“This thing is like a time capsule. It feels like home in my hands again”: Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley has been reunited with his beloved Iggy Pop Tele – after it spent 20 years on display
The guitar was on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Florida for two decades, having featured in some pinnacle career moments
Read more » The guitar amp of the future? The Lava Studio has a built-in touchscreen tablet – and offers modeling, recording and learning platforms in one compact combo
The Studio offers a looper, multi-track DAW recording, interactive guitar lessons, jam tracks, and plenty more
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ALBUM REVIEW: private music – Deftones
On their tenth album, alt metal icons DEFTONES return with private music, an album so gargantuan in nature that without hyperbole it is easily already an album of the year…
Read more » “He told me that after he was gone, he just wanted to be remembered for bringing country music into metal”: Brent Hinds, 1974-2025 – the guitar world pays tribute
The former Mastodon guitarist died aged 51 following a fatal motorcycle accident, and his peers have now come out to honor his life and legacy
Read more » “The first thing that springs to mind is the value for money when compared with their Gibson forebears”: Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue, 1960 Hummingbird Reissue and 1963 Dove Reissue review
Following on from the superb Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom instruments that wowed us, we look at have three from asextet of new historic reissues. Expectations are high…
Read more » “John Entwistle and I were at the Rainbow talking about all the guitars we had. We looked at each other and said, ‘You know… we’re idiots’”: Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter says he’s going to hell for owning too many guitars – and some of the best ones are dirt cheap
The ever-active session legend on his love for cheap guitars, Roland gear, and modding his pickups
Read more » “I started out on a Baby Taylor, but I coveted Martins because that’s what all my favorite guitar players had”: Molly Tuttle on her new kick-ass band, her jaw-dropping custom Martin – and why she’s taking her sound beyond bluegrass
With a diverse new album full of amazing playing, there are changes afoot for the Grammy Award-winning acoustic-guitar virtuoso as she takesafew steps away fromher bluegrass roots
Read more » “I see other players with one of them on their ’boards and say, ‘You get that off of me?’ They go, ‘Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did’”: Brent Mason on his affordable secret tone weapon – and how it’s become a go-to pedal for session guitarists
The $130 stompbox has been a vital tool across 40 years of session work – and other players have started to take note
Read more » “Our producer had a Marshall Lead that had been modded by Dumble. He paid him with a Nutribullet”: When Dave Cobb traded a blender for the services of a legendary amp modder, he found the sound for Mirador’s blockbuster debut
According to Chris Turpin – who used the amp on his new album with Jake Kiszka – Cobb acquired the mod in exchange for a $80 kitchen gadget
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Burning Witches release new music video for ‘Soul Eater’
BURNING WITCHES have released a brand new music video! The new single, titled Soul Eater, is the latest track lifted from the Swiss heavy metal band’s upcoming album Inquisition, which…
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