Best pedalboards 2023: top choice 'boards for guitarists
Organise your guitar effects pedal collection with one of the best pedalboards available from Pedaltrain, D'Addario, Gator and more
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Best guitar straps 2023: boost comfort, support and security with these straps for electric, acoustic and bass
Protect your guitar and complete your look with our pick of the best guitar straps for every budget and style
Origin Effects puts the holy grail tone mojo of a UA 610 console preamp into a pair of drive/tone shaper pedals for guitar and bass
Add “analogue, vintage colour” to your tone with the DCX Boost and DCX Bass – two pedals with a simple layout but lots of options for adding drive and sweetening your tone
NAMM 2023: Duran Duran’s John Taylor has a new signature bass – it’s name is Rio Dream and it’s a Dingwall with four-strings
The Rio Dream is based on Taylor's Dingwall NG3 and has a trio of neodymium pickups, a preamp co-designed by Rupert Neve Designs, and disco-friendly finish inspired by the Rio cover art
Harley Benton strikes gold for its 25th Anniversary, debuting a Firemist finish and high-quality specs on eight Special Edition models priced under £500
The greatest hits of Harley Benton are remixed with stainless steel frets, locking tuners, roasted flame maple necks, Wilkinson hardware and commemorative neck plates
Was Paul McCartney the "best drummer in The Beatles"?* Listen to the fab 4 tracks he played on, and the isolated drum parts, and decide for yourself
*Obviously not, don't be silly
Marshall has been sold to Swedish speaker company Zound, ending over 60 years of family ownership
Zound Industries made its name making Marshall licensed speakers and now owns the legendary British brand. An end of an era, but what does it mean for guitar amps under the newly formed Marshall Group?
Joe Dart teaching slap bass is the coolest music lesson you’ll see online this week
The Vulfpeck virtuoso walks through his Flea-inspired technique, talks dead notes, the importance of “thinking of yourself like a drummer” in this taster of his new Bass 301 lecture series
Mattoverse Electronics releases the Solar Sound Desktop Saturator, a $79 device that uses solar power to distort guitar, bass, synth and more
Stick it on your desktop, put it in your studio, and like the Mattoverse overdrive it is descended from, it uses light source for power and offers up saturated or choked drive sounds
