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.
Latest articles by Rob Laing
Steve Jones breaks down the Sex Pistols' seminal Never Mind The Bollocks album
By Rich Chamberlain published
"I played bass on most of Never Mind The Bollocks"
"A rarely heard side of Liam Gallagher": Oasis reveals 1992 demo of Sad Song
By Rob Laing published
The bonus track would eventually be sung by Noel Gallagher and the demo is part of the Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Does your acoustic guitar never sound properly in tune? This may solve it once and for all
By Rob Laing published
Intonation is about trusting a process on elimination with the factors that can affect the pitch of your instrument
Things got interesting with the guitars at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony
By Rob Laing published
Who was shredding behind that mask? Now we know
As Arctangent festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, it feels more important than ever
By Rob Laing published
An annual showcase of alternative, progressive heavy musical talent, the UK festival has captured hearts and minds
Luthier creates a unique 3D printed guitar that allows for "impossible geometry"
By Rob Laing published
Printing technology allows for some elements of guitar design that wouldn't be possible with CNC routing
Harley Benton just made its popular Extreme-84, Extreme-76, and Victory guitars available as kits
By Rob Laing published
Make them your own
"This acoustic is really making a show of its spec next to the $5,000 Gibson equivalent": Epiphone 1942 Banner J-45
By Rob Laing published
A sweet spot between Gibson spec and Epiphone accessibility?
Eddie Kramer breaks down Jimi Hendrix's remarkable approach to guitar layering on the ambitious Night Bird Flying
By Rob Laing published
exclusive Check out this clip from the forthcoming documentary documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
Thousands of dollars of drugs found hidden in an amp by shocked Guitar Center employees
By Rob Laing published
"Police say that the cocaine and the meth that they found stuffed inside the equipment was never meant to show up at the business"
EarthQuaker Devices' Silos takes a best-of approach to a delay pedal that has us very interested
By Rob Laing published
A Multi-Generational Time Reflection Device that combines digital, analog and tape delay in a compact unit
Velvet Revolver's Dave Kushner on making a living as a musician away from the limelight
By Rob Laing published
"You have to be resourceful"
Mark Tremonti on why Creed's recording approach on their early albums was a secret to their success
By Rob Laing published
"I'd rather see a band play those same songs live and hear them be a little looser, and feel a little freer"
Mark Tremonti on the key to Creed's success on Human Clay and their remarkable comeback 25 years on
By Rob Laing published
"The Creed stuff has a lot more clean guitar parts than I remembered"
If you've ever wanted to learn to play guitar and sing at the same time this is how to start
By Rob Laing published
Gibson shows you how
Sting's solo demo for The Police's Every Breath You Take officially revealed after 42 years
By Rob Laing published
It's included on the new Synchronicity boxset
Matteo Mancuso pays tribute to Paul Gilbert on new song Paul Position
By Rob Laing published
"I wrote it some days after receiving this wonderful Baritone Guitar from Bacci"
Eric Clapton shares moving eulogy for John Mayall
By Rob Laing published
"I want to say thank you for rescuing me from oblivion," he says in a candid video in tribute to his blues mentor, who has passed away at the age of 90
"I never practiced": Unpicking Yngwie Malmsteen's guitar claim
By Rob Laing published
If he's right, how did he get so good?
Revisiting Steve Albini's tour of his worst effects pedals
By Rob Laing published
"As a combination, I travelled the furthest and wasted the most in terms of the percentage of value on those two pedals, of any purchase I've ever made"
8 non-album Chris Cornell tracks that showcase his brilliance
By Rob Laing published
On what would have been Chris Cornell's 60th birthday we delve a little deeper to celebrate his legacy with Soundgarden, Audioslave and solo
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