Rob Laing

Rob Laing

Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar. I've currently set aside any pipe dreams of getting anywhere with my own songs and I am enjoying playing covers in function bands. 




Articles by: Rob Laing

Marshall The Guv'Nor

Which is the ultimate Marshall reissue overdrive and distortion pedal to buy?

By Rob Laing published

BluesBreaker, DriveMaster, Guvnor or ShredMaster: this video may help you decide

Steve Vai

Andertons are hosting a UK exclusive Steve Vai masterclass

By Rob Laing published

The maestro will bring his Alien Guitar Secrets event to Guildford in May

Reverb

Carlos Santana's 'magic' 2017 PRS Silver Sky prototype guitar is up for sale… and it's expensive

By Rob Laing published

It's yours for just under $83,000

Zoom B2 Four multi-fx

Zoom reveals its new compact bass multi-fx and amp emulator pedal: the B2 Four

By Rob Laing published

11 bass amp models and over 100 effects

Årabrot

My pedalboard: Årabrot founder Kjetil Nernes on his guitar / bass effects

By Rob Laing published

VIIDEO The Norwegian sonic explorer makes a small collection of well-chosen pedals count for a lot in a hybrid setup

Samm Henshaw playing the Fender Player Series Duo-Sonic guitar in Tidepool finish

UK R&B artist Samm Henshaw showcases the value-packed Player Duo-Sonic in this new Fender Sessions performance

By Rob Laing published

Short on scale and big on rhythm chops

Two separate images of Kurt Cobain and Mark Lanegan performing onstage

Did Mark Lanegan co-write Nirvana's Something In The Way on Nevermind?

By Rob Laing published

A new book suggests he did, and was also offered Nirvana's You Know You're Right by Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love

Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger on a train from London Euston station to Bangor on 25 August, 1967

Beatles and Rolling Stones members reportedly collaborating on new album

By Rob Laing published

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to unite with Stones – but it's not their first crossover rodeo

PRS SE 245

Guitarist upgrades his $569 PRS SE 245 guitar to get it closer to a $5,000 USA Core Tremonti model

By Rob Laing published

Upgrading your guitar spec can be as simple as changing the control knobs

David Gilmour and Roger Waters together in 2010

"It’s the usual, s**t stirring, ill informed nonsense" – Roger Waters denies calling David Gilmour's Pink Floyd guitar solos on Dark Side Of The Moon "horrible"

By Rob Laing published

Waters says he was misquoted

Lee Anderton holding a 1979 Fender Stratocaster guitar

Lee Anderton is raffling his 1979 black Strat to raise money for the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal

By Rob Laing published

Buy a ticket, be in with a chance and help the people of Turkey and Syria in crisis

Nuno Bettencourt onstage with Extreme in 2017

Nuno Bettencourt explains his secret to playing difficult guitar solos… it involves getting his leg up

By Rob Laing published

Monitor speakers are not really for posing on, apparently!

Larry Carlton playing his signature L7V guitar

Larry Carlton demos his $641 Sire signature guitar

By Rob Laing published

Mr 335 is also Mr Value

Kurt Cobain

This is the most impressive Kurt Cobain guitar gear collection we've ever seen

By Rob Laing published

YouTuber NirvanaGuitars has all the key eras covered here with his guitars and pedals

Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton onstage at the 02 Arena in London, 2010

See Eric Clapton make a surprise guest appearance with Jerry Douglas to pay tribute to Jeff Beck and play While My Guitar Gently Weeps

By Rob Laing published

Slowhand appeared with the duke of Dobro at Royal Festival to play two songs

PRS

Guitarist magazine demos the new PRS model that could set the standard for sub-$1000 electric guitars in 2023

By Rob Laing published

The PRS SE DGT has arrived

Sophie Lloyd

Hail to the queen: Sophie Lloyd takes on Avenged Sevenfold in a new shred guitar instrumental cover

By Rob Laing published

The MusicRadar 2022 poll winner also has a new original song coming soon

Jackson Audio New Wave Chorus pedal

Take tone back to the '80s with Jackson Audio's New Weave chorus / vibrato pedal that combines analog and digital design

By Rob Laing published

Mark Lettieri from Snarky Puppy worked with the US company to create "the ultimate chorus pedal"

The Goo Goo Dolls performing onstage

How Johnny Rezeznik overcame writer's block to pen the Goo Goo Dolls' smash hit Iris

By Rob Laing published

Song stories: "The ironic thing about writer’s block is that you write the whole time – you just think everything sucks.”

Two Notes Revolt

Two Notes ReVolt Guitar Analog Amp Sim pedal review

By Rob Laing published

The French company showcases a power trio

Kurt Cobain Mustang auction

Guitarist mods a Squier Bullet version of the world's most expensive guitar – learns a valuable lesson about gear snobbery

By Rob Laing published

David Hilowitz's video is an inspiring journey to create a tribute to Kurt Cobain's Competition Mustang

Wampler Tumnus pedal

The Wampler Tumnus takes on a Klon Centaur and the latest klone pedal, does itself proud

By Rob Laing published

Small on size, big on tone

Fractal Audio Systems

Fractal now has dedicated UK distribution

By Rob Laing published

The formation of G66 UK Ltd heralds easier shipping and dedicated support

Peter green playing a Fender Strat onstage in 2001

More than 150 of Peter Green's guitars to be auctioned by Bonhams in June

By Rob Laing published

Pedals, amps and Green's handwritten lyrics to Fleetwood Mac's Man Of The World will also be auctioned

Gordon Smith Gatsby

Auden Musical Instrument Co buys assets of UK Guitar Builders Ltd following its liquidation and hails "exciting new project" for British guitar building

By Rob Laing published

Yorkshire-based UK Guitar Builders Ltd previously built for a number of British brands and was due to work on the forthcoming Chapman Guitars Workshop series

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