Michael Astley-Brown
Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism, and has spent the past decade writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as a decade-and-a-half performing in bands of variable genre (and quality). In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.
Latest articles by Michael Astley-Brown

Summer NAMM 2019: Supro revives its “finest electric”, the Silverwood
By Michael Astley-Brown published
New guitar tops off company’s Reissue Collection

Mr Black keeps it smart and simple with the Mini Reverb universal reverberator
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Latest mini pedal delivers a range of reverbs with minimal controls

PRS expands its guitar accessories line-up with new strings and cables
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Signature Series Strings and Classic Series Cables now available

Death By Audio unleashes the Evil Fuzz pedal
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Limited-edition stompbox shrinks Evil Filter fuzz circuits

Summer NAMM 2019: Blackstar debuts amPlug2 Fly headphone guitar amps
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Feature-loaded guitar and bass versions of popular mini-amp now available

Summer NAMM 2019: Martin debuts 13 new acoustic guitars, including some… unusual one-offs
By Michael Astley-Brown published
American Chopper, Brexit and Fly Fishing

Summer NAMM 2019: Boss launches its next-generation looper, the RC-10R Rhythm Loop Station
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Pedal takes on song-based looping and dynamic rhythms

Summer NAMM 2019: Boss crams 121 synth sounds into the SY-1 Synthesizer pedal
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Downsized SY-300 offers polyphonic tracking for guitar and bass

Summer NAMM 2019: So, um, Martin has made a Brexit guitar...
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Acoustic giant turns satirist

10 questions for The Beths’ Liz Stokes: “You can’t not air-guitar the solo break in Weezer’s Buddy Holly - it’s illegal!”
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Indie-rocker on her first guitars, essential gear and onstage nightmares

Gibson threatened dealers with legal action unless they stopped selling Dean guitars, alleges Dean
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Armadillo Enterprises seeks to cancel Flying V, Explorer and ES-335 shape trademarks

Summer NAMM 2019: Vintage channels ’30s blues with affordable Paul Brett Statesboro ‘Whisky Sour’ acoustic guitars
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Acoustic and electro model available in orchestra, dreadnought and parlour body sizes

Summer NAMM 2019: Janktone’s Jankenstein promises “the first real and defining change to the humbucker pickup since 1955”
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Patent-pending guitar pickup boasts ‘variable stacking height bobbins’

Johnny Marr invites fan on stage to play guitar on This Charming Man… and he only goes and nails it
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Smiths guitarist temporarily relinquishes six-string duties

Summer NAMM 2019: Supro reissues the Ozark electric guitar
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Jimi Hendrix’s first guitar recreated and reimagined

Guitar sales surge following The Cure’s Glastonbury set
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Schecter guitars see major uplift

Pete Townshend pays tribute to late guitar tech Alan Rogan
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Who tech dies on eve of band’s Wembley show

Summer NAMM 2019: Is PRS about to launch a more affordable John Mayer Silver Sky?
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Strat-a-like signature guitar set to hit SE range

Graham Nash is selling 19 rare guitars from his personal collection
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Woodstock-played 1969 Martin D-45 acoustic guitar takes top billing

Illuminate your pedalboard with RockBoard’s LED Light
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Bathe your pedals in six glorious colours

Boss adds new tone-tweaking options to Nextone guitar amps with free V2 update
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Tube Logic combos get new deep-editing functions

Gallien-Krueger debuts the Legacy bass amp series
By Michael Astley-Brown published
New heads build on 800RB range
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