Jonathan Horsley
Jonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars and guitar culture since 2005, playing them since 1990, and regularly contributes to MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitar World. He uses Jazz III nylon picks, 10s during the week, 9s at the weekend, and shamefully still struggles with rhythm figure one of Van Halen’s Panama.
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With a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker at the bridge, an Alnico V single-coil at the neck, this is a super-versatile take on the model

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The Katana series comes for your bedroom with a feature-stacked digital combo that packs 60-plus Boss effects and six amps into a compact 1x8 package

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Consider the Prophecy Series duly resurrected, upgraded and expanded, with a baritone Les Paul and a Floyd-equipped Victory in the lineup
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The guitarist admits “you never know” if or when Mötley Crüe do anything, but he tells MusicRadar that he is certain that they're having “ridiculous” fun on the road
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Collen tells MusicRadar that Clark was “carving his own canyon” on the instrument, and promises upcoming Def Leppard doc has unseen footage of Clark

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When Levi revealed that the record label boss wanted a radio hit, Prince served up Cream

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Henson and LePage tell MusicRadar why Be Not Afraid will make you feel like a kid again – but it might freak you out
![Joe Bonamassa [left] wears a blue suit and polka-dotted shirt as he plays his green burst Strat onstage; Eric Clapton plays the 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yisSBYgzFdgHvNqgrYpZWo-320-80.jpg)
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Ahead of his appearance at Crossroads 2026, Joe Bonamassa promises MusicRadar he's not stalking Clapton – but he has been paying close attention to his sound

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Available exclusively via Fender for the next week or so... And you can customise yours with the bundled Burrito Breath graphic decals

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Ovation celebrates 60th anniversary with an all-new Viper, complete with Lace Sensor pickups and Babicz hardware

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The “gold standard” in strobe tuning comes for your pedalboard, and it is packed with features

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The Tekton is offered with six or seven-strings, and with a choice of hardware, and it sees the Maryland brand taking on the shred giants at their own game

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This release comprises five Flying Vs, all with Tom Petty's signature on the back of the headstock and Heartbreakers logo on the truss rod cover

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The guitarist says Be Not Afraid is the sound of Polyphia at their rawest, but they went totally over the top with sonic maximalism

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Fender's Silent System is a solution for hum-free single-coil pickups with no tone loss. Director of product Allen Abbassi shares the story of its development

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A truck came and took away hundreds of pedals, a heap of guitars, some very rare amps and you can buy this stuff from Oct 21

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The ultimate metal guitar signature drop? With a replica of the Rhoads that started it all, this has got to be up there

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Budget semis don't get much nicer than the HB-35Plus Rotary and Tribute Series HB-35TL – but the VegaTrem ST Modern Plus is a stunner, too

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Backing tapes? The Crüe guitarist says you should have been at their show in Utah when when his in-ears failed – you would have seen a “train wreck”

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Khemmis’ latest album is a love letter to metal, a grand narrative set to hefty riffs, guitar harmonies and the awesome contributions of a virtuoso bassist

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Meet the new AmPro series, not like the old AmPro, as the Big F refreshes its greatest hits with V-Mod III pickups, upgraded hardware and electronics

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Sonny T was going to play bass. Levi Seacer Jr was super excited to move onto guitar. He brought all his pedals... He should have left them at home

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The Tone Master '59 Twin-Amp JB Edition is here, and it's got some lungs on it. Joe Bonamassa tells us how it more than held its own in the Amp Shanty
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