Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
Gretsch relaunches the Jet in Streamliner and Electromatic series – and there is a single-pickup rock 'n' roll machine FTW
Fresh pickups, wraparound bridges, and just look at all those different colours...
By popular demand, Sean Long of While She Sleeps’ Charvel signature model now comes in Neon Pink
Well this is a pretty bright finish... but this shred and metal ready platform remains unchanged, with a pair of active EMG humbuckers, a no-fuss hardtail, and a Speed Neck for thrills
Strymon’s Olivera is a oil can delay without the oil, without the mechanics, and with a lot more control over your tone
Vintage sounds from 21st-century tech, the Olivera has a powerful ARM processor under the hood, giving us 300 presets, stereo, MIDI, while a discreet Class A JEFT input preamp keeps things real
Harley Benton’s new acoustic is a compact parlour with a solid top and metallic colour finish – and it is just $250
With five colour finishes to choose from, the CLF-50E is an eye-catching, couch-friendly but stage-ready acoustic electric for players on a budget
“I never realised how difficult it was for Alex”: When Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson had to battle to get heard
"The guitar suffered in a lot of the mixes," Lifeson said
![Fender's American Professional Classic series photographed against the side of a chrome tour bus [L-R]: Jaguar in faded Sherwood Green Metallic, HSS Stratocaster in Faded Lake Placid Blue, Stratocaster in Faded Firemist Gold, Telecaster in Faded Butterscotch Blonde, Precision Bass in Faded 3-Color Sunburst.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zqgrqTV4qT7LsXP3Udi9vm-840-80.jpg.webp)
Fender gives its US lineup a retro-modern makeover with the American Professional Classic range
Featuring vintage-voiced Coastline pickups, Faded finishes in much-loved Fender colours, plus a host of player-friendly details... And they've been road-tested by US hardcore superstars Turnstile
Warm Audio channels the greatest hits of classic overdrive with the regal Throne Of Tone dual-drive and the 3-in-1 Tone Squealer
With its Mix knob, three modes and pickup voicing switch, the Tone Squealer could be the TS-style pedal for fans and non-fans alike, while the Throne Of Tone has everything you'd need from a mid-gain drive
PRS refreshes SE range and takes a top-tier shredder to the masses with Herman Li's Chleo
PRS expands its Dave Grissom signature range, makes the PRS SE Hollowbody “fully PRS” and debuts the SE CE 24 Standard Satin with a stop-tail, which at $499 is as affordable as PRS gets
Klon Centaur inventor Bill Finnegan’s lawsuit against Behringer over $69 clone has been dismissed
With Behringer's $69 K-style drive renamed as the Zentara, the battle is over. Did Finnegan win in the end?
“Your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Geezer Butler bass amps from Sabbath’s final show to go on sale
This Reverb exclusive offers 15 of Butler's signature heads used for rehearsals for Black Sabbath's final show, each coming with a COA from Ashdown MD Dan Gooday
Epiphone raids Joe Bonamassa’s Nerdville archive for another reproduction of a vintage unicorn
The latest Joe Bonamassa x Epiphone signature model is a replica of his 1959 'Black Beauty' dual-pickup Les Paul Custom, with a Bigsby for wobble, Grover Imperials for that upscale touch...
Ken Parker, the visionary luthier behind the Parker Fly, has died, aged 73
Parker was one of guitar designs great radicals, whose legendary electric, the Parker Fly, became a '90s classic, famously played by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Adrian Belew, David Lynch and more
Korn’s Head and Munky unveil new Ibanez 7-strings – and explain how it all comes back to Steve Vai
The K7YIN and K7YANG, one dark, one light, both state-of-the-art extended range S-styles built to the nu-metal kingpins' specifications – and yes, that's a U-Bar on Munky's vibrato
“So, Dave, how do I slash the amp?”: Dave Davies picks up a razor and slashes a speaker on camera to demonstrate how he got the Kinks’ iconic proto-fuzz guitar tone
There are gear demos and then there are gear demos in which a guitar legend performs the most radical amp mod to show us how he got the guitar tone on You Really Got Me
KHDK Electronics makes pedals for metal's biggest stars; now it's going to make electric guitars too
KHDK Electronics supremo David Karon debuted his new designs at Guitar Summit, in Mannheim, and while they are not all über-metal, the "all pointy" Model 101 certainly is... metal
Mesa/Boogie reissues a cult classic with a design that takes the amp brand back to the beginning
Loved by the likes of John Petrucci, the Mark IIC+ HRG presents super-clean tone at super-high volume and a super-tight crunch voicing for rock and metal rhythms
Seymour Duncan expands Joe Bonamassa range with humbucker set based on pickups from his ‘Bolin Burst’ Les Paul
Like JoBo says, got a cheap Les Paul? Give it a high-end power-up with a pair of replica humbuckers from his iconic Bolin Burst, fresh out the custom shop – and the first 500 sets come signed
Mikael Åkerfeldt has played Cobain’s D-18 and holy grail acoustics from the Martin museum but says his new OM beats the lot
Limited to 74 instruments worldwide, the Opeth frontman's signature model has a truly exquisite three-piece back of Guatemalan rosewood with an East Indian rosewood wedge
“The ultimate library of bass tones”: IK Multimedia’s Tonex modelling suite and pedals arrive for bass guitar
IK Multimedia unveils a Tonex and Tonex One that is designed for bass players, and backs it up with a software suite replete with all the low-end bass amp classics and then some
Nuno Bettencourt launches his own guitar company debuting two new S-styles – and the N4 isn’t going anywhere
If Bettencourt can make 'em as well as he can play them then we are all in for a treat. “These are true workhorses built with the same passion I’ve put into every note I’ve ever played” he says
Fender adds analogue heat to the Hammertone lineup with the budget-friendly $99 Breakup Drive and Boost pedals
The Hammertone Breakup Drive and Hammertone Boost have abundant tone-sweetening powers with lots of bang for your buck
Line 6 introduces multi-voicing for active guitar speakers as the Powercab CL offers ups the ante for amp modelling rigs
Available in 1x12 and 2x12 formats, the Powercab CL offers players the choice of six switchable virtual speakers based on classic drivers, and you can turn them all of if you prefer
“"There is something magic in that instrument”: Billy Gibbons on why Pearly Gates is one of the greatest Les Pauls ever
All Gibson Les Paul Standards from 1959 are special but what is it about the ZZ Top frontman's Pearly Gates that makes it so unique? As Gibbons says, it might be something entirely supernatural
With an eight-octave range, has Boss raised the standard for pitch-shifting pedals with the XS Poly Shifter range?
The XS-100 is a pitch-shifting workstation with integrated expression pedal, 30 memory slots, MIDI, and lots of range while the XS-1 presents a 6-octave range in compact format
Greg Mackintosh on the secrets behind the Paradise Lost sound and why he is still trying to learn Trouble’s tone tricks
The Paradise Lost guitarist on how '80s nightclubs shaped his style, writing guitar as a vocals, and how an old overwound Ibanez Iceman pickup was the holy grail tone on new album Ascension