Line 6 Helix adds new amp and five effects with 3.10 firmware update By Rob Laing The Mandarin Rocker model is based on the Orange Rockerverb 100 MKIII
Music Venue Trust calling for music fans to complete short survey ahead of return to live shows By Rob Laing Help the industry plan for the safe return of gigs
The new Ibanez 20th anniversary John Scofield JSM20TH guitar is a stunner By Rob Laing The Japan-made semi hollow has quietly surfaced on Ibanez's website
The long-awaited Kemper Power Kabinet is released By Rob Laing Featuring 19 classic guitar speaker imprints
John Mayer creates karaoke version of his song Stop This Train on TikTok By Rob Laing Sing along with John
Eventide releases its second pedal of 2021 with the UltraTap delay By Rob Laing "Rhythmic delays, glitchy reverbs, huge pad-like volume swells"
7 ways to improve your rhythm guitar tone By Rob Laing Liven up for chords today with these simple steps
Kirk Hammett's ESP guitar from the Metallica One video has been sold By Rob Laing The guitar appeared in the band's first ever promo video for a song back in 1989
Harley Benton releases AirBorne Pro £83 guitar wireless system / tuner pedal By Rob Laing It can power your effects pedals too
D'Addario is calling its new XS "the most advanced coated string ever" By Rob Laing The acoustic strings combine a number of the US company's innovative treatments
Introducing The Bludgeon – Fender's $8,500 Joe Bonamassa '51 Nocaster signature model By Rob Laing A limited run of 100 guitars, hand made by the Custom Shop's Greg Fessler
Harley Benton has a new desktop modelling amp called the AirBorne Go – and you won't need a guitar cable By Rob Laing The Thomann brand "disrupts" the market with modelling and a bluetooth transmitter for £120
Get a free Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier for AmpliTube By Rob Laing IK Multimedia has also announced more free artist presets
Epiphone and Jared James Nichols want you to share the Gold Glory with new signature Les Paul Custom By Rob Laing "It's a dream come true"
Origin Effects recreates classic modded amp tones with its RD Compact Hot Rod pedal By Rob Laing The acclaimed RevivalDrive series expands
Elvis Presley '68 Comeback Special Hagstrom guitar sells at auction By Rob Laing The King used the Viking II to perform Blues Suede Shoes and Guitar Man during the TV special
Epiphone unleashes a 24-fret signature GhostHorse Explorer for Brendon Small By Rob Laing It also features a Floyd Rose and gloss / satin finish combo
Gibson celebrates blues icons Slim Harpo and wife Lovell Moore with new ES-330 guitar By Rob Laing The King Bee of semi-hollows
Fender announces 10 new and refreshed affordable Squier Affinity Series guitar and bass models By Rob Laing Including a very cool Custom Shop finish
Gojira showcase latest Charvel and Jackson signature guitars in new video By Rob Laing You can also bid on one in a charity auction to support indigenous peoples to tie in with new song Amazonia
Blues icon Billy F Gibbons announces new solo album – hear the first single now By Rob Laing West Coast Junkie is taken from Hardware, due on 3 June and featuring Matt Sorum on drums and co-production
Meshuggah announce the return of guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, enter studio to record new album By Rob Laing Per Nilsson had been on lead guitar live duties since 2017
"It's something you put it on and it's like a portal opens to another dimension" – John Smith on the 10 albums that changed his life By Rob Laing The inspiration of Nick Drake, A Tribe Called Quest, Astral Weeks and his sublime new album The Fray
John Petrucci's guitar tech offers setup tips for players in this video tutorial By Rob Laing Maddi Schieferstein has been the Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment man's full-time tech for 12 years
