Chris Vinnicombe
Chris Vinnicombe worked with us here on the MusicRadar team from the site's initial launch way back in 2007, and also contributed to Guitarist magazine as Features Editor until 2014, as well as Total Guitar magazine, amongst others. These days he can be found at Gibson Guitars, where he is editor-in-chief.
Latest articles by Chris Vinnicombe

Fender American Vintage '65 Jazzmaster
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Alongside new Strats and Teles, Leo's enfant terribles also get the vintage-correct treatment

Italia Fiorano Standard
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
A unique spin on a hollow body electric from Trev Wilkinson's Italia brand.

Italia Modulo Tipo 3
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Esoteric and fun, or just plain bonkers? Trev Wilkinson's latest Italia model seems to be purposefully designed to divide opinion

Strymon Flint tremolo and reverb
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Two old-school effects come together

Rickenbacker 650C Colorado
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Rocky mountain high performance or a bucking Denver bronco?

Music Man Reflex Game Changer HSH
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Fancy radically rewiring your guitar without touching a soldering iron?

In pictures: The Stone Roses' Heaton Park Mesa/Boogie backline
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
See John Squire and Mani's amps!

Orange Signature #4 Jim Root Terror
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
We get our mitts on the Slipknot guitarist's signature amp

Orange Micro Terror
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
What can this tiniest of Terrors offer, beyond cuteness?

Crushsound Farmer's Mill
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
A sound engineer's nightmare?

VIDEO: Download 2012 Festival Horror Stories
By Chris Vinnicombe, Matthew Parker last updated
NSFW interviews featuring Black Veil Brides, Skindred, Feed The Rhino and more!

How to record guitars like Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
The secret? Let it bleed...

Ed Sheeran on The A Team's Ivor Novello success
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
"It's the perfect award"

Legendary bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies aged 70
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Credits include Booker T & The MGs, Stax, Blues Brothers and many more

5 tips for guitarists in power-trios
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Three-piece sweeteners for a bigger live sound

Gibson Les Paul Studio revamped for 2012
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
"A Les Paul for the people"

VIDEO: Crushsound Farmer's Mill unboxing and hands-on demo
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Hear the 'sound engineer's nightmare' guitar stompbox in action

VIDEO: Introducing the Farmer's Mill by Crushsound, the 'sound engineer's nightmare'
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Sound like your guitar cable is broken and burning

New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (April 2012)
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
New guitars, amps and FX from Gibson, PRS, Vox and many more!

Interview: Joe Satriani on his new Marshall JVM410HJS signature amp
By Joe Bosso, Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Four independent noise gates, AFD circuitry and more!

VIDEO: Introducing the Vintage Revolution PedalPro
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
"The world's first ever professional hybrid analogue multi-effects unit"

VIDEO: Klon KTR, Gold and Silver Centaur comparison
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Hear Bill Finnegan's new prototype overdrive pedal compared to its legendary forebears
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