Guitar Accessories & Components

Best acoustic guitar pickups 2025: electrify your acoustic for stage, studio and sound fx – our top picks for all budgets

Gibson unveils the $449 Murphy Lab aged humbucker set that will make your Les Paul sound like ‘Greeny’

Seymour Duncan unveils MortalCoil active humbucker set – will it dethrone Fishman as metal’s state-of-the-art pickup?

“The SG that I had at the Ozzy gig, that guitar needed a louder pickup but I still wanted that true-to-life guitar sound that I like”: Slash and Seymour Duncan dial up the raunch with the Guns N’ Roses legend’s signature 3.0 humbuckers

Seymour Duncan teams up with Dino Cazares for signature Machete humbuckers – and their versatility might surprise you

Gibson cooks up “holy grail” PAF mojo with the 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 3 – the ultimate Les Paul tone hack?

“The legendary JB tone, now reimagined for Telecasters”: Seymour Duncan might just have dropped this year’s must-have Tele mod

Seymour Duncan expands Joe Bonamassa range with humbucker set based on pickups from his ‘Bolin Burst’ Les Paul

"It's unlike any humbucker I've tried before": Gibson Tony Iommi Signature Humbucker review

Best electric guitar strings 2026: Sets for all styles and budgets

Best acoustic guitar strings 2026: Find your favourite acoustic strings

"The first thing I notice is a bit of surprise": A guitarist tries 9.5 gauge guitar strings for the first time with the new Ernie Ball Tim Henson signature set

John Mayer and Ernie Ball unveil a set of acoustic guitar strings made from an all-new alloy

String theory: Jim D’Addario reveals the real reason why guitar strings are colour coded

Best bass strings: Electric and acoustic bass strings encompassing every tone and budget

Best ukulele strings: From beginner to pro

Strings sell… but who’s buying?: Dave Mustaine unleashes signature guitar strings

Stay inspired for longer with your guitar and Elixir® Strings

Best guitar tuners 2026: From tuning pedals and clip-ons, to guitar tuning apps

Best clip-on guitar tuners: Top headstock and soundhole tuners to buy right now

The Tunerette is the headstock tuner that looks like a smoke – ideal for Clapton and Keef fans

"Offers a huge amount of options for all players of stringed instruments, and provides the highest accuracy available for any clip-on tuner": Peterson Stroboclip HDC review

Peterson ups the spec for its new StroboClip HDC headstock guitar tuner

The new Taylor Beacon is not just a headstock tuner

How to make your guitar stay in tune

Snark unveils the Snark Air – the most discrete clip-on guitar tuner ever?

How to upgrade your guitar by fitting new locking tuners

“Would I take this to gigs and use it with confidence, knowing that my pedals are being powered sufficiently and safely? Absolutely”: Harley Benton Spaceship Power 40-B review

Guitarist Chris Buck appeals for help to find his stolen Peli cases

“It transforms how a guitarist commands the stage”: Casio’s Dimension Shift lets you control effects with your strap

Just £99 for 14 effects pedals in one? Surely this TC Electronic Plethora X1 compact multi-effects deal makes it the most value-packed stompbox this Black Friday

Laney celebrates Black Sabbath's final show with a limited edition reissue of Tony Iommi's TI100 amp

Linkin Park reveal secret weapon behind their From Zero guitar tone

Darkglass unveils multi-effects for bass with neural amp model support and 7” touchscreen

Old Blood Noise Endeavors’ Black Fountain is a oil can delay emulation packed with modern features

Crazy Tube Circuits cooks up a crazy tube circuit for real with Venus overdrive pedal