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
![An elaborate desk toy or a real amp? You might be surprised by the TubeMeister 5](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d83c0f06ae617d30891a9a1bb02d9016-320-80.jpg)
New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (March 2012)
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Premier Builders Guild, Hughes & Kettner, Blackstar and more
![Let your imagination take over!](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f2182e3225131bbaafb4466e1f7e1293-320-80.jpg)
VIDEO: Fender American Design Experience
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Build a custom electric guitar at the Corona Visitor Center
![Reb Beach onstage with Whitesnake](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7236cda87749e7740786b3a9c52f5901-320-80.jpg)
Whitesnake's Reb Beach to play one off clinic in UK
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Guitarist heads for Tone World in Manchester on 8 March
![Get the skinny from some of the UK's hottest session talent](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a41073eac59f7175eb24d5b7c2b9d28e-320-80.jpg)
Gibson Tech Talk returns to London on 6 March
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Find out how to attend the shredding and rock-themed event here!
![Ed Sheeran, coming to an issue of Total Guitar very soon!](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ce32876349036f09340e3ae878a9daca-320-80.jpg)
Ed Sheeran on The A Team's Ivor Novello success
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
"It's the perfect award"
![Dunn (left) with Booker T & The MGs bandmates](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a0b2998af67f3b1336a4bb15310f71fe-320-80.jpg)
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
![Three-piece sweeteners for a bigger live sound](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5e88354e2d1799a32630632f3bef975d-320-80.jpg)
5 tips for guitarists in power-trios
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Three-piece sweeteners for a bigger live sound
![Vintage sunburst](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/97583b03246ef583783ef6c6af0d131c-320-80.jpg)
Gibson Les Paul Studio revamped for 2012
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
"A Les Paul for the people"
![This machine kills guitar tone... in a thoroughly satisfying way!](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3ac0f5f47c351462d30f054b29affeab-320-80.jpg)
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
![Each Cranky Atom is built and painted by Richard Flickinger in Raleigh, NC](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3b3eb7d470f2d35e61c50a2f71700b6c-320-80.jpg)
VIDEO: Flickinger Tone Boxes Cranky Atom overdrive pedal demo
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Hear this Tweed-style boutique OD stompbox in action
![Lambert and May onstage at the MTV Europe Music Awards, November 2011](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2d6fd2c85b93e0c7eb24a98d9ad2e937-320-80.jpg)
Queen to headline UK leg of Sonisphere 2012
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert to front band
![We're not sure if they cover Ace Of Spades, but they probably should](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fca6f350ac2c8bf4f3375ee9643fd08f-320-80.jpg)
VIDEO: Man makes electric guitars and basses from shovels
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
...and uses them to play symphonic metal
![Foo Fighters display a united front on arrival at the 54th Grammy Awards ceremony](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7f284a276279d7080c7666de81bac42b-320-80.jpg)
Adele, Foo Fighters the big winners at 54th Grammy Awards
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Bon Iver, Amy Winehouse, Skrillex, Kanye West also scoop gongs
![(L-R) Washburn HB17, HB36 and HB35](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2f471e9f3b6d631f5cc3b1370b885480-320-80.jpg)
Washburn Guitars debuts new models and colours in popular HB Hollow Body series
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Affordable hollowbodies and a semi revealed
![Plenty of new models from the Warwick, Framus and RockBass brands are set for Frankfurt Musikmesse 2012](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b3aa0ab94ce9c39b6c8e75866974eb8a-320-80.jpg)
Musikmesse 2012: Warwick and Framus announce new guitar and bass models
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Plus new RockBass and more for Frankfurt launch
![Buddy Holly - 53 years gone](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f77faaf2c4a9c16ae8ac851b711c8614-320-80.jpg)
5 reasons why Buddy Holly is still cool
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
MusicRadar salutes a genuine trailblazer
![Aged to perfection](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eb7a6be54f8aa750bf60d66c5d6ad755-320-80.jpg)
NAMM 2012: Gibson Guitar highlights in pictures
By Chris Vinnicombe, Stuart Williams last updated
Choice new instruments from the Gibson booth
![A new six-string that evokes the heyday of '80s rock guitar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ff2d01ec751b829e29e162670e7c72bb-320-80.jpg)
New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (February 2012)
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
New guitars, amps and FX from Ibanez, Guild, Strymon and more
![Orange's Technical Director Adrian Emsley](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3018b97e4f80aa1d484735865a072c89-320-80.jpg)
NAMM 2012 VIDEO: Orange Micro Terror, OR15H and Jim Root signature amp demoed
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Plus! Professional Cables and new speakers revealed
![Small, perfectly formed, killer sounds](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3855bec4ec1e9d33061e8b40a4e7d182-320-80.jpg)
NAMM 2012 VIDEO: Marshall 50th Anniversary amps demoed
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
One-watt JTM1, JMP1 and JCM1 valve heads compared
![Two channels of crushing gain](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bdb525833ef3571dadb096e8c6e10220-320-80.jpg)
NAMM 2012 VIDEO: Blackstar HT-Metal pedal demo
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Hear the dual-channel high gain pedal in action
![null](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/420352b4ac068cdebcab9f51b16d7cbb-320-80.jpg)
FIRST LOOK DEMO: Gibson Melody Maker SG
By Chris Vinnicombe last updated
Hear the new stripped-down, sub-£500 USA Gibson here!
![Charlie Christian's Gibson ES-150](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cbda90166d07de397b7c4d987394a539-320-80.jpg)
10 guitars that changed music
By Chris Vinnicombe, Michael Leonard last updated
From Robert Johnson's Gibson to Jack White's Airline...
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