Chris Vinnicombe

Chris Vinnicombe worked with us here on the MusicRadar team from the site's initial launch way back in 2007, and also contributed to Guitarist magazine as Features Editor until 2014, as well as Total Guitar magazine, amongst others. These days he can be found at Gibson Guitars, where he is editor-in-chief.

Latest articles by Chris Vinnicombe

Resplendent in Jetglo with mirror-like chrome: it's a thoroughly handsome specimen

Rickenbacker 650C Colorado

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Rocky mountain high performance or a bucking Denver bronco?

Electric Guitars
The Game Changer promises automated access to "any order of pickup coils in series, parallel, in or out of phase", without digitising or modelling the audio signal

Music Man Reflex Game Changer HSH

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Fancy radically rewiring your guitar without touching a soldering iron?

Electric Guitars
No Glastonbury headline on the horizon for U2

U2 cancel 2010 Glastonbury Festival and postpone tour

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

UPDATE: Gorillaz announced as replacement Friday headliners

Gigs & Festivals
Find out what happens when you plug an iPhone into a monotron.

FIRST LOOK: Korg monotron

By Ben Rogerson, Chris Vinnicombe last updated

MusicRadar puts the pocket-sized powerhouse through its paces

Guitar Pedals
Just make sure your speakers are switched off if you're in the office!

F**king Troggs Tapes f**king soundboard!

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

WARNING: Extremely NSFW hilarity inside

Singles And Albums
Well priced and insanely desirable

Best guitar gear of the month: April 2010 review round-up

By Chris Vinnicombe, Guitarist, Total Guitar, Computer Music last updated

Electric and acoustic guitars, amps and FX

Guitars
Band Of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell channels Jimi

Band Of Horses set giant iPad guitar on fire

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Apple's new tablet gets the Hendrix treatment!

Drums
If you don't own any records this man has engineered... well, you really should

NAMM 2011 VIDEO: Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin producer Andy Johns

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Legendary rock producer talks guitar sounds

Music & Tech Events
Gibson Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz and a young guitar hero-in-training at the Firebird X launch

The rise of the Robots

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Will 2011 be the year of the super-guitar?

Electric Guitars
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The best guitar gear of 2010

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

MusicRadar selects this year's finest guitars, amps, FX and more

Guitars
Endorsees help celebrate 25 years of PRS Guitars

NAMM 2010: PRS Guitars press conference video

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Santana, Nugent help Paul Reed Smith celebrate 25th Anniversary

Electric Guitars
Terry Howard shares his knowledge

NAMM 2010: Ray Charles's engineer speaks

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Grammy winner Terry Howard interviewed

Music Industry
The Orange stand: easy to locate on the show floor

NAMM 2010: Orange Amplifiers stand in pictures

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

The latest new products from the Brit amp gurus

Guitar Amps
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NAMM 2010: Zakk Wylde launches Marshall JMD:1 amps

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Zakk tears it up at the Marshall party

Guitarists
C'mon Jack, make another record with Meg...

Jack White to record solo album in 2010?

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Or will there be a new White Stripes LP?

Singles And Albums
Check out the HT-60: it sounds pretty damn cool to our ears

NAMM 2010: Blackstar set to launch HT-Venue series

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

See the HT-60 in action here!

Guitars
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Manson Matt Bellamy MB-1 vs Parker Fly Mojo MIDI

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

See these space age superguitars on video

Midi Controllers
See more of John Squire's custom tweed Mesa/Boogies on Westside's Facebook page

In pictures: The Stone Roses' Heaton Park Mesa/Boogie backline

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

See John Squire and Mani's amps!

Guitars
The Orange Signature #4 Jim Root Terror's 'pics only' front.

Orange Signature #4 Jim Root Terror

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

We get our mitts on the Slipknot guitarist's signature amp

Guitar Amps
The Micro Terror has headphone and auxiliary-input capabilities, but sounds best when cranked up on stage or in a studio.

Orange Micro Terror

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

What can this tiniest of Terrors offer, beyond cuteness?

Guitar Amps
The sonic arsenal of the Farmer's Mill may cause traditionalists to run a mile.

Crushsound Farmer's Mill

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

A sound engineer's nightmare?

Guitar Pedals
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VIDEO: Download 2012 Festival Horror Stories

By Chris Vinnicombe, Matthew Parker last updated

NSFW interviews featuring Black Veil Brides, Skindred, Feed The Rhino and more!

Gigs & Festivals
Overwound vintage single-coils are a big part of Auerbach's sound

How to record guitars like Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

The secret? Let it bleed...

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
The class of 2012 under scrutiny

2012 Gibson and Fender American Standards video demo

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

New USA Stratocaster, Les Paul Standard and Telecaster put through their paces

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VIDEO: Black Stone Cherry talk through their live rigs

By Chris Vinnicombe last updated

Chris Robertson and Ben Wells show us guitars, amps and pedaboards

Guitarists
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