Matthew Parker

Take a peek - if you can bare it - at this mentalist custom 'Picasso' guitar belonging to Pat Metheny

All right readers!? Just a quick note to let you know that Total Guitar issue 198 is now on sale on your local news stands and pretty much anywhere else with half a musical-conscience.

Isn't the internet good to us? Check out the new Jimi Hendrix track - ‘Valleys Of Neptune’ (out 9 February), now streaming online.

Ibanez has announced some new additions to the RG series, the RGD range.

John Mayer's known as a trend-setter in some parts, therefore our editor, Stephen Lawson, had no qualms about getting in on the Mayer-thong action

Check out Aria's Goldrush 2010 guitar in commemoration of this year's football World Cup...

Rotosound has announced the launch of Double Decker guitar string sets. Ok, so we lied. It’s not that exciting, but now that you’re here we can just give you the facts...

Yngwie Malmsteen is to auction a set of hand-wound Seymour Duncan pickups on eBay in order to raise funds for Doctors Without Borders in Haiti.

My name is Matt Parker, I’m TG’s new staff writer and I have been given the exciting task of making this here blog page better than it is at the moment.

AC/DC have announced that they’ll be providing the soundtrack for the forthcoming Marvel Studios film Iron Man 2.

Bullet For My Valentine will play a secret show in London on 26 April, the day they release their new album, ‘Fever’

We were browsing YouTube in the name of journalism the other day and stumbled upon this great all-star comedy clip illustrating the merits of decent guitar tab

This week we've got free downloads from Dillinger Escape Plan, Trash Talk, Danko Jones and Chimp Spanner to name a few

Clearly the guitar-playing we all love to hate, is the stuff we all secretly love

The ever-enigmatic Carlos Santana is still (relatively) fresh from the reissue of his seminal 90s hit album ‘Supernatural’, but he’s already lining up a new covers album

We thought you might enjoy this video of Slash and Andrew Stockdale's (of Wolfmother) first live performance

Bit of a last minute one this, but if you and your band fancy winning a two-gig spot at this year’s Camden Crawl, not to mention the chance to be in Total Guitar, then this could be the competition for you

Here's the BillyTone, a new baritone graphite guitar from XOX Audio Tools.

Here are a few pictures of the reissue of Rat's legendary 85 White Face distortion pedal.

Blues guitar hero Joe Bonamassa will touch down in the UK for four dates this spring

Vegas’ finest 80s rock kids Taking Dawn have been announced as the sole support band on KISS’s UK arena tour this May

Details about the recently-revealed Jimi Hendrix ‘Rock Band’ game deal are beginning to emerge.

Here's a nice free download from the forthcoming Slash album

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