Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
The Danelectro Spring King reverb is dead, long live the Spring King Jr. (smaller, just as splashy)
The Spring King is reinvented as a space-saving mini pedal – but it still has that three-spring reverb tank under the hood
Stolen in ’72, returned in Feb, Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass finally returns to the stage
McCartney's triumphant finale to the Got Back 2024 Tour also featured fellow Beatle Ringo Starr on drums and a guest spot from Ronnie Wood
Martin is giving up the Brazilian rosewood for Joe Bonamassa – blues star teases holy grail acoustic
Martin and JoBo unveiled on a meticulous replica of his 1941 000-45 in November but might this be upstaged by a version with the "ultimate tonewood"?
“Proof you can fit guitar solos into perfect two-minute pop songs”: Towa Bird stars in the top five guitar albums of 2025
If you’re looking for that last-minute Christmas gift for the guitar player in your life, help is at hand!
Guthrie Govan makes the case for the all-digital guitar rig – and it’s all about the F-word
The Aristocrats virtuoso in residence demonstrated exactly why the Axe-Fx unit and Laney FRFR has weened him off tube amps
Ernie Ball Music Man and RATM’s Tim Commerford team up for limited run signature StingRays
Commerford's latest EBMM signature collab features a pair of doozies, one active, one passive, both with adjustable thumb ramps, ash bodies and roasted maple necks
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Tim Pierce on why Jon Bon Jovi was destined for superstardom, and how he nailed his Runaway solo
Sometimes rock history is settled by the fickle finger of fate. When Pierce was asked to help a young Jon Bon Jovi track his 1981 demoes, he ended up playing guitar on a Bon Jovi classic – a song that set its frontman on his way to the top
EHX's Pico 360+ is a tiny $137 looping powerhouse with 360s of recording time and unlimited overdubs
A pedalboard space saver that's packed with features, the latest in EHX's Pico Series has 11 memory slots, overdub control and adjustable fade-out
Cort digs out the solid cedar for a pair of super-tidy $369 black-top cutaway electro acoustics
The handsome cutaway dreadnought and orchestra model acoustics feature solid red cedar on top, mahogany on the back and sides, Fishman electronics – and those ivory pickguards look cool against the black tops
Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of fuel with a Danelectro Baritone
In 2009, Hetfield told us that the Fuel era was all about loosening up and on Friday night at the Helping Hands charity gig he made good on it as Metallica reimagined Fuel, slower and lower
Mooer Audio’s GL-100 looper is its most powerful yet, offering a whopping 300mins of looping time
This dual-footswitch powerhouse has 100 memory slots, supports full stereo operation, has a count-in feature and even auto-record feature that lets you record loops without touching the pedal
Kenny Wayne Shepherd on covering Hendrix, his fistful of Dumbles and the secret to great overdrive
Shepherd's tone on Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 2 is smoking hot, reference quality blues-rock, but like any master chef, it's all about the ingredients and how you use them
Behringer unveils $69 clone of Maestro BB-1 Bass Brassmaster, a ‘70s fuzz that’d cost $2000 vintage
The Bass Brassmaster Fuzz comes hot on the heels of the Centaur Overdrive and '69 Vibe, as Behringer continues its run of megabucks vintage stompbox replicas at entry-level prices
Has Furch just made acoustic guitar setups a thing of the past with its new CNR System Active neck?
The CNR System Active is designed to make setups as easy as turning a couple of screws, and once your guitar is setup, it is engineered to stay setup
EarthQuaker Devices marks two decades in stompbox design with Hoof Fuzz 20th Anniversary Edition
EQD takes it back to the very beginning with a deluxe reissue of the fuzzbox that started it all
Reverb reveals its top selling pedals of 2024 and a compact modeller is this year's big winner
Podium finishes for top-sellers overall include three modern pedalboard classics, but are we entering an era when small format modellers are going to dominate the charts?
Producer reveals tone secrets and custom Gibson acoustics of Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan biopic
Playing Dylan onscreen is all about authenticity and as executive music producer, Baxter could count on Gibson's help to ensure Chalamet had the right tool for the job
Hey, there’s a beverage here! Tosin Abasi demos extended-range nylon-string and says its coming soon
Tosin Abasi teases nylon-string version of the Larada 7-string and promises it is coming soon. Misha Mansoor wants one. We all do
Create 90 minute loops, add effects, rhythms and layer ‘em up with Zoom's new MS-90LP+ MultiStomp
The MS-90LP+ MultiStomp has 13 hours of recording memory, flexible routing options, full stereo operation and 68 rhythm patterns to work with – and it'll quantize loops to keep you in time
TC Electronic unveils the Plethora X1 "TonePrint loader": 14 effects, one little stompbox
Collecting the greatest hits of TC Electronic in one place, the Plethora X1 is a powerful TonePrint loader with a MASH footswitch and a lot of tones
“A tool for pros who like the guitar to do the work”: Fender American Ultra II Stratocaster HSS
In refreshing its state-of-the-art US line, has Fender made the original – and the best – Superstrat?
Orianthi on her Orange amp, soloing strategies and confetti gun hazards onstage with Alice Cooper
The Australian guitarist talks amp collecting, tone chasing and soloing strategies as she wraps up her forthcoming album with Kevin Shirley
Fender unveils the Bassman effects line – 5 $119 pedalboard essentials for bassists
There's overdrive, fuzz, compression, delay and reverb, all in a road-worthy aluminium enclosure, all at an affordable $119 price point
Crazy Tube Circuit’s Heatseeker is an amp-in-box to help you nail Angus Young’s high-voltage tone
Packing three vintage Marshall-inspired modes plus a preamp enhancer inspired by the AC/DC guitarist's not-so-secret secret sauce, the Heatseeker is a formidable drive and tone shaper for rock guitar
