Jonathan Horsley

Available now from select retailers, these rock and metal-friendly FSR models sport a hot-rodded vibe with black hardware, locking tuners, and hard-tail bridges as standard

This Ghost with the most yields a chorusing effect to your reverb trails

Available in Standard, Deluxe and Custom Editions, this weighty 400-pager is essential for Metallica gear heads and tells the story behind Hammett's most-famous guitars

Described as “a near 1:1 comparison” of the original models that inspired them, these box-fresh new electrics and bass guitars give you that old-school tone and feel without the vintage price tag

Four classic PRS SE models are given the exotic wood treatment with Poplar Burl, Laurel Burl, and Burled Ash veneers and thoroughly classy finish options

The latest super-compact multi-effects from Mooer features 194 effects models, 80 presets, 80-minute looper plus drum machine, tuner, and you can download and share tones across the cloud too

Landreth's D25 might be a single-channel affair with old-school aesthetics but with six onboard virtual cabs, MIDI connectivity and switchable 25W/5W power it is all about modern functionality

Now with a second footswitch for applying a clean boost, plus DIP switches for quick EQ adjustment, the AC Booster V2 could well be your pedalboard's hardest-working overdrive

The Margo Price J-45 slims down the Gibson workhorse’s body depth, equips it with L.R. Baggs electronics and applies an exquisite ‘50s style double pickguard with red-tailed hawk graphic

Inspired by the BK Butler Tube Driver, a favourite of Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson's, Venus has a heap of tone-shaping features, including tube bias control – and you can swap out the tube

Three years in the making, this pairs a vintage-inspired silicon fuzz circuit with echo and promises gated skronk, wooly fuzz, “gauzy My Bloody Valentine textures” and much more

Available with five outputs or nine, these pedalboard power supplies can supply current-hungry digital and multi-effects, have a switchable 9V/12V/18V options, and are very budget-friendly

Charvel stacks the specs up high on a $1,599 shred machine that comes fresh with a super-distressed finish, DiMarzio HSH firepower and a Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibrato

The app is free and sure to be an essential tool for players with a Tonex pedal on their 'board, streamlining workflow and allowing for real-time edits of Tone Models, presets and IRs

Gibson president and CEO Cesar Gueikian loves them, so too the Nameless Ghouls of Ghost, and this oft-slept on model becomes the first core Gibson Custom electric with a 25.5" scale length

The new-look models have all the same Player II features – rosewood fingerboards with rolled edges, Alnico V pickups, high-ratio Classic Gear tuners and a Modern C profile neck

Reports in Dutch newspaper say a new Van Halen album is happening with the Toto guitarist filling in for the late Eddie Van Halen

The Gov't Mule frontman has gone for a set of Billie Joe Armstrong favourite pickups, a fat ‘50s profile neck, an onboard clean boost and no pickguard

Hinds is out. Eller is in for now. Brann Dailor has a black eye. Palace intrigue notwithstanding, “all 2025 touring plans will remain intact,” says the band

Abasi says Fishman is designing the pickup for what promises to be a groundbreaking acoustic electric. In other Abasi Concepts news, fresh Legion Series models in Deep Sage drop today

Before swapping out your amp or guitar, pay close attention to how you are playing. Vai says a complete rethink of his picking style helped him find his tone in the '80s

Aclam promises a super-accurate replica of the solid-state Vox amp's sounds but with some added extras

James electrified the nascent UK punk-rock scene and fired its first salvo with the Damned's era-defining single, New Rose

And Henry Rollins wasn't best pleased to see good guitars turned into kindling