Latest articles by Rob Laing
Velvet Revolver's Dave Kushner on making a living as a musician away from the limelight
"You have to be resourceful"
Mark Tremonti on why Creed's recording approach on their early albums was a secret to their success
"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
"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
Gibson shows you how
Sting's solo demo for The Police's Every Breath You Take officially revealed after 42 years
It's included on the new Synchronicity boxset
Matteo Mancuso pays tribute to Paul Gilbert on new song Paul Position
"I wrote it some days after receiving this wonderful Baritone Guitar from Bacci"
Eric Clapton shares moving eulogy for John Mayall
"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
If he's right, how did he get so good?
Revisiting Steve Albini's tour of his worst effects pedals
"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
On what would have been Chris Cornell's 60th birthday we delve a little deeper to celebrate his legacy with Soundgarden, Audioslave and solo
Are you getting the best out of your guitar-picking hand? You might be using it wrong
Your hand position is vital
See Fatboy Slim rehearsing bass in a hotel bedroom ahead of his Housemartins Glastonbury reunion
Norman Cook has still got his four-string chops
"I think the speakers in your amplifier have the largest single impact on guitar tone": This guitarist seeks to proves it
Tone is in the cone
Fender and Knockaround are offering you the chance to wear a Strat as glasses
They're available in See-foam Green
Porter is a new open-source headphone amp for bass and guitar designed for using with your pedals
"Distraction-free and all-analog, with no apps and no updates"
Can the relic'ing on a Fender Mike McCready Road Worn Strat be 'improved'? This video finds out
It turns out that one of the key ingredients is a relic wax made by one of the UK's top pickup builders
The cost of playing live is going up but grassroots artists say they're not being paid more
In a new survey, a worrying 54% of live acts have reported no change in gig fees, while 29% reported a decrease
Learn classic metal riffs for beginners with Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold
Featuring Black Sabbath and Metallica
How much difference does a guitar's fretboard wood actually make to its sound? Well, this video surprised us
The rosewood Vs maple debate
Could the Harley Benton DNAfx GiT Advanced stake a claim as the best value multi-effects and amp modeller pedal right now?
55 amps models, 26 IRs with third party support and 151 effects at a very competitive price
The follow-up to Funny Little Boxes' 1991 pedal has a sneaky preview in a new Alice In Chains tutorial video
And it sounds very promising
While She Sleeps' Sean Long and Mat Welsh on their search and discovery of the perfect guitars
Video The Sheffield band's fresh approach to metal is reflected in their guitar ethos
JD Simo demos Mike Bloomfield's old '63 Strat and proves more than worthy of it
"Mike was the original guitar hero for the baby boomer generation"
