Here's what Roland has planned for its 40th anniversary 808 day celebrations
A new mini documentary, an interview with the creator and the chance to try the official TR-808 plugin for free
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Watch Jason Isbell show his vintage guitar collection – including his '59 'Redeye' Gibson Les Paul
"It got out of hand pretty quickly," says the guitarist about his vintage instrument collecting
Check out all our blues guitar skills lessons in one place
A wide selection of accessible tutorials with tab and audio for beginner players and beyond
Eric Johnson focuses on using string stretches in your licks for latest charity guitar lesson
He's also encouraging players who follow his lesson series to donate to their local food banks
8 ways to ruin a David Gilmour guitar solo
Mike G from YouTube's The Art Of Guitar illustrates the pitfalls to avoid in tackling the technique of the Pink Floyd icon
Neck Deep guitarist Sam Bowden: 10 albums that changed my life
Inspirations and influence, from Oasis to Green Day and the Canadian band "that made me start thinking about how the gear I was using could make such a difference"
The best VST reverb plugins 2020: make some space in your DAW for these amazing ambience processors
The finest algorithmic and convolution reverb plugins you can buy
Acoustik Attak claims its guitar picks will give players "enhanced sound waves"
The US company says acoustic and electric guitarists can benefit from its ridged Attak Pik design
Could this be the simplest and easiest AI mastering plugin yet?
Exonic UK’s AI Master features just two buttons
Jason Isbell teaches a great slide guitar lick for standard tuning with his '53 Tele
And he shows how to play a blues triplet lead run too
Can technology help save live music, and what’s the future of gigs and festivals?
“I think we are going to see some major positive changes within the industry,” says tour organiser Harry Parslow
PRS Guitars launch a limited run of CE 24 Standard Satin models in Europe
Five finishes of this bolt-on neck guitar will be available
ToneGym is an online ear-training platform that could help you to master music theory and write better songs
You can start taking daily musical workouts for free
Gibson reveals signature Les Paul Junior for Neil Young guitarist Lukas Nelson
The Promise Of The Real player gets a model styled closely after his own '56 original with some contemporary tweaks
Best studio headphones 2020: 11 top wired and wireless headphones for music production
Our pick of the best studio headphones for producers, DJs and musicians, with options from Sennheiser, Focal and Sony
discoDSP’s free OB-Xd VST synth plugin has been updated, and it now looks more like a classic Oberheim than ever
Better performance for the rather fabulous freebie