Latest articles by Rob Laing
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
Boss has now made its acclaimed dual delay pedal compact with the SDE-3
The Eddie Van Halen favourite SDE-3000 can now fit on even more pedalboards
Why Mark Tremonti believes his 20th studio album recording raises the bar for his guitar tone
A very special Dumble amp is involved
The Orange AD200B bass amp comes back redesigned, revamped and reimagined
Geddy Lee and Glenn Hughes favourite gets a refresh, along with speaker cabs
Michael Schenker reveals how he hears his influence on Kirk Hammett's playing in Metallica
"People who copy that particular style will sound a little undeveloped because my vibrato wasn’t right"
The 6 Oasis non-album tracks you need to hear (that aren't on The Masterplan)
As Oasis's reunion seems imminent, a timely reminder that here's Noel better songwriter when it comes to b-sides
"There's more reverb options here than most of us will know what to do with, but there is something really attractive in that": Strymon BigSky MX Multi Reverb pedal
How does Strymon improve on one of the greatest reverb pedals ever? It takes it to the MX
Noel Gallagher on how Oasis decided who would sing lead vocals
"I'd like to think I was clever enough to say we should have two frontmen, but I wasn't – in hindsight it was great"
Can Fender's new FINNEAS signature models bring new musicians over to the Acoustasonic guitar cause?
The hybrid model has been favoured by Billie Eilish's brother, co-writer and producer for some time, and he had some specific suggestions for this model
Steve Jones breaks down the Sex Pistols' seminal Never Mind The Bollocks album
"I played bass on most of Never Mind The Bollocks"
"A rarely heard side of Liam Gallagher": Oasis reveals 1992 demo of Sad Song
The bonus track would eventually be sung by Noel Gallagher and the demo is part of the Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Does your acoustic guitar never sound properly in tune? This may solve it once and for all
Intonation is about trusting a process on elimination with the factors that can affect the pitch of your instrument
Things got interesting with the guitars at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony
Who was shredding behind that mask? Now we know
As Arctangent festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, it feels more important than ever
An annual showcase of alternative, progressive heavy musical talent, the UK festival has captured hearts and minds
Luthier creates a unique 3D printed guitar that allows for "impossible geometry"
Printing technology allows for some elements of guitar design that wouldn't be possible with CNC routing
Harley Benton just made its popular Extreme-84, Extreme-76, and Victory guitars available as kits
Make them your own
"This acoustic is really making a show of its spec next to the $5,000 Gibson equivalent": Epiphone 1942 Banner J-45
A sweet spot between Gibson spec and Epiphone accessibility?
Eddie Kramer breaks down Jimi Hendrix's remarkable approach to guitar layering on the ambitious Night Bird Flying
exclusive Check out this clip from the forthcoming documentary documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
