Phil Weller
A freelance writer with a penchant for music that gets weird, Phil is a regular contributor to Prog, Guitar World, and Total Guitar magazines and is especially keen on shining a light on unknown artists. Outside of the journalism realm, you can find him writing angular riffs in progressive metal band, Prognosis, in which he slings an 8-string Strandberg Boden Original, churning that low string through a variety of tunings. He's also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy, mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot.
Latest articles by Phil Weller

By Phil Weller Published
This next-generation travel guitar packs a lot in, but isn't without its niggles

By Phil Weller Published
Harley Benton doubles down as one of the industry’s leading affordable brands with a well-appointed player

By Phil Weller Published
The jazz-minded session ace goes heavy metal with his latest wallet-friendly collaboration with Sire, and it’s heavy in both senses of the word

By Phil Weller Published
All the joy and versatility of a metal-minded seven-string Ibanez, smartly converted into a travel-friendly format

By Phil Weller Published
The affordable British brand enters the wireless market with an anti-intereference trick up its sleeve

By Paul Elliott Published
A key figure in shaping the sound of soul music in the ’60s

By Phil Weller Published
Fender’s California range makes its acoustic craftsmanship more affordable, while doubling down on brand identity

By Phil Weller Published
The next generation of the Swedish firm's headless guitar design has arrived; is this the guitar to finally convince the cynics to try one out?

By Phil Weller Published
The new kid on the block delivers its first hard-hitting amp sim, which is tailor-made for brutal noise making and modern metal grit – just don’t call it the blues

By Phil Weller Published
“It's not that embarrassing to me,” the singer says

By Phil Weller Published
Claudio Sanchez reveals all!

By Jenna Scaramanga, Amit Sharma, Jonathan Horsley, Phil Weller Published
If you’re looking for that last-minute Christmas gift for the guitar player in your life, help is at hand!
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