Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
Introducing Textures, the granular synth pedal from MXR that dreamy ambient tones are made of
Textures could not be any more on trend for guitarists making soundscapes, film scores, or creating noise-rock chaos
Gretsch puts high-gain sounds on the menu as it adds the $249 CVT to entry-level Streamliner series
The CVT is fast becoming a modern classic in the Gretsch catalogue and with high-output humbuckers it players with some serious firepower at an unserious price
Jim Adkins and Zach Lind on the making of Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American
They had no label, no management and the money was running out, but they had the songs, and a hit that would catch the ear of Taylor Swift, Prince and the rest of the world
Sophie Lloyd pays tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne with a shred cover of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid
The Machine Gun Kelly guitarist and YouTube superstar marks the first anniversary of Ozzy's death by giving a Sabbath classic the full-shred treatment
Jay Weinberg on the Bruce Springsteen test that left him “deathly afraid” when sitting in with the E Street Band
It's one of the great rock stories. E Street Drummer Max Weinberg couldn't make a Springsteen tour. His teenage son replaces him
Harley Benton throws a big ol' T party and you are all invited, as it debuts the Fusion-T II series
High-performance builds, roasted flame maple necks as standard, the choice of Tesla humbuckers or EMGs, and Babicz hardtail bridges or 2-point tremolos... It's all going on
Remembering Wayne Charvel, visionary luthier and Superstrat pioneer
The Charvel founder and legendary custom builder for guitar's biggest names has died, aged 85
Dirty Boy teams up with Warm Audio for affordable versions of its boutique stompbox classics
The Junior Series presents Dirty Boy fuzz, overdrive and boost circuits in a compact stompbox, priced just 169 bucks
Pete Townshend on how Stevie Wonder's producer inspired him to smash guitars
We revisit the pivotal moment when the young Who guitarist watched Malcolm Cecil take a saw to a bass guitar
How cult heroes Acid Bath rose from the ashes to open stadium shows for System Of A Down
Sammy Duet on the chaos of the sludge metal pioneers' early days and how the unlikely triumph of their second act is a fitting tribute to late bassist and co-founder Audie Pitre
“The final boss of the lost Dual Op-Amp circuit”: Electro-Harmonix unveils Deluxe Big Muff Pi 2
This alternate take on the Muff fuzz sound now comes supercharged with enough features to make you consider an upgrade
NPR just posted its most brutal Tiny Desk Concert ever as Napalm Death bring grind chaos to the office
Taylor Swift, U2, Dua Lipa... the UK grind pioneers join exalted company as they give NPR a performance for the ages
Now Fender hits Yamaha with a cease-and-desist as it widens legal campaign over Stratocaster copyright
The legal battle over the design of S-style guitars takes a Goliath vs Goliath turn...
Gibson unveils Custom Shop reissue of a Michael Schenker and Kirk Hammett favourite
They only made 350 of them back in the day but the 1971 Flying Medallion takes flight once more with a stunning VOS reissue
Queens Of The Stone Age drop a brand new single out of nowhere and it features Nikki Lane on vocals
Easy Street is the band's first new track since 2023's Times New Roman
Blackstar shrinks Doug Aldrich’s fire-breathing tube head into a compact 5-watt combo
Meet the DA5 Ruby, the house-trained version of Aldrich's 100-watter, with the same super-hot tone
Periphery's Jake Bowen unveiled as a Strandberg artist – when will we see a signature model?
The Periphery guitarist had been playing various Strandbergs of late, and now joins Plini, Per Nilsson and Jacob Collier on the artist roster
A baby blue amp for a Green Day frontman: Marshall launches Billie Joe Armstrong’s “Dookie Mod” head
That super-cool Super Lead BJA debuted at the Super Bowl has now been officially unveiled, with its onboard mod offering a master volume and more gain
Eric Church teams up with Epiphone for a signature Hummingbird – and with Gibson for whiskey collab
Strum a few chords on his Cobra Burst acoustic, followed by a shot of Tonewood Vol 1... Now that's a night in
Carlos Santana on Miles and McLaughlin, Hendrix and SRV, and his quest for eternal melody
“I wanted my guitar to sound like a female – like the voice of my favourite singers”
Strymon supercharges its flagship delay – meet the TimeLine MX
Featuring 12 delay engines, some all-new sounds and the ability to run two of them together, expanded routing options, OLED display, and more powerful under the hood...
Jim Root’s made-for-metal Fender Telecaster gets a makeover with a custom finish from the golden era
The Slipknot guitarist's EMG-loaded Telecaster is now available with one of the OG metallic custom colour Fender finishes
Walrus Audio’s Lüm is a feature-packed “Texture Machine” for when your guitar tone feels predictable
Once a limited edition oddity for generation soundscape, the Lüm returns, in two colours, innumerable possibilities for tone
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