Latest articles by Michael Astley-Brown
Summer NAMM 2019: Gibson reveals collaborations with boutique guitar builders as it launches Authorized Partnership Program
Meanwhile, CEO ‘JC’ Curleigh claims hundreds of knockoff websites have been taken down
Summer NAMM 2019: Walrus Audio “maxes out the gain dial” with Kangra Filter Fuzz pedal
Combined filter and octave fuzz co-designed with SNL guitarist Jared Scharff
Summer NAMM 2019: Supro revives its “finest electric”, the Silverwood
New guitar tops off company’s Reissue Collection
Mr Black keeps it smart and simple with the Mini Reverb universal reverberator
Latest mini pedal delivers a range of reverbs with minimal controls
PRS expands its guitar accessories line-up with new strings and cables
Signature Series Strings and Classic Series Cables now available
Death By Audio unleashes the Evil Fuzz pedal
Limited-edition stompbox shrinks Evil Filter fuzz circuits
Summer NAMM 2019: Blackstar debuts amPlug2 Fly headphone guitar amps
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
American Chopper, Brexit and Fly Fishing
Summer NAMM 2019: Boss launches its next-generation looper, the RC-10R Rhythm Loop Station
Pedal takes on song-based looping and dynamic rhythms
Summer NAMM 2019: Boss crams 121 synth sounds into the SY-1 Synthesizer pedal
Downsized SY-300 offers polyphonic tracking for guitar and bass
Summer NAMM 2019: So, um, Martin has made a Brexit guitar...
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!”
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
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
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”
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
The Smiths guitarist temporarily relinquishes six-string duties
Summer NAMM 2019: Supro reissues the Ozark electric guitar
Jimi Hendrix’s first guitar recreated and reimagined
Guitar sales surge following The Cure’s Glastonbury set
Schecter guitars see major uplift
Pete Townshend pays tribute to late guitar tech Alan Rogan
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?
Strat-a-like signature guitar set to hit SE range
Graham Nash is selling 19 rare guitars from his personal collection
Woodstock-played 1969 Martin D-45 acoustic guitar takes top billing
Illuminate your pedalboard with RockBoard’s LED Light
Bathe your pedals in six glorious colours
