Rob Laing
Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.
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The brand had some intriguing protypes to preview at the Guitar Summit 2024

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Two Levels of software upgrades are available now

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The Edge reveals he found unreleased tracks from the How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb sessions

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VIDEO The post-rock instrumental heroes are reunited and had a triumphant comeback at Arctangent festival

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Kenny's Music is teaching a masterclass in viral marketing

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You won't believe how close this sounds – and there's no Fender required

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Souther's credits include New Kid In Town, Best Of My Love and Heartache Tonight

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The Former Red Hot Chili Pepper collaborated with the lifestyle brand and Jim Dunlop on the wah

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Video The world's second Gibson Garage is a timely reminder that nothing rivals expert knowledge and hands-on experience

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Amp and effects capture, with USB-C power – "With its simplicity, Nano Cortex is made to be integrated into a pedalboard as the driving engine of your sound"

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It looks to have LED-lit controls, but some reactions to the video Neural has filmed to promote it have not been kind

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"Believe it or not, Eric was in the next room to where we were"

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"It is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you"

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MD Erlend Gjerde explains the inspiring independent label's journey and the ways they empower their artists

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As A-ha's Take On Me passes 2 billion streams on Spotify, we look back with Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen on their debut album's remarkable story of persistence

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VIDEO The post-metal band are progressive musically and in their approach to rigs – but there are practical reasons for it too

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It's currently $30 more than the original Mustang Micro, and offers a significant step up

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How do you improve on excellence? Fender has found some ways to do it here

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The Eddie Van Halen favourite SDE-3000 can now fit on even more pedalboards

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A very special Dumble amp is involved

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Geddy Lee and Glenn Hughes favourite gets a refresh, along with speaker cabs

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"People who copy that particular style will sound a little undeveloped because my vibrato wasn’t right"

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As Oasis's reunion seems imminent, a timely reminder that here's Noel better songwriter when it comes to b-sides
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