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"When it comes to sound, I'm convinced there isn’t a bad tone in this pedal": Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage JR reverb pedal review
By Daryl Robertson published
With a clutch of reverbs from standard to experimental, this could be your one-stop shop for all your spatial requirements

Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies, aged 63
By Will Groves published
The music world pays tribute to "the perfect example of how a bassist can be the beating heart of a band”

Best acoustic guitar pickups 2025: electrify your acoustic for stage, studio and sound fx – our top picks for all budgets
By Simon Fellows last updated
Looking to perform live, record in a studio or hook up your acoustic guitar to some dazzling effects? Then fitting a quality pickup is the best upgrade you can make

“Timeless songs that translate beautifully to guitar”: Ed Sheeran is the king of the guitar tabs
By Will Simpson published
And Hallejulah is the most popular song

“It’s been on stage with everyone from Deep Purple to Janet Jackson. It kind of blows me away that people ever responded in that way”: PRS reworks Mark Lettieri’s signature Fiore as super-versatile dual-humbucker model with serial/parallel switching
By Jonathan Horsley published
Available with satin or gloss finishes in a variety of colours, this is a clever refresh of Lettieri’s smash-hit do-it-all S-style

Ace Frehley’s ‘Smoker’ Les Pauls were spectacular but dangerous – now one from his final Kiss tour heads to auction
By Jonathan Horsley published
You might want to crack a window open before playing this custom Les Paul. It is equipped with the late Spaceman's onboard smoke machine

Great Eastern FX finds stash of NOS germanium diodes and makes a distortion with a cocked-wah twist
By Jonathan Horsley published
Take three rare Soviet-era germanium diodes, add a band-pass filter, and there you have it, the recipe for a limited edition hard-clipping distortion like no other, the Distortion Filter D312A

Gretsch teams up with Abbey Road for the Studiomatic – a hollowbody with a filter circuit inspired by actual tech from the studio
By Jonathan Horsley published
The limited edition Abbey Road RS201 Studiomatic redefines the studio guitar and has an onboard version of Abbey Road's ‘Rumble Filter’ from the 1950s integrated into its wiring
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