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The Boss PX-1 is a treasure trove of classic and contemporary Boss effects pedals. Here's everything you need to know about the compact chameleon stomp box
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“I turn this thing on, I don’t want to stop playing”: Keeley Electronics has made Andy Timmons fall in love with reverb with his new signature Nocturne pedal
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It’s official! Neural DSP’s John Mayer Archetype plugin suite is here – and with Dumble, Klon and Reverberator captures, it is the motherlode for boutique electric guitar tone
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Paul McCartney's favourite bass company is in trouble – Höfner's future uncertain as it files provisional insolvency proceedings
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Burned out recording vocals? Myles Kennedy shares his top for getting the perfect take
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Olivia Rodrigo explains why she loves playing her custom Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent Goldie signature model
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Joe Walsh on the best guitar solo he ever recorded (and how it officially made the talk box a thing)
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Paul McCartney's favourite bass company is in trouble – Höfner's future uncertain as it files provisional insolvency proceedings
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Greg Lester on how he crafted the classic nylon-string guitar solo in the Spice Girls’ 2 Become 1
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Harley Benton unveils Custom Line jumbo 12-string with a $350 price tag that’s for the Byrds
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Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases
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“If my first acoustic guitar were as easy to play as this, I’d have been insanely happy”: Fender California Standard Redondo review
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Taylor teams up with Jacob Collier for signature acoustics that declare standard tuning DAEAD – and they’re accessibly priced
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Best cheap acoustic guitars 2025: Top picks for strummers on a budget
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“If you're looking for a do-it-all acoustic guitar for well under $500, then there really aren't many better options”: Harley Benton CLG-650SM-CE review
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Best acoustic guitars 2025: Super steel string acoustics for all players and budgets
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Paul McCartney's favourite bass company is in trouble – Höfner's future uncertain as it files provisional insolvency proceedings
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Taylor Swift's bass player Amos Heller says he couldn't believe the "insane" length of the Eras Tour setlist
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Flea teases his first solo album with a seven minute jazz rave single
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“Truly one of the most fun things I've ever done”: David Ellefson joins 1,000 musicians to tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
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How the “fingerprint” wood grain of this Warwick bass revealed a connection to not one but two British rock legends (and tripled its value)
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Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies, aged 63
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Epiphone unveils signature G-3 Grabber with Gibson USA pickups for Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt
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“Its solid quality, punchy tone and its surprising amount of headroom might make it a secret weapon for rehearsals, or even gigs”: Blackstar Debut Bass 25 review
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“He played the role of a bass player very musically”: Thundercat pays tribute to Sam Rivers
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Paul McCartney's favourite bass company is in trouble – Höfner's future uncertain as it files provisional insolvency proceedings
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Harley Benton just put a Vega-Trem on YouTuber Carlos Asensio's $700 signature guitar: is this the best-value S-style on the market?
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“These are classy sounds with no danger of single coil hum... a near-perfect function-gig guitar”: PRS Fiore HH Satin review
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“Virtually every sound I conjure recalls a classic player or style”: Gibson Les Paul Special Double Cut review
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Tom Morello’s favourite 'Arm the Homeless' electric guitar has just been recreated by Fender
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"Just as good as many affordable Squier, Epiphone, or Yamaha guitars I’ve played": Cort G200SE review
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“Nobody can play better than that guy, man!”: Steve Morse on the supernatural powers of Petrucci, Johnson and Blackmore
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Adrian Belew on how he and Seymour Duncan made one of the first relic’d guitars
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Fender and Jackson celebrate 50 years of Iron Maiden with limited run signature collection
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Seymour Duncan teams up with Dino Cazares for signature Machete humbuckers – and their versatility might surprise you
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This amazing-value Walmart Squier Sonic Strat deal proves beginner guitarists have never had it so good - get 25% off for Black Friday
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Just £99 for 14 effects pedals in one? Surely this TC Electronic Plethora X1 compact multi-effects deal makes it the most value-packed stompbox this Black Friday
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"In terms of audio and signal performance, it delivers everything I would want as a vocalist": Positive Grid Spark Link XLR wireless system review
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Best acoustic guitar pickups 2025: electrify your acoustic for stage, studio and sound fx – our top picks for all budgets
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Gibson cooks up “holy grail” PAF mojo with the 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 3 – the ultimate Les Paul tone hack?
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Best acoustic guitar strings 2025: Find your favourite acoustic strings
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Planet-friendly power for your rig? Ernie Ball declares war on single-use batteries with USB-C rechargeables that promise “consistent, full-voltage performance” for pro musicians
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“The legendary JB tone, now reimagined for Telecasters”: Seymour Duncan might just have dropped this year’s must-have Tele mod
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“The modelling offers sumptuous guitar tones with plenty of variety”: Blackstar Beam Solo review
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“If I sit down with a Dumble, the last thing I’m going to do is do any kind of fast techniques”: Mark Tremonti on why he is addicted to Dumble amps
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EVH Gear turns “holy grail” Eddie Van Halen amp Hypersonic with super-lightweight 5150III 6L6 digital modelling combo
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Electro-Harmonix presents 100-watts of solid-state power in a compact guitar amp head weighing just 2.5lbs
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Get the most out of your pedals and save £422 on one of the best pedal platform amps I've played - the Victory V40 Duchess Deluxe MKII Head
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Positive Grid is knocking up to 30% off its range of top-rated smart amps and software this Black Friday weekend - including the Spark 2, Spark Mini & Bias X
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“A generational leap in modelling technology”: Neural DSP gives Quad Cortex and Nano Cortex an almighty power-up
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Joe Bonamassa just teamed up with Fuchs Audio on a signature tube amp that might just save you spending $175,000 on a Dumble
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“For a budget amp, it offers an impressive feature set without costing the earth”: Harley Benton DNAFX AmP20 review
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The Boss PX-1 is a treasure trove of classic and contemporary Boss effects pedals. Here's everything you need to know about the compact chameleon stomp box
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“I turn this thing on, I don’t want to stop playing”: Keeley Electronics has made Andy Timmons fall in love with reverb with his new signature Nocturne pedal
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Electro-Harmonix and JHS Pedals team up for a Big Muff based on schematic that had been lying forgotten for 50 years
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Crazy Tube Circuits squeezes out another sweet twofer with the Orama preamp/fuzz pedal
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Strymon debuts Series A analogue pedals range with the Fairfax – a “chameleon” drive that can “breathe fire”
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DOD reimagines a Gary Moore overdrive favourite as the Badder Monkey – think the DigiTech Green Monkey, only badder
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Dirty Boy turns the tables on guitar’s digital revolution with an all-analogue preamp pedal inspired by a plugin
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Brian Wampler just reimagined a bona fide modern classic with The Compulsion Drive – but is this OCD-inspired dirt pedal an overdrive, distortion or both?
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It’s an open secret that the MXR FOD Drive is the Dookie Drive circuit under a different name, and for just $99 you can get the tones from Green Day’s best album on your pedalboard this Cyber Monday
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“Huge sounds in the vein of an artist at the forefront of the progressive metal scene” Neural DSP Archetype: Misha Mansoor X review
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“This is the amp that defined the sound of surf and early rock ’n’ roll”: Universal Audio is giving away its new UAD Showtime '64 Tube Amp plugin worth $149 for free
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Tones from head to mix Positive Grid Project: BIAS X
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Positive Grid unveils BIAS X, an AI-powered plugin allowing players to design tones using text and “music-to-tone” prompts
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Misha Mansoor teams up with Neural DSP for Archetype plugin that nails his Periphery tone – but does so much more
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"The ability to use official Boss stompbox recreations in our DAW is here - and with that comes flexibility in terms of how, and what instruments they're applied to": Boss Effects Pedals plugin review
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Universal Audio releases its UAFX Woodrow '55 pedal as a plugin, putting an "American classic" in your DAW
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IK Multimedia has just made its digital guitar tone ecosystem easier to manage with the Tonex Editor
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RePedal is a free ‘AI guitar pedal maker’ that creates a new stompbox every time you click it
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It’s official! Neural DSP’s John Mayer Archetype plugin suite is here – and with Dumble, Klon and Reverberator captures, it is the motherlode for boutique electric guitar tone
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“A generational leap in modelling technology”: Neural DSP gives Quad Cortex and Nano Cortex an almighty power-up
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Universal Audio gives its UAFX amp modelling and effects pedals an almighty power up, adding MIDI connectivity, improving presets and app integration
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IK Multimedia unveils the Tonex Plug – is this pocket-sized powerhouse a gamechanger for headphone amps?
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“A portable setup that offers a powerful means of recording and practising”: Fender Link I/O and Fender Studio review
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Line 6 introduces multi-voicing for active guitar speakers as the Powercab CL offers ups the ante for amp modelling rigs
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Walrus Audio’s Canvas Power USB is the super-compact device for powering your rig with a laptop charger
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Harley Benton unveils sub-$100 solution for players with two tube amps sharing same speaker cabinet
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Laney expands Devin Townsend and Guthrie Govan-approved FRFR speaker range with compact 1x10
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Harley Benton’s DIY Kit Challenge is now open and there are prizes to be won
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Best ukuleles 2025: Top acoustic ukes and the best electric ukuleles for all
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This UK man vowed to play ukulele again for the NHS hospital staff who helped save his fingers after a horrific accident – now he's fulfilled his promise
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Best beginner ukuleles 2025: Top entry-level ukuleles for kids and adults
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Guitar Center surprises Southwest Airlines passengers to Hawaii with inflight ukulele lessons
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Fender reveals new look California Coast Series ukuleles
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Harley Benton unveils a pair of budget and travel friendly ukuleles just in time for summer holiday season
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Harley Benton's new ukulele is a solid (mahogany) deal at £29 / €35
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Black Friday Ukulele deal: All Ukutune ukes now half price
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Joe Walsh on the best guitar solo he ever recorded (and how it officially made the talk box a thing)
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“For me, the amplifier is even more important than the guitar”: Joe Perry on the evolution of electric guitar tone
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Harley Benton just put a Vega-Trem on YouTuber Carlos Asensio's $700 signature guitar: is this the best-value S-style on the market?
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