fire or ride the lightning, this latest ESP LTD signature for the Metallica frontman will have you covered…
Electro-Harmonix Pico Pog review
Smaller than ever but just as mighty, the highly acclaimed octave pedal is reborn
Our 15 favourite metal and heavy rock guitar moments of 2023: featuring Wolfgang Van Halen, Nita Strauss, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Gilbert, Metallica, Periphery and more
Including the guitar solo of the year
Mikael Åkerfeldt reflects on Opeth's Damnation album: “Maybe we helped show people that experimentation isn’t necessarily a horrible thing – you should take your guard down when it comes to creativity”
Ahead of the reissue to mark its 20th anniversary, the Swedish band's 'mellow' album is rightly remembered as a brave and successful step forwards: “It was like starting from scratch with lots of experience and no distortion!” its mastermind tells us
Jackson American Series Virtuoso review
The Fender-owned shredder-friendly guitar brand unveils its latest model for high gain thrill-seekers
Best metal guitars 2025: riff machines for any budget
When you want to thrash and burn these are the best guitars for metal, tailor-made for world-conquering heaviness
Billy Sheehan's 6 top tips for bass players: “Listen to any great band and think about how the bass and drums work together, like Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, or Steve Harris and Nicko McBrain"
“Speed is just one of many tools you can use to create music”
Warm Audio ODD Box V1 Hard-Clipping Overdrive Pedal review
The Texan company pays tribute to one of the most legendary overdrives ever made
Judas Priest and Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner on Painkiller and the 10 albums that changed his life
“That is an album that changed my life in more ways than one because it almost killed me!”
Best metal amps 2025: get juggernaut tones with these heads and combos
Tube, solid-state and digital guitar amplifiers... these are the best amps for metal from Mesa/Boogie, Orange, Peavey and more
Gurus Echosex 3º Steve Lukather Delay
The legendary Toto guitarist releases his own signature delay inspired by the legendary Binson Echorec
Eric Gales interview: “I asked Stevie Ray Vaughan for an autograph and he said ‘Only if you sign one for me first!’”
Best of 2022: We talk jamming with guitar icons and becoming one with a player in his prime: “It takes guts and fortitude to even attempt the blues,” he tells us
Best guitar effects pedals 2025: Our pick of effects in every pedal category
Looking for the right delay, reverb, fuzz, flange, or overdrive for your pedalboard? We’ve rounded up the best of everything
Best acoustic electric guitars 2025: 9 budget to high-end guitars from Epiphone, Martin, Taylor, and more
Thinking about investing in an electro-acoustic guitar? Here’s our round-up of the best models available…
Best 7-string guitars 2025: Extend your range with the top pro and cheap 7-string guitars
Tap into the world of low-end with the best 7-strings guitars, from pro level to cheap 7-string guitars that still sound the business
Best left-handed guitars 2025: Southpaws, these are the top left-handed guitars for you
Are you a member of the lefty guitarists club like Jimi Hendrix and Tony Iommi? Then plug in and rock out with our pick of the best left-handed guitars
Ty Tabor on the new King's X album, his greatest riffs, how he picks differently to most guitar players and why he uses solid state amps
Guitar Showcase 2022: "I prefer the gear I use to sound the same from the beginning to the end of the night… or tour. I can’t get that from tube amps"
James Bay talks Fender and his 10 tips for guitar players
The songwriter on sounding bigger with one guitar, string choice and why it's all about the right hand for him
Symphony X shredder-in-chief Michael Romeo’s 5 tips for guitarists: “Keep speeding up those patterns you’re working on. That’s the way to build up speed… there are no shortcuts”
With the neoclassical shred maestro returning with War Of The Worlds, Pt. 2, he stops by to share hard-earned wisdom, and give props to Shawn Lane, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie and more
Mark Lanegan: 9 albums that changed my life - "If any record ever truly saved me, it was this one"
In memoriam: Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age alt-rock giant on Bowie, Iggy, Kraftwerk and more
Billy F Gibbons: 10 guitarists who blew my mind
ZZ Top's guitar legend names the blues players who changed his life
