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Latest guitars news
ESP offers its retro-shred LTD '87 Series in the ultimate retro-shred finish
The Mirage Deluxe, Eclipse and M-1 Custom '87 guitars, and Surveyor P-Style bass now available in Rainbow Crackle
Joanne Shaw Taylor announces The Blues Album and turns up the soul on new single Let Me Down Easy
The Blues Album was produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith, recorded in Nashville, and is out in September
Tom Morello covers Highway To Hell with Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen, announces new solo album
The Atlas Underground Fire is out in October with guest spots from Bring Me The Horizon, Damien Marley and more
Weezer rock a stadium-metal groove on their playful cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman
From one Black Album artist to another – now all we need is for Metallica to cover Buddy Holly and the circle is complete
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Reuss Effects join forces for dual-circuit fuzz/distortion pedal
Braithwaite's signature Plasmatron stompbox pairs a Fab Tone distortion with an op-amp-driven Muff-style fuzz
Fender adds the Super Reverb to its Tone Master digital amplifier series
Big news, big tone, but this all-digital evolution of a Fender classic combines modern functionality with a lightweight build
Paul Gilbert: “Hendrix had his thumbs all over the guitar, beating away at it. He kinda invented Stevie Ray Vaughan when he did Killing Floor“
The affable shred pioneer talks slide, rock guitar physicality and the joys of radically modding vintage Ibanez guitars
Neal Schon’s Don’t Stop Believin‘ 1977 Les Paul Deluxe sold for $250,000 in epic vintage guitar auction
And the Believin' LP was only the second-highest bid – his '59 Les Paul Standard goes for $350,000!
Latest guitars tuition
These short guitar lessons prove flash licks don't have to be difficult
Fast hammer-ons and Van Halen-style tapping exercises that are easier to digest
Acoustic guitar lesson: learn to play in open D minor tuning
Explore the saddest of all tunings
These 2 guitar exercises will make guitar solos easier to learn and play
Short drills on the 2 most essential techniques for lead playing
5 ways to play guitar like Slash
Legato flurries, arpeggios, bending and high register licks – a top hat is optional
5 guitar tricks you can learn from John Mayer
Sob Rock and beyond in this tab and audio lesson
These 2 picking workouts will improve your timing and technique
Arpeggios and riffing inspired by Radiohead and Snarky Puppy
How to read sheet music: guitar theory for beginners
Learning to read notation as well as tab will help you play with other musicians, and our easy guide will get you started
Guitar fingerstyle made easier for beginners with these 3 steps
These 3 exercises focus on the essential skills of fingerpicking
Latest guitars reviews
Line 6 HX Stomp XL review
- £599
- €696
- $749
More versatile than its smaller counterpart, but with top-line Helix power under the hood, is this the best of both worlds?
Arturia FX Collection 2 review
The second iteration of Arturia’s effects package adds modulation and bus processors
Jackson Dinky JS24 DKAM DX review
- £275
- €298
- $299
This turbo-charged S-style brings high-performance electric guitar to shredders of all budgets
Epiphone Emily Wolfe Signature Sheraton review
- £749
- €815
- $799
Wolfe's signature semi is a high-voltage update on an Epiphone classic
Cort G300 Pro review
- £749
- €739
- $1199
What if you could have a hot-rodded S-Style electric that looks kind of inspired by Suhr, but a fraction of the price?
Epiphone Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess Standard review
- £799
- $899
A classic design gets a new Lifeson
PRS SE Custom 24 and SE Custom 24-08 review
- £825+
- €899+
- $829+
Two new 2021 SE takes on a PRS classic, with one taking the concept further with extra sounds from clever switching
Guild Starfire I Jet 90 review
- £599
- €629
- $649
This semi-hollow with a six-in-line headstock business could really take off...
Epiphone Embassy review
- £349
- €384
- $399
A vintage-inspired corker from Epiphone with dual-humbuckers and a versatile range of classic tones
Atelier Z Beta 5+ Deluxe review
- £1950
This icy lookin' translucent Japanese 5-string J-type from Atelier has features and lots of them
