Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
Positive Grid's new AI-enabled combo lets you design "any tone imaginable" by text or image
The Reactor 50 and 100-watt combos feature Positive Grid's Amp Intelligence technology that allows players to get on the app and design sounds by AI prompt
When Winger and Whitesnake guitarist Reb Beach played on an ‘80s Bee Gees classic
In the mid '80s, Reb Beach was Atlantic's go-to rock guy, ripping solos for Chaka Khan, learning from Marcus Miller, and being serenaded by the brothers Gibb
Has Matteo Mancuso arrived as world’s greatest player?
The fusion maestro says we might be living in golden age of guitar virtuosity but this is not time for “guitar battles”
Stompbox stalwarts Morley and DOD team up for a "WTF" 3-in-1 fuzz, wah and octave pedal
The Wah-ocTo-Fuzz combines the '80s analogue octave sounds of the DOD FX35 with '70s- Morley Power Wah and Power Fuzz circuits
Gibson brings back the T-Top humbucker with “period-correct” 1968 spec
The signs were there that the T-Top was making a return when Michael Schenker's Murphy Lab Flying V shipped with a pair. Now it's officially available from the Gibson Pickup Shop
“A lot of people lost the plot”: Jared James Nichols on what's wrong with vintage guitar culture
Obsessing over value, or how rare something is, are we forgetting what makes these instruments special in the first place?
Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland unveils his first-ever Jackson signature guitar
Featuring one Seymour Duncan Invader, one Floyd 1500 Series vibrato, and one headstock that requires a double take
Donner reinvents the travel guitar with a headless electric featuring onboard amp and speaker
The HUSH-X Live and Live Pro feature a neck-through build, stainless steel frets, Bluetooth... everything you need from a take-anywhere guitar
Mancuso on his blockbuster Steve Vai collaboration – and the crucial advice the guitar icon gave him
The Sicilian guitar maestro wrote the breathtaking Solar Wind to be the most Steve Vai song he could possibly write – and for the man himself to guest on
Oliver Ackermann on the break-stuff tone philosophy behind guitar's most unorthodox pedal brand
Frontman/guitarist of NYC's A Place To Bury Strangers, pedal designer, noise enthusiast, renaissance man... Ackermann explains why all bets are off in his search for new sounds and tones
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Khemmis just made one of the heavy metal records of the year using a $28 plastic fuzz pedal
Phil Pendergast's secret weapon was cheap, effective, and perhaps a lesson that cork-sniffing about gear can be a waste of time – and money
Gretsch just released the most vibey acoustic guitar of the year and it’s only $249
Here comes a Jim Dandy parlour-sixed acoustic in Olympic White and doesn't it look a treat? But hurry though, these go fast
It’s $92, weighs 4.5kg and is packed with features, and Harley Benton calls it “ultimate grab-and-go practice station” – meet the DNAfx AmP10 modelling combo
This compact 10-watter has four user definable presets, four amp models, onboard effects, Bluetooth, a full-range 6" speaker, an onboard tuner and more
Geezer Butler, Tal Wilkenfeld and Nate Mendel hail the legacy of the P Bass, as Fender celebrates its 75th anniversary
Fender unveils the 75th Anniversary P Bass Collection featuring a stunning American Professional PJ Bass, a Player II P Bass in Diamond Dust Sparkle, and a retro American Vintage II 1951 model
PRS and Ed Sheeran just unveiled a hollowbody baritone electric for all occasions
The pop megastar's SE Hollowbody I Piezo Baritone officially joins the main PRS lineup, and it's joined by a regular scale sibling – and a refresh of the SE amp lineup's finish options
Misha Mansoor’s Evertune-equipped 8-string might be the heaviest signature Jackson of all time
“I think the Evertune was the final piece of the puzzle,” says the Periphery riff-master as this extended-range monster arrives in a Nardo Gray finish and Mansoor's signature humbuckers
Is this the beginning of the end for the S-style? Fender issues cease and desist to US builder
We are now seeing the downstream effects of Fender's legal victory in Germany as Strat EU legal protections bring lawyers' letters to the doors of US guitar makers
“It was the record that changed our lives”: Rush frontman Geddy Lee on the band's classic 2112
No one at the record company was happy to hear that Rush had another concept record. But this time the prog trio stuck the landing on a sci-fi epic that changed everything
Gretsch reinvents a cult classic loved by Jack Antonoff as it unveils two Electromatic baritones
The CVT and Jet Baritones take That Great Gretsch Sound into lower registers, and at a nice price too... But one question remains. Has Gretsch just made a metal guitar?
Seymour Duncan releases hand-wound replica of an OG humbucker from the dawn of the high-gain era
This 50th Anniversary release sees the Duncan Custom reverse-engineered and offered as a signed, limited edition set with a hand-wound '59 neck humbucker
Definitely, maybe your chance to nail Noel Gallagher’s tone: his pedalboards have gone up for sale
Built for Gallagher by touring gear guru Mike Hill, these 'boards come straight from the Chief's collection
Gibson’s unveils ‘50s and ‘60s ES-335s, promising “decade-correct feel, look and tone”
The ‘50s ES-335 comes strapped with Custombuckers, the ‘60s model has T-Types, and we’ve got classic finishes, vintage-inspired specs too
“It’s a funny thing to imagine but it changes how you play”: Sadler Vaden's approach to slide guitar
Don't sweat the action, keep it in standard tuning and just pretend you're a trapeze artist with syrup on the fingerboard... Wait, what!?
“Track a performance through your favorite tube amp while simultaneously capturing a dry signal as a safety”: Warm Audio’s Reamper is an analogue “creative routing hub” that could be the recording tool you’ve been waiting for
This all analogue signal convertor could be a real hard-working piece of gear in your studio setup, with silent recording, tracking two amps in one take, and more
“We built the amps, Hendrix made them scream”: Marshall celebrates 60 years of Jimi Hendrix with “cosmic” anniversary collection including hand-wired amp, Fuzz Face and more
Finished with a "cosmic" black-and-purple design, the JMH head is joined by a matching cab and Dunlop Fuzz Face, and an Acton III Bluetooth speaker