Simon Bradley

We’ve just interviewed Joel and Dave from Aussie upstarts Airbourne and we had such a good time that we feel it’s only right to re-confirm their previously-announced UK tour dates.

The Santa Barbara outfit launched a retrofit active humbucker specifically for eight-string guitars. Wooaarrgghhhh!

2010 is a big year for Ibanez, not least for the fact that the company’s association with a certain Steve Vai will celebrate not one but two anniversaries.

German metal behemoths have announced their intention to quit after the release of the next – and now final – album Sting In The Tail.

It’s now impossible to put off the first of many irreversible steps any longer, so it’s out with the sandpaper to begin the unenviable task of removing the guitar’s polyurethane lacquer.

For years guitar players have been storing guitars in the corner, under the bed, and in closets.

US country star Brad Paisley gets his own signature Gibson J-45

Reviews Revisited: As one of eight slightly differing Japanese Charvels produced between 1986 and 1991, the Model 3 was the very first to go through the Guitarist reviews wringer.

The sanding took quite a while, but the body is now finished aside from a couple of cosmetic touches.