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Mark King: "The standard of musicianship amongst young musicians is higher now than it's ever been”
“You see somebody do something, and it makes sense,” he says. “And you think, ‘Oh, yeah, I can do that.’ That's the wonderful thing about, say YouTube now”
Origin Effects unveils Cali76 Stacked Compressor, promising studio-quality dual-stage compression
The latest Urei 1176-inspired compressor from Origin ups the internal voltage from 9V to 24V and features a pair of FET compression stages each with its own controls
“A frankly ludicrous pedal that stakes itself as the ultimate octave funhouse”: Electro-Harmonix POG 3 review
EHX’s incredibly fun reincarnation of the POG aims to let you get weird with your tones, but does it justify that gigantic asking price?
Joe Bonamassa and Gibson’s Tom Murphy join pro panel for video showing how to spot a fake Les Paul
Robert Baker puts a lot of guitar knowledge in one room to run the rule over a cheap and nasty counterfeit Gibson
Ken Lawrence on how he became James Hetfield's luthier and made some of his most iconic guitars
How did a specialist in custom-built bass guitars end up making some of the Metallica frontman's most-famous electrics? As it turns out, with a twist of fate and his Mesa/Boogie connection
"For some guitarists this could be the smartest $199 they spend all year": Positive Grid Neo wireless guitar headphone amp review
The modelling amp disruptor has brought the Spark concept to wireless headphones – is this its strongest showing yet?
Fender’s Justin Norvell on the $599 Standard Series and why it's not a Squier with a different decal
Fender’s EVP of product on who its new Indonesian entry-level series is for, what its critics are getting wrong, and why this is (probably) as affordable as the Acoustasonic is going to get
Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Eric Clapton’s “Disraeli Gears” 1958 Les Paul Custom
The Cream of the crop for collectors, this forensic reproduction ships with a second pickguard signed by Slowhand and Lee, a custom Duck Brothers case and a lot of mojo
