Latest articles by Rob Laing
Wolfgang Van Halen on the EVH SA-126, why rhythm comes first and who his unsung guitar hero is
We meet the multi-instrumentalist at Olso's Tons Of Rock festival to talk about his new signature model and musical perspective
Blackstar's new Polar 2 is a USB recording interface designed for guitarists
Could this be the missing piece to get you into tracking your ideas? We hope so
Geezer Butler remembers the ups and downs of Black Sabbath being upstaged by Van Halen
He also weighs in on what went wrong with the Rick Rubin-produced 13 album: "Tony was incredibly disappointed in him"
The Marshall JTM gets a special spec for Celestion speakers' 100th anniversary
Say hello to the Celestion 100
Gibson honours Jeff Beck with YardBurst 1959 Les Paul Standard
The Gibson Custom Shop model is revealed on the late guitar legend's birthday
Dave Grohl is playing a Gibson Explorer again – could it be a signature model in the making?
Has Gibson got another confession to make?
Best beginner electric guitars 2024: Start strong with our top picks
Our round-up of the best electric guitars for beginners, tested by experts
Thirty years ago a two-man Cure lineup recorded one of the greatest film soundtrack contributions of all time
30 years on, it remains an undeniably potent piece of Cure history
The front-of-house sound engineer for Van Halen, Rolling Stones and Jeff Beck talks gear
Dave Natale is one of the very best in the business – and he also reveals his amp and drum mic choices for the high-level tours he works on
Stevie Nicks reveals the two reasons why "there is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way"
"Even if I thought I could work with Lindsey again, he’s had some health problems"
Paul McCartney's favourite song he's ever written is possibly the only one John Lennon complimented him on directly
"It really gave me a lot of confidence in that song, and in my writing"
Yamaha reveals its new flagship acoustic guitar with the FS9
"Clear top end and strong projection" – and a neck joint that combines glued and bolt-on construction for increased body vibration
Hold on, are we using our guitar picks right?
There are no silly questions when it comes to guitar
Fender Japan brings master ukiyo-e artist Hokusai's work to the Esquire
There's going to be a great wave of excitement for these
Slipknot's Jim Root reveals more to us about the Player Series Strat he recently bought from Fender's website
"If you're in a band, and you're playing cover tunes, and you go from metal to pop or even country, you could cover it with this guitar"
Idles and their producer on the unpredictable rig of effects and processors they use known as the Crawler Machine
"It jumps left, right… our monitor engineer cries every night"
Glam session: Def Leppard and Tom Morello join forces for new song Just Like '73
Morello has got his Whammy out but he keeps it melodic
The acclaimed Pearl Jam-inspired Funny Little Boxes 1991 is now a gold standard overdrive pedal
Gold Sparkle is the first in a line of new finish runs
Slipknot's Mick Thomson is a huge gearhead, and this video proves it again
The guitarist is now using Fishman Fluence pickups
Was 9 February 1964 the most important day in rock 'n' roll history?
"It was kind of like an alien invasion"
Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti reveal the surprising story of how Creed hit Higher was written during a live show
"It was freestyle"
When David Bowie played a career-altering Glastonbury festival set… by accident
"At the end of that show you realised, and he realised, that his career had changed"
Pete Townshend is candid about the live lineup of The Who in new interview
He also explains why he wouldn't want to follow the Rolling Stones and Pearl Jam in making an album with Andrew Watt
