Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
“It can be very clean or it can get incredibly dirty”: Rob Chapman is branching out into tube amps
The Cloudhammer is a high-end 40-watt all-tube head that's hand-wired in Belgium by AmS Amps' Ben Genot, and the prototype looks and sounds pretty sweet
Nobels’ DEL-mini offers 3 delays and all the width of the stereo spread from a super-compact format
Analogue, tape and digital modes plus full stereo operation and tap tempo, the DEL-Mini makes the most of its modest pedalboard footprint
“This poses a risk of serious electric shock”: Blackstar issues urgent product safety recall
If you own the British amp brand's new Debut 100R 1x12 and 2x12 combos, check your serial number now to see if yours is affected
Albert Hammond Jr of the Strokes is (reluctantly) selling a heap of his stage-played gear on Reverb
Too bad his Bigsby-equipped SG has already been sold but that Mastery-equipped Jazzmaster looks pretty sweet, as does his Custom Shop Strat – and his father's Jupiter-6 synth is up for grabs too
Keeley Electronics and Andy Timmons unveil the Halo Core – same dual echo magic, simplified controls
Timmons sound has never been easier to dial in
PRS breaks out the “Brushtroke Birds” inlays for Kanami Tono’s stunning signature Custom 24-08
Limited to 200 units, the BAND-MAID guitarist's new signature model arrives in Trampas Green Burst and each guitar is hand-signed by Kanami
IK Multimedia teams up with Alex Lifeson for TONEX collection featuring four of his favourite amps
Lifeson promises “dimension, depth, all that stuff” from IK Mutlimedia’s latest signature TONEX release, and if you have a TONEX pedal you can have all this on your 'board
Boss unveils the Katana Mini-X, a portable $149 10W amp with effects, tuner and Bluetooth
The Katana-Mini X has three amp types with alternate voicings for each of them, and there is more volume and depth than you might expect from its 5" speaker
![A comped image with a young George Harrison [left] onstage with the Beatles in Hamburg, a Gretsch Duo Jet strapped to his shoulder. On the right is his Futurama electric](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b8Kr55ksRwtGJHnbs2GZvg-840-80.jpg.webp)
George Harrison’s Futurama electric sells for a record $1.27 million at auction
The 1959 electric Harrison played during the Beatles' early days joins the one-million dollar club and Mary Kaye’s 1956 Strat sells for $222,250
Fender and Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett team up for signature Cleaver Telecaster Deluxe
The Foo Fighters guitarist's new signature workhorse is named the Cleaver because it cuts through the mix
![Eric Clapton and his gold-plated Cry Baby: [Left] a black and white image of Clapton playing his Bigsby-equipped Gibson Les Paul standard live on stage with Cream.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aPowLRdfjdvVAiwU8PYuBh-840-80.jpg.webp)
Dunlop salutes wah pedal pioneer Eric Clapton with a gold-plated signature Cry Baby
Doing that scrapyard bling...
Blackstar unveils St James 100, “world’s lightest” 100W tube amp with both EL34 and 6L6 power tubes
Can't decide between EL34s and 6L6s? Blackstar allows you to choose between them or use them together in this four-channel beast, now available as a 100W head or 2x12 combo
Noel Gallagher’s Silver Sparkle Gibson Les Paul Florentine fetches over $280,000 at auction
The 1997 Custom Shop doozie has changed hands a number of times over the years, this time going, going, gone at £226,000
“I was thrashing that guitar to pieces!”: Yes legend Steve Howe reveals what he’s learned in 60 years
His first guitar, his favourite Yes song, and much more…
Over 130 of Jeff Beck’s guitars headed to auction, including his iconic Oxblood Les Paul Standard
The Jeff Beck Collection goes under the hammer on 22 January 2025 at Christie's in London
Harley Benton unveils the Nashville Nylon Plus Black – a nylon-string to rival Tim Henson’s Ibanez?
With a solid spruce top, mahogany on the back and sides, Fishman electronic and "Flower & Vine" inlay, this thinline has obvious appeal for those working their way through the Playing God tablature
Behold, the $299 Les Paul as Epiphone unveils beginner-friendly Tribute and Express series models
Epiphone strips the iconic Les Paul and SG down to the essentials, while the J-45 Express sees it reimagine the Gibson workhorse as a 7/8-sized travel friendly acoustic
Shel Talmy, legendary producer of the Who and the Kinks, dies aged 87
He produced My Generation and other classics
KEN Mode’s Jesse Matthewson on the greatest reverb/delay ever what's on his “essentials” pedalboard
You, too, can travel light when meting out a punishing set of hardcore, metal and noise, so long as you choose your pedals of mass destruction carefully…
“Features not seen before in a Klon-style pedal”: Walrus Audio’s Voyager MKII takes Centaur stage
The Voyager MKII presents an abundance of tone-shaping features at your feet, including five clipping options and a parametric mids EQ section
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on shunning perfection, shred discipline, and the problem with modern metal
A sprawling story of dark familial secrets, freewheeling prog and Åkerfeldt death growls, solos inspired by Peter Green and Ritchie Blackmore, Opeth bequeath everything a prog-metal fan could ever want on The Last Will And Testament
EarthQuaker Devices and Lee Kiernan of IDLES unveil Gary, a drive/fuzz wildcard for tone mavericks
There are two sides to Gary's personality, one is a wide-ranging drive. The other?Well, it's an "Automatic Pulse Width Modulation Fuzz" and it's not for the faint-hearted
Gretsch and Billy Duffy’s collaboration takes flight with a signature Falcon for the Cult guitarist
Finished in Vintage White, with gold hardware, Bigsby vibrato and Black Top Filter'Tron humbuckers, Duffy's Falcon is a limited edition beauty to celebrate 40 years of the Cult
