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
Gibson wants to give you a good excuse to upgrade your guitar with 7 new pickup options
By Rob Laing published
Additions to the Modern and Original series
"I was blown away": PRS debuts new, more affordable David Grissom amp with the DGT 15
By Rob Laing published
Can it repeat the recent success of his SE signature guitar?
Mythos Pedals' Zach explains why he modded his $20,000 Murphy Lab Les Paul
By Rob Laing published
Inside the mind of a guitar tinkerer
Rob Chapman reveals the game-changing guitar hack he learned from country players
By Rob Laing published
Muting unwanted notes is a key to great playing
Pearl Jam producer Andrew Watt guests onstage with the band on Alive in Las Vegas
By Rob Laing published
Son, she said, have I got a little solo for you
"This is like my Olympic sport" – See Lzzy Hale ace her first show fronting Skid Row
By Rob Laing published
The 'acting front person' signed on for four shows with the band, but on the strength of these clips we hope there are more
The Beatles' Yesterday and 5 other songs that were inspired by dreams
By Rob Laing last updated
How Keith Richards, Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift were visited by melodies
Best guitar straps 2024: boost comfort, support and security with these straps for electric, acoustic and bass
By Rob Laing last updated
Protect your guitar and complete your look with our pick of the best guitar straps for every budget and style
Wolfgang Van Halen's EVH semi-hollow signature model arrives for sale after three years of development
By Rob Laing published
The SA-126 mixes semi-hollow facets with a shreddy neck and super-versatile pickups
Walrus extends its Canvas pedal utility line with Power Series supplies
By Rob Laing published
Four different iterations for a wide range of needs
"It was totally, totally nuts": The Edge incorporated Universal Audio's Lion '68 amp pedal into his U2 live rig
By Rob Laing published
"I'm using the pedals exactly like I use the amps"
How Universal Audio rewired the modelling amp pedal concept, and won the Edge over
By Rob Laing published
We talk to Tore Mogensen and James Santiago about the UAFX pedal project – its success, challenges and future
This footage confirms Michael J Fox had serious guitar chops on the set of Back To The Future
By Rob Laing published
"I played guitar as a teenager – I played in bands"
Jim Root reveals he's using the Neural DSP Quad Cortex live with Slipknot
By Rob Laing published
Root plans to bring out his 1999-2000 era Slipknot guitars for the band's debut album anniversary dates – including Jackson Soloists and Custom 24s
Charlie Starr is getting a signature Gibson Les Paul Junior – and it's a stunner
By Rob Laing published
Two finishes and based on the neck profile and spec of Starr's mainstay modded 1956 Junior
Bono says Coldplay aren't a rock band: "There is something much more interesting going on there"
By Rob Laing published
It's not a diss
"It's a nuclear violin": Yngwie Malmsteen gives us a Strat history lesson
By Rob Laing published
He loves Strats and he knows his muses intimately: "70 years ago this was very futuristic – it's a futuristic design now"
Brian May pushed himself to the limit for his Jean-Michel Jarre live collaboration, and it paid off big time
By Rob Laing published
The guitar hero admitted self-doubt in rehearsals, but he proved again why he's a progressive master in Slokavia
Wolfgang Van Halen plays Eruption and Hot For Teacher with the Foo Fighters
By Rob Laing published
And The Cradle Will Rockville
Slash has a new signature Gibson guitar – and it's an ES-335!
By Rob Laing published
The Gibson Custom Slash 1963 ES-335 Collector’s Edition is limited to only 50 guitars
The unexpected story of how John Oates and Iva Davies wrote Icehouse's Electric Blue
By Rob Laing published
"If you asked me, what song would you have voted as least likely to succeed then it probably would have been Electric Blue"
"I always think this is the closest anyone has ever come to making the perfect record": The story of The Undertones' punk classic Teenage Kicks
By Rob Laing published
Guitarist and songwriter John O’Neill on how a young band from Derry created a classic: "I can’t believe someone didn’t come up with it before me"
Bob Clearmountain talks mixing and tweaking Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA guitars
By Rob Laing published
The Apogee ECS Channel Strip gets a special mention
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