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Epiphone raids Joe Bonamassa’s Nerdville archive for another reproduction of a vintage unicorn
By Jonathan Horsley published
The latest Joe Bonamassa x Epiphone signature model is a replica of his 1959 'Black Beauty' dual-pickup Les Paul Custom, with a Bigsby for wobble, Grover Imperials for that upscale touch...

Ken Parker, the visionary luthier behind the Parker Fly, has died, aged 73
By Jonathan Horsley published
Parker was one of guitar designs great radicals, whose legendary electric, the Parker Fly, became a '90s classic, famously played by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Adrian Belew, David Lynch and more

Who needs Prime Day when you can indulge in Guitar Center's epic Guitar-A-Thon sale? Save up to $900 on Taylor and up to $500 on Gibson models
By Daryl Robertson published
The aptly named Guitar-A-Thon sale is the place to go for an epic six-string related bargain

Korn’s Head and Munky unveil new Ibanez 7-strings – and explain how it all comes back to Steve Vai
By Jonathan Horsley published
The K7YIN and K7YANG, one dark, one light, both state-of-the-art extended range S-styles built to the nu-metal kingpins' specifications – and yes, that's a U-Bar on Munky's vibrato

"The Ridge does something different, which makes it genuinely worthy of praise": Kernom Ridge Overdrive review
By Matt McCracken published
A pedal that gives you all your favourite drives in one box, and then some

"It becomes very hard to put this guitar down": Strandberg Boden N2 Standard review
By Phil Weller published
The next generation of the Swedish firm's headless guitar design has arrived; is this the guitar to finally convince the cynics to try one out?

“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
By Matt Mullen published
Placing the punchy, vintage tones of the Fender Showman in your DAW, Showtime '64 is free until October 31st

"There’s something incredibly satisfying about playing through this amp": Laney Lionheart Foundry Super 60 112
By Daryl Robertson published
This Laney might be tube-less, but still manages to deliver the roar we’ve come to expect from its fan-favourite Lionheart combo

“So, Dave, how do I slash the amp?”: Dave Davies picks up a razor and slashes a speaker on camera to demonstrate how he got the Kinks’ iconic proto-fuzz guitar tone
By Jonathan Horsley published
There are gear demos and then there are gear demos in which a guitar legend performs the most radical amp mod to show us how he got the guitar tone on You Really Got Me
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