Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
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
How Eric Clapton’s mission to spread the blues gospel was the making of the first guitar ‘god’
The discovery of Freddie King was the Eureka! moment in the origin story of Slowhand's ascent as the British blues scene's greatest player
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Kirk Hammett felt so guilty after buying Neal Schon's Les Paul on the cheap he offered to return it
Some might have thought that this was the bargain of a lifetime, a Factory Black '57 Les Paul with P-90s, and it was. And that was the problem
Jackson and Brandon Ellis unveil a top-tier 27-fret Kelly that's designed especially for metal solos
The Cannibal Corpse touring guitarist's Kelly is finished in Gold Crackle and comes loaded with his Dyad Parallel Axis humbucker and a Gotoh double-locking vibrato
MusicRadar’s epic guitar gear round-up: June ’26 edit, ft. EHX, PRS, Fender’s mega-launch and more
Guitar gear worth a pay day blow-out, ft. metal-friendly signature guitars from PRS and Jackson, the return of Squier's Paranormal series and more Inspired By Gibson Custom Epiphone models
Guild’s S-300 returns: can the cult-classic offset find its niche with today’s player?
With that body shape in Vintage Sterling and Neptune Blue Metallic finishes, the S-300 looks like a home run for Guild – and it's just $799 street
Steve Von Till on what Neurosis learned from Steve Albini
With Albini in the control room, the experimental metal titans learned how to track live and make huge epics in just a week
Kramer marks 50 years of shred with a gold metallic makeover for its high-performance lineup
Six shreddable S-styles, with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibrato as standard – all in Anniversary Gold for a limited time only
John Mayer says he has already used his signature Neural DSP plugin on record – but on which songs?
Your guess is as good as ours, but it was one of 5 things we learned from the superstar's demo video of his Archetype plugin suite
Gibson unveils exquisite Custom Shop Historic Reissues of the 1959 and ’62 ES-330s
Dog-ear P-90s, a super-resonant build, one with a fat neck, one with a slim neck, these are a welcome return to the Gibson Custom lineup
How Jim Adkins nailed his solo to Jimmy Eat World’s The Middle
The Middle needed a big solo to go with its over-sized hooks, and on the spot, with a Telecaster in hand, Adkins found one
Johnny Marr is auctioning off his most-famous guitars
After documenting them in Marr's Guitars, the indie icon couldn't bear consigning them to storage once more, and they'll be auctioned via Christie's in September
EarthQuaker Devices unveils compact version of Sunn O))) Life Pedal – and this time the ultimate doom pedal is here to stay
The EarthQuaker Devices' HalfLife is a more compact version of the drone metal pioneers Sunn O))) octave fuzz and boost pedal based on the
How Tony Iommi found the secret to his Black Sabbath tone (and how he lost it)
A moment of madness from an amp tech and Iommi's secret weapon was gone, never to be seen again
Rush’s Geddy Lee, Paul Gilbert and John Petrucci on the guitar genius of Alex Lifeson
Lee explains how Lifeson made the Canadian prog trio greater than the sum of their parts
“Playing music should always be fun”: Ed Sheeran and Orange launch the “ultimate busking amp”
Sheeran and Orange unveil the Outlowd ES series, featuring a trio of busking friendly acoustic amps – and Sheeran's Play It Home campaign aims to support grassroots music across the globe
Dweezil Zappa shredding in a skate park? That must be Charvel’s all-new American Neo-Classic Series
Charvel goes back to Cali with US-made range of hot-rodded S-styles with pro specs and classic finishes
Epiphone and Alex Lifeson team up for a replica of the Rush guitarist’s iconic 1976 ES-355
Complete with Gibson T-Type humbuckers, gold hardware, a Varitone and an Alpine White finish, this replica 'Whitey' pays tribute to the guitar that's near ever-present in the Rush catalogue
EHX expands Pico series with a "cosmic reverb" for soundscape generation and otherworldly guitar tone
EHX expands its compact DSP series with a pedal packing three reverb types, each with its own otherworldly potential
Do not adjust your set – Gibson just unveiled a doublecut shred machine with a Floyd Rose
By popular demand, the Victory now comes with a Floyd Rose, and the high-performance electric is offered in Iguana, Deep Ocean Burst and Translucent Ebony Burst
“One of the most creative, out-of-the-box things we have done in a while”: PRS Guitars just made a signature guitar for an anime character
The limited edition SE Rock lady is inspired by the guitar played by Lily in the hit anime Rock Is A Lady's Modesty
Eventide unveils the H9 Harmonizer Gen 2, now with the complete suite of H90 and algorithms and more
The multi-effects powerhouse arrives strapped with 74 algorithms, 1,000-plus presets, new interface, polyphonic pitch shifting and it is still a compact unit
Steve Farris on the time he jammed ZZ Top and Led Zeppelin songs with Eddie Van Halen
The Mr Mister guitarist got a front row seat to Eddie Van Halen's greatness when they they were both Peavey artists playing a NAMM show
“Ibanez serves up another RG that’s built for stunt guitar, priced for virtuosos-in-training, and with enough sounds to please the fusion kid and headbanger alike”: Ibanez RGR431PB review
The hallowed mid-priced speedster gets a poplar burl glow-up with a hard-tail for white-knuckle riffing and a reverse headstock for metal cool points.