Solar adds another two highly shreddable electrics to the Type S series By Jonathan Horsley It is as though Ola Englund knows exactly what the modern metal guitarist is looking for . . . Uncanny!
Mr Black's family of small format pedals grows as the Mini Tremolo is unveiled By Jonathan Horsley Get ready for the "pulsing throb of vintage bias-modulating tremolo!" from this compact stompbox
Dunable serves up some secret sauce for your leads with the Eidolon pedal By Jonathan Horsley Add clean boost, reverb and digital delay
Fender releases a premium Tele with a Blue Cloud quilt maple top By Jonathan Horsley The latest in the limited edition Rarities Collection dresses the ultimate workhorse in its Sunday best
Jimmy Page talks about Roger Mayer bringing the distortion pedal into his life By Jonathan Horsley "When I started taking it to sessions, the other guitarists were blown away," says the Led Zep guitarist in an interview with Uncut
Yamaha launches next generation of desktop guitar amplifiers By Jonathan Horsley The THR-II Series expands on the THR10 with wireless capability, three times as many modelled tube amp tones, and more power
Washburn launches the Bella Tono acoustic series in the UK By Jonathan Horsley The four guitars introduce the smaller "Studio-sized" body shape and offer a variety of tonewood builds
Stone Deaf unveils updated hybrid boost, drive and EQ pedal inspired by Josh Homme By Jonathan Horsley The super-cool ltd edition stompbox is designed and built in the UK and has expression pedal input for boosted wah tones
Analogue tremolo meets gritty gain in Mattoverse Electronics' TremStortion By Jonathan Horsley The boutique stompbox can run clean or dirty trem tones and lets you choose from eight wave shapes
Fender unveils a trio of acoustics By Jonathan Horsley There's one for the beginner and two limited edition guitars for the exotic tonewood hunter
Fender showcases Andy Summers' photography on custom signature Strat By Jonathan Horsley The Andy Summers Monochrome Stratocaster is finished with a collage of The Police guitarist's Leica M photography
Ananashead turns the clock back to 1966 with the Range Booster By Jonathan Horsley The handmade effect is based on one of the most popular treble boosters of the 1960s and has Sabbath tones on tap
Watch Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo jam Black Sabbath's War Pigs live By Jonathan Horsley The duo performed as The Wedding Band, with Whitfield Crane on vocals and Joey Castillo on drums
Mooer Audio unveils the GE150 amp modelling and multi-effects unit By Jonathan Horsley The portable unit has 55 onboard amp models, nine effects blocks and a looper with 80 seconds of recording time
BluGuitar unveils a pedalboard amp for metal guitarists By Jonathan Horsley The four-channel Amp1 Iridium Edition has 100 watts of power and vintage, classic and modern drive channels
Google celebrates BB King's 94th birthday with a doodle charting his life By Jonathan Horsley The animated video follows the blues icon from working cotton plantations to Beale Street and becoming the King of the Blues
Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars, dies aged 75 By Jonathan Horsley The new wave pioneer was behind some of the most infectious hits of the late 1970s and ‘80s
Gore Boards brings a whole bunch of weird tones to the Line 6 Helix party By Jonathan Horsley These are not your granddaddy's aftermarket sound sets
Gibson to make sloped dovewing headstocks standard on Epiphone guitars By Jonathan Horsley "It's coming" says Gibson CMO Cesar Gueikian
TC Electronic drops massive hints on forthcoming effects By Jonathan Horsley Social media posts suggest a TC 2290 Dynamic Digital Delay stompbox and a TonePrint multi-effects unit are in the pipeline
Let some jingle-jangle into your life with Fender's Electric XII By Jonathan Horsley The oddball 12-string is part of the Alternate Reality series and is now available to buy in a choice of three classic finishes
Cult US indie singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston has died, aged 58 By Jonathan Horsley An icon to the US indie rock scene, his songs influenced Kurt Cobain and were covered by the likes of Tom Waits and Beck
Esthero stops her song to protest against low royalties from streaming services By Jonathan Horsley The Canadian singer-songwriter interrupted the Spotify version of her new track to say the figures don't add up to a liveable wage
Victory Amplification unveils the Richie Kotzen RK100 Custom By Jonathan Horsley The limited edition dual-channel head has 100-watts of juice, a white vinyl finish, and is signed by Kotzen himself
Gibson releases the Custom Shop Slash 1966 EDS-1275 Doubleneck By Jonathan Horsley The electric is hand-signed by the GNR guitarist, limited to 125 units, and will set you back nigh-on 11 grand
