Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
“I’ve got to compete with Bach and Beethoven and Mozart and The Beatles!”: Inside the mind of guitar hero Paul Gilbert
Featuring: his “mouse” heartbeat, the jazz pianist so good he's “inhuman” and the most courageous thing a shredder can do
Jackson launches spectacular EverTune refresh of Christian Andreu’s signature Rhoads
The Gojira riffer says he has been in love with the Jackson Rhoads ever since he saw Hammett of play one, and Andreu's latest signature version takes its design where it's never been before
Harley Benton unveils three entry-level T-styles with Bigbsy-style vibratos and vintage mojo to burn
Ideal for beginner player with a taste for old-school guitar design
Richie Sambora was so desperate to track down his stolen Explorer he hired a private detective – 41 years later he has it back
Sambora played this heavily modded Explorer as Bon Jovi rose to fame and has been looking for it for decades. Matt's Guitar Shop in Paris tracked it down
Robben Ford on how playing with Miles Davis set him up for life
Ford wasn't a jazz player when he joined up with Davis in 1986 but he would soon learn – and it give him a sense of self-confidence that's with him to this day
“The perfect marriage of brilliance and brute force”: Gretsch unveils the reinvention of the Jet
Meet the Jet with the Luminlay markers, the contoured body, the Twin Six humbuckers and a filter for percussive high-gain sounds. It's a Jet, Jim, but not as we know it
Charvel’s hotrodded shred performance just got more affordable with the launch of the $569 Standard SD Series
The Standard Series T-styles are cut from the same cloth as their more expensive siblings and present aspiring shredders with a pair of high-output humbuckers and a no-fuss hardtail bridge
What are the best online guitar lessons in 2026? I’m a professional guitar gear reviewer and these are my highest-rated lessons platforms
My expert pick of the best online guitar courses will supercharge your playing wherever you are, and whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
Mark Morton on the secret to his crushing Lamb Of God rhythm tone, and why some effects are best left to post-production
Take one classic overdrive pedal, and use it in a way that suggests you forgot it was was ever an overdrive pedal in the first place
How a broken string, a loan from his brother and a fresh paint job helped Michael Schenker turn this Flying V into an icon of rock
Gibson used 3D scans to create this stunning Collector's Edition replica of the black-and-white Flying V that defined Schenker's work with UFO and Scorpions
Fender celebrates 75 years of the electric guitar that started it all with limited edition collection
The 75th Anniversary Telecaster Collection features five stunning takes on the first mass-produced solidbody electric
![Derek Trucks [left] plays his Dickey Betts SG live onstage; [right] a portrait close-up of Jerry Garcia's Tiger guitar, which recently sold for $11,560,000.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hApvaUMjSsSfmE4fdWUV96-840-80.jpg.webp)
Derek Trucks reveals what it’s like to play Jerry Garcia’s record-breaking $11.6mn Tiger guitar
Trucks got the chance to put the ultimate Grateful Dead guitar through its paces during The Tedeschi Trucks Band's residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City – and he says it's a “beast”
![A press shot of Paul Gilbert [left] wearing a tricorn hat and playing a pink Ibanez; Todd Rundgren wears dark shades and performs live in 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eqnUjQP9yE9HY87SbYmucb-840-80.jpg.webp)
“To me, it was like being asked to tour with the Beatles”: Paul Gilbert on why he turned down the gig of a lifetime
When Todd Rundgren called and invited Gilbert to tour with him there was only one answer, even if it pained him to say it
“It would be way better if drummers weren’t reduced to nothing”: Eric Johnson on the one thing he doesn’t like about modern pop music
The Texan guitar phenom says contemporary pop has got loads going for it, but the human element from having a live drummer would be a “win-win”
A future player favourite? Gibson unveils the Songwriter Recording Artist acoustics
It would take a pretty special instrument to pull focus from the Hummingbird, Dove or J-45... And yet, these acoustics, available as a cutaway or non-cutaway, have got something special
![Joe Bonamassa [left] wears a dark blue suit and shades as he performs with a Gibson Les Paul in 2024. BB King [right] has a mischevious look on his face as he performs seated with Lucille.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PbkcJv2BpVtqqgcwRMPZCm-840-80.jpg.webp)
BB King was the undisputed King of the Blues – but Joe Bonamassa says he also taught him how to use an iPod
Bonamassa pays tribute to the undisputed king of the blues as a road dog who "knew everything" and was pretty handy with newfangled technologies, too
Joe Satriani on what he told David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen when they called about EVH tribute tour
Satch says the tribute tour got close to a show, but after it all fell through, Sammy Hagar came in with an offer he couldn’t refuse, and he needed a new amp to nail Eddie Van Halen's tone
EarthQuaker Devices reinvents the reverb pedal once more with the Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter
The Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter does reverb the EQD way, and it could be soundscape generator you've been waiting for (or maybe just something more exotic than room, plate and spring)
Country star John Osborne’s signature Tele comes factory modded with a distressed nitro finish, custom pickups – and it’s even got a B-bender too
Based of his beloved 1968 Tele, this Road Worn doozie has it all going on, and while the B-bender is a headline spec item, what about that oil-finished fingerboard with the maple cap fretboard?
Does your digital rig lack “thump” and feel? Victory’s PowerValve 200 promises to restore that analogue tube mojo
With an onboard Valve React Circuit, this 200-watt power amp is designed to push air through a real guitar speaker, giving you quote/unquote real amp feel when using a modeller
Fender wins historic German court ruling protecting Stratocaster body design
The Regional Court of Düsseldorf rules in favour of Fender and offers broad legal protections for the Strat's body design
“When I first met George I was speechless”: Robben Ford on what it was like working with a Beatle at the age of 22
By his own admission, Ford was “green” when he was called into play on George Harrison’s Dark Horse but there was no pressure to be anything other than himself
How Mark Morton and Gibson reinvented the Les Paul for modern metal – and why passive beats active humbuckers hands down
The Lamb Of God guitarist walks us through the evolution of his signature Les Paul Modern Quilt and explains why passive humbuckers beat active every time
IK Multimedia just put $300,000 of Dumble mojo into a Tonex One mini pedal
The Tonex One Double Special is a limited edition pedal preloaded with 20 models from two über-rare Dumbles – and the bundled software presents sounds from six Overdrive Specials
Epiphone raises the bar for its acoustic guitar range with all-solid builds, rosewood fingerboards and affordable takes on Gibson classics
The Inspired By Gibson range comprises cutaway and non-cutaway Hummingbird and J-45s, and a very smart L-00, all with Fishman electronics and a serious build upgrade