Latest articles by Rob Laing
LR Baggs is making guitars now – can the pickup expert bring something unique to the market with its AEG-1?
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
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
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
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
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
Two Levels of software upgrades are available now
U2 announces 'shadow album' How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
"Believe it or not, Eric was in the next room to where we were"
Brian May heads up a new stereo mix 'rebuild' of Queen's debut album
"It is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you"
Why Norway's Indie Recordings chooses old-school collaboration to help guitar bands
MD Erlend Gjerde explains the inspiring independent label's journey and the ways they empower their artists
How A-ha's Take On Me beat the odds against them to become one of the biggest songs of all time
As A-ha's Take On Me passes 2 billion streams on Spotify, we look back with Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen on their debut album's remarkable story of persistence
The Ocean reveal how they use Logic Pro to control their Quad Cortex guitar tones and even lighting in their live rigs
Video The post-metal band are progressive musically and in their approach to rigs – but there are practical reasons for it too
Why Fender's new Mustang Micro Plus headphone amp is the right update at the right time
It's currently $30 more than the original Mustang Micro, and offers a significant step up
"Worth the extra money for the added features over the original": Fender Mustang Micro Plus Headphone Amp
How do you improve on excellence? Fender has found some ways to do it here
