Bonamassa was just a young kid with great chops who had impressed Danny Gatton. Up onstage with the Iceman taught him how you could pin the audience to their seat with one note

Players can choose from “hundreds of thousands” of community created NAM captures and just load them onto their rigs

Has Payton created the ultimate pop, rock and R&B guitar with some judicious mods to his American Elite Strat? His guitar choices – and rig – reflects the demands of an epic show

Iommi's solo album From The Dark is out on 23 October and features a star turn from old friend Brian May

Featuring hot new gear from Harley Benton, Epiphone, Bad Cat, Shergold, IK Multimedia, Mooer Audio, Gibson and more

On new album Marrow Deep, the prog-metal behemoths pay tribute to their former guitarist who died last year

From The Dark will be released on October 23 and features Jorn Lande on vocals. Riffs guaranteed or your money back

Hitherto the preserve of custom shop and boutique makers, the German budget gear company is bringing us vintage mojo on the cheap – and there are five models to choose from

Textures could not be any more on trend for guitarists making soundscapes, film scores, or creating noise-rock chaos

The CVT is fast becoming a modern classic in the Gretsch catalogue and with high-output humbuckers it players with some serious firepower at an unserious price