Jonathan Horsley

The Mango tops on the Custom 24 Satin are exquisite, but they’re only making 500 of ‘em

Richard Hansson and Niklas Karlsson on why passive humbuckers are better for downtuned riffs, James Hetfield's influence, and why baritones and extended range guitars are too much guitar

And could there be an Epiphone version too?

You know the drill, people... we've got Strats, Teles, a Jazzmaster and a Duo-Sonic, and refreshed basses in Squier's evergreen vintage-inspired range

The Tube Head Switch features onboard safety load management and has a buffered instrument input and direct input for preamps and other line-level devices, and it's cheap

Jack White's been giving out his Triplecaster to all and sundry and now Hammett returns the favour, with a "cool mod" that White hopes will duly upset Telecaster purists

Next year will see the release of the final Megadeth studio album before Mustaine and co ride off into the sunset – and there will be a tell-all memoir coming too

Most players Vai can work out where they were coming from. Holdsworth, he admits, was something different entirely

Limited to 25, each hand-signed, replicas of Noel Gallagher's super-cool black Les Paul Standard will be available on August 21 at the Gibson Garage London

The singer-songwriter says when he got his four-track and picked up the guitar, he found his voice as an artist

Metal up your G.A.S. and take a look at these stripped-down single-pickup shred (and low-end) machines

Gretsch goes for the alt-metal, grunge and post-rock market with a hefty dual-humbucker doublecut that is built for “gut-punching” riffs – and there's a bass version, too

Dressed up to look like Frankie, a precursor to the 5150, this transitional Kramer was stage-played by Eddie Van Halen and appeared on Mötley Crüe's Dr Feelgood

The CE 24 bolt-on gets an HSH refresh and a serious tone power-up, presenting itself as another play-anything high-end build from PRS – but they’re only making 1,500 of them!

Mills was living the dream when he was asked to give Page's 1959 Les Paul an MOT before the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion gig

Lost + Found is a typically inventive design from Chase Bliss that will present its fair share of surprises – and a bewildering array of options for transforming your tone, and presets to save 'em!

Love vintage and modern guitars? Have it both ways with compound radius fingerboards, stainless steel frets, Pure Vintage pickups and Heirloom lacquer finishes in classic Fender colours

Scott remembers how a “plaintive melody” from Michael Kamen intrigued Mutt Lange and was shaped into Bryan Adams' biggest, hit, giving Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves the anthem it needed

Rash's latest break in the In Utero case arrived via a late-night epiphany and the help of ChatGPT, and it might just reignite the conversation about the impact of body wood on tone

Turn the park into your studio with a super-compact interface that can fit into the palm of your hand, and yet is packed with features – including a built-in ProCapture stereo mic system

Gibson puts investigative journalists Scott and Naomi Jones on the Lost To The Future case. Despite thousands of tips the trail of the guitar – missing since '85 – remains cold

Could Dandy Lion could be this year's Roxy Pink? The SE Silver Sky Maple also gets a makeover, with Moon White, Stone Blue, Summit Purple and Nylon Blue expanding your finish options

Epiphone's partnership with the Gibson Custom Shop just gets better as it adds a Dove, a pair of Hummingbirds, two stunning SJ-200s and a Banner-era J-45 to its Inspired By Gibson Custom series