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.
Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley

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With Blackmore returning onstage with Deep Purple for the first time since '93, we unpack his explosive talents over a handful of tracks (none of which are Smoke On The Water)

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The 00-18 Joe Bonamassa and its more affordable 00-10E Retro are based on a '37 shade-top of incalculable mojo

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Blackmore joined his former bandmates for a storming rendition of Smoke On The Water

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More finish options for the American Vintage II series and, my oh my, that rosewood 'board '61 Strat looks good in Surf Green

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Blackmore sent his “AI pigeon” to ask Ian Gillan and got the thumbs up from the band, and now it is all systems go for tonight’s show in Wantagh, NY

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It ain't cheap but you have the same classic sounds as the original rack unit and the same controls too

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Forcing students to practise, encouraging improv, getting them to cover Zappa for their parents... This is what a guitar hero looks like

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It all started with one over-produced string demo video, then came the controversy. Now D'Addario reveals Suno Studio was used to “regenerate the track”

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The Tonex 2.0 Player has been released in public beta and adds 220 all-new Premium V2 Tone Models, plus a redesigned home page, improved workflow and more

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Hell Or High Water is out November 13 and is dedicated to Malmsteen's late father. Watch the video to lead single Now Or Never here

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Edward “Bud” Cole’s comments likening cover music to “analogue AI” did not go down well with musicians – but he still believes AI can be a useful tool for players

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The Guns N' Roses guitarist spoke with Ozzy just after Back To The Beginning about making some music together

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This limited run all-solid dreadnought comes with ample mojo, a cool back story, a custom hard-shell guitar case and LR Baggs electronics

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Put some of Line 6's flagship Augora amp modelling tone and feel into your DAW
![Joe Bonamassa wears a blue suit and plays his signature Epiphone Les Paul [left]; the late great Albert Collins with his Telecaster.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q23LHytNUf5DEHSfGq3Qtn-320-80.jpg)
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Bonamassa was just a young kid with great chops who had impressed Danny Gatton. Up onstage with the Iceman taught him how you could pin the audience to their seat with one note

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Players can choose from “hundreds of thousands” of community created NAM captures and just load them onto their rigs

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Has Payton created the ultimate pop, rock and R&B guitar with some judicious mods to his American Elite Strat? His guitar choices – and rig – reflects the demands of an epic show

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Iommi's solo album From The Dark is out on 23 October and features a star turn from old friend Brian May

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Featuring hot new gear from Harley Benton, Epiphone, Bad Cat, Shergold, IK Multimedia, Mooer Audio, Gibson and more
![Mastodon pictured after performing on Late Night with Seth Meyers in 2021 [L-R]: Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders, Brann Dailor, and Bill Kelliher.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5d46orkU4UrvRjSNCGXbBk-320-80.jpg)
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On new album Marrow Deep, the prog-metal behemoths pay tribute to their former guitarist who died last year

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It was the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, one of the biggest gigs in Hendrix lore, when a trouser emergency struck

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From The Dark will be released on October 23 and features Jorn Lande on vocals. Riffs guaranteed or your money back

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Hitherto the preserve of custom shop and boutique makers, the German budget gear company is bringing us vintage mojo on the cheap – and there are five models to choose from
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![Kirk Hammett plays a Jackson Rhoads [left]; Peter Green with the Les Paul that Hammett would eventually own.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qsoK48Bsg4aG2JX4jHeZhR-320-80.jpg)
