Rob Laing
Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.
Latest articles by Rob Laing

"This is a very impressive neck experience for a guitar at this price": Harley Benton TE-62DB
By Rob Laing published
Double-bound for glory?

There's no need to suffer with high (or low) action anymore: How to adjust the string height on your electric guitar and bass
By Rob Laing published
Get the guitar action you need

Neural DSP's Francisco Cresp on what its new Nano Cortex means for the innovative company
By Rob Laing published
"One of the main drivers of that for me to start making hardware and software was that I couldn't get the sounds that I wanted to get"

Levelling and polishing your guitar frets might have just got a whole lot easier with the MusicNomad U File and Fret Polisher
By Rob Laing published
The company has also launched its fret care hub to make it even easier to diagnose and work on your guitar frets

How to clean your guitar better
By Rob Laing published
Finish, strings, hardware – it all needs a spruce now and again. Here's how to do it right

"Most dyed-in-the-wool Gibson people... their favourite pickup is a P-90": Joe Bonamassa introduces new Epiphone signature guitar with the 1955 Les Paul
By Rob Laing published
"I can already tell you this one sounds better than one of my original '55s," says Joe. And there's a new Flying V too!

LR Baggs is making guitars now – can the pickup expert bring something unique to the market with its AEG-1?
By Rob Laing published
An electro-acoustic with a HiFi Duet pickup offers pickup and mic settings to enhance versatility

Billie Eilish kicks off her tour and makes the switch to electric guitar with a Fender American Professional II Tele
By Rob Laing published
A Dark Night Tele for a big opening night

Humanist's Rob Marshall on the 9 records that changed his life, and why he'll never switch to digital amp modelling
By Rob Laing published
As he releases a triumphant second album with guest vocalists, the former Mark Lanegan collaborator remembers his friend and champion

It looks like Taylor Guitars and Pearl Jam will feature heavily in season 2 of The Last Of Us
By Rob Laing published
The 314CE Taylor model inspired by the game appears in a trailer for the next HBO series

Harley Benton breaks cover with relic'd guitars and basses featuring nitrocellulose finishes
By Rob Laing published
The brand had some intriguing protypes to preview at the Guitar Summit 2024

Kemper is offering Profile Player owners the opportunity to add features including effects, but they'll have to pay
By Rob Laing published
Two Levels of software upgrades are available now

U2 announces 'shadow album' How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb
By Rob Laing published
The Edge reveals he found unreleased tracks from the How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb sessions

Brontide's Tim Hancock praises the Line-6 DL-4 delay as he shows us his pedalboard
By Rob Laing published
Video The post-rock instrumental heroes are reunited and had a triumphant comeback at Arctangent festival

A Scottish musical instrument retailer might have recorded the advert of 2024 via its Chappell Roan tribute
By Rob Laing published
Kenny's Music is teaching a masterclass in viral marketing

The Mosrite Kurt Cobain used to record most of Nirvana's breakthrough album is the key to his sound
By Rob Laing published
You won't believe how close this sounds – and there's no Fender required

The Eagles pay tribute to their collaborator, celebrated songwriter JD Souther, who has passed away aged 78
By Rob Laing published
Souther's credits include New Kid In Town, Best Of My Love and Heartache Tonight

Dave Navarro emerges from Jane's Addiction drama with a new release: a Supreme Cry Baby wah pedal
By Rob Laing published
The Former Red Hot Chili Pepper collaborated with the lifestyle brand and Jim Dunlop on the wah

Why the Gibson Garage London could change people's minds about buying their guitars online
By Rob Laing published
Video The world's second Gibson Garage is a timely reminder that nothing rivals expert knowledge and hands-on experience

"This is not a mini Quad Cortex, but it could become your most used piece of gear": Neural DSP Nano Cortex review
By Rob Laing published
Neural focuses on guitar amp and drive pedal capturing with its second piece of hardware – but does it get the recipe right?

Neural DSP reveals the Nano Cortex – its follow-up to the Quad Cortex
By Rob Laing published
Amp and effects capture, with USB-C power – "With its simplicity, Nano Cortex is made to be integrated into a pedalboard as the driving engine of your sound"

Neural DSP is teasing a new release – could it be guitar hardware?
By Rob Laing published
It looks to have LED-lit controls, but some reactions to the video Neural has filmed to promote it have not been kind

When Ritchie Blackmore had an "embarrassing" encounter with Eric Clapton
By Rob Laing published
"Believe it or not, Eric was in the next room to where we were"
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