Best Strat pickups 2023: Upgrade your tone with a new set of pups
Included in this guide: (Image credit: Future) Whether you’re upgrading an old guitar, or you just fancy switching things up a bit, swapping out the…
The Lowlist: Jamiroquai’s Emergency on Planet Earth was a solid platinum gem for all bass players
An appreciation of the album that introduced the young Stuart Zender
Danelectro’s new ’59 Triple Divine guitar adds a pickup to one of the company’s classic designs
(Image credit: Danelectro ) With the use (and occasional smashing) of its instruments by younger rock stars like Phoebe Bridgers and M?neskin bass guitar player…
Jim Gordon – Derek and the Dominos drummer, Layla co-writer, and convicted murderer – dies at 77
(Image credit: Estate Of Keith Morris/Redferns) Jim Gordon, a legendary rock drummer who played in Derek and the Dominos, and co-wrote their legendary song, Layla,…
Chibson USA now sells Cease/Desist toggle switch washers for your off-brand Les Paul
(Image credit: Chibson) It was just a matter of time, wasn’t it? Chibson, the guitar community’s greatest meme machine, has seemingly acknowledged and made reference…
Steve Vai’s childhood home practice rig is up for sale – but it’s not what you think
(Image credit: John Lynn Kirk/Redferns) In the past, whenever electric guitar virtuoso Steve Vai found himself with a run of dates on the East Coast,…
Prices for DigiTech’s $59 Bad Monkey overdrive skyrocket to $650 after Josh Scott shows how indistinguishable it sounds from a Klon Centaur
(Image credit: JHS Pedals/YouTube) Few figures in the world of guitar possess market-manipulating powers quite like JHS Pedal founder Josh Scott. As the internet’s preeminent…
Hear Elvis Costello channel his inner blues-rocker in onstage jam with Billy Gibbons
(Image credit: Ed Rode/Getty Images) Last Sunday (March 12), the Musician Treatment Foundation (opens in new tab) – an organization that assists in paying for…
Saxon founding guitarist Paul Quinn to retire from touring
(Image credit: Sergione Infuso – Corbis / Getty) British heavy metal veterans Saxon have announced that guitarist Paul Quinn will step down from live duties…
Watch John Mayer reunite with his Fender Jimi Hendrix Monterey Stratocaster for first blues trio performance in 6 years
(Image credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Love Rocks NYC/God’s Love We Deliver) Two days ago, John Mayer kicked off his first-ever solo arena tour of…