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Jimi Hendrix
“Jimi was brave, beautiful and powerful!”: On Hendrix’s birthday, a tribute from modern blues master Eric Gales Gales says: “Until the end of time, we’re going to be wondering how Jimi came up with this stuff"
MusicNomad tutorial
Don't be afraid of your electric and acoustic guitar's truss rod – we'll show you how to adjust it Changing your neck curvature is not some mystic art, but it can make a lot of difference to your guitar and how playable its neck is
REO Speedwagon in 1981
“People have used it as their wedding song. I often think, ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?’”: The classic number one hit with a sting in its tail And with the money it made, the band bought an oil well!

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Fender Bassman Pedals

Fender unveils the Bassman effects line – 5 $119 pedalboard essentials for bassists

By Jonathan Horsley published

There's overdrive, fuzz, compression, delay and reverb, all in a road-worthy aluminium enclosure, all at an affordable $119 price point

Bass Guitars
Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker

Crazy Tube Circuit’s Heatseeker is an amp-in-box to help you nail Angus Young’s high-voltage tone

By Jonathan Horsley published

Packing three vintage Marshall-inspired modes plus a preamp enhancer inspired by the AC/DC guitarist's not-so-secret secret sauce, the Heatseeker is a formidable drive and tone shaper for rock guitar

Guitar Pedals
TC Electronic Polytune next to a Gibson Les Paul

Best guitar tuners 2024: From tuning pedals and clip-ons, to guitar tuning apps

By Rob Laing last updated

Keep your all-important tuning on point with the best strobe, polyphonic and chromatic tuners

Guitar Tuners
Geezer Butler

“The best two weeks I’d had for years!”: Geezer Butler on the time Black Sabbath briefly sacked him

By Will Simpson published

They’d forgotten that they'd fired him

Artists
Two guitars lying on the floor with guitar cables

Best guitar cables 2024: Leads and patch cables for all budgets

By Rob Laing last updated

Quality cables make the difference, here's our top picks from Mogami, Ernie Ball, Fender and more

Guitars
Shecter Dog Toys: for over 20 years the Californian guitar brand has worked with animal shelters and raised funds to support canine rescue and adoption services.

Schecter has something special for the player who likes a squeaky sound and wants to hear some bark

By Jonathan Horsley published

Introducing the The Humbarker and The Chompest, dog toys with off-the-charts playability for the tone hound in your life, all for a good cause

Guitars
Faith Eclipse Series 2024: the new cutaway acoustic-electric guitars have a figured maple ergonomic forearm contour and Fishman’s revolutionary INK BODY preamp.

Faith launches the all-new Eclipse cutaway acoustics, with Fishman electronics for percussive styles

By Jonathan Horsley published

Upgraded with Fishman's Ink Body pickup and preamp system, the Eclipse series gives players plenty of control over their amplified tone

Guitars
Soldano SLO-Plus preamp pedal

Soldano’s promise a “complete SLO in a pedal” from its new dual-channel preamp stompbox

By Jonathan Horsley published

Now you can have both channels from the Super Lead Overdrive right there on your pedalboard

Guitars
Gibson Les Paul Studio Session

Affordable, versatile, modern, the Les Paul Studio Session is a clever update on a Gibson classic

By Jonathan Horsley published

The player-friendly Les Paul Studio Session switches up the Studio format with a figured maple cap, '57 Classic humbuckers and expanded controls

Guitars
Thomann

“This music shop became the world”: See behind the scenes as Thomann turns 70 today

By Daniel Griffiths published

The world’s biggest music gear store just released an eye-popping video that tells their story

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