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

EarthQuaker Devices' Silos takes a best-of approach to a delay pedal that has us very interested
By Rob Laing published
A Multi-Generational Time Reflection Device that combines digital, analog and tape delay in a compact unit

Velvet Revolver's Dave Kushner on making a living as a musician away from the limelight
By Rob Laing published
"You have to be resourceful"

Mark Tremonti on why Creed's recording approach on their early albums was a secret to their success
By Rob Laing published
"I'd rather see a band play those same songs live and hear them be a little looser, and feel a little freer"

Mark Tremonti on the key to Creed's success on Human Clay and their remarkable comeback 25 years on
By Rob Laing published
"The Creed stuff has a lot more clean guitar parts than I remembered"

If you've ever wanted to learn to play guitar and sing at the same time this is how to start
By Rob Laing published
Gibson shows you how

Sting's solo demo for The Police's Every Breath You Take officially revealed after 42 years
By Rob Laing published
It's included on the new Synchronicity boxset

Matteo Mancuso pays tribute to Paul Gilbert on new song Paul Position
By Rob Laing published
"I wrote it some days after receiving this wonderful Baritone Guitar from Bacci"

Eric Clapton shares moving eulogy for John Mayall
By Rob Laing published
"I want to say thank you for rescuing me from oblivion," he says in a candid video in tribute to his blues mentor, who has passed away at the age of 90

"I never practiced": Unpicking Yngwie Malmsteen's guitar claim
By Rob Laing published
If he's right, how did he get so good?

Revisiting Steve Albini's tour of his worst effects pedals
By Rob Laing published
"As a combination, I travelled the furthest and wasted the most in terms of the percentage of value on those two pedals, of any purchase I've ever made"

8 non-album Chris Cornell tracks that showcase his brilliance
By Rob Laing published
On what would have been Chris Cornell's 60th birthday we delve a little deeper to celebrate his legacy with Soundgarden, Audioslave and solo

Are you getting the best out of your guitar-picking hand? You might be using it wrong
By Rob Laing published
Your hand position is vital

See Fatboy Slim rehearsing bass in a hotel bedroom ahead of his Housemartins Glastonbury reunion
By Rob Laing published
Norman Cook has still got his four-string chops

"I think the speakers in your amplifier have the largest single impact on guitar tone": This guitarist seeks to proves it
By Rob Laing published
Tone is in the cone

Fender and Knockaround are offering you the chance to wear a Strat as glasses
By Rob Laing published
They're available in See-foam Green

Porter is a new open-source headphone amp for bass and guitar designed for using with your pedals
By Rob Laing published
"Distraction-free and all-analog, with no apps and no updates"

Can the relic'ing on a Fender Mike McCready Road Worn Strat be 'improved'? This video finds out
By Rob Laing published
It turns out that one of the key ingredients is a relic wax made by one of the UK's top pickup builders

The cost of playing live is going up but grassroots artists say they're not being paid more
By Rob Laing published
In a new survey, a worrying 54% of live acts have reported no change in gig fees, while 29% reported a decrease

Learn classic metal riffs for beginners with Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold
By Rob Laing published
Featuring Black Sabbath and Metallica

How much difference does a guitar's fretboard wood actually make to its sound? Well, this video surprised us
By Rob Laing published
The rosewood Vs maple debate

Could the Harley Benton DNAfx GiT Advanced stake a claim as the best value multi-effects and amp modeller pedal right now?
By Rob Laing published
55 amps models, 26 IRs with third party support and 151 effects at a very competitive price

The follow-up to Funny Little Boxes' 1991 pedal has a sneaky preview in a new Alice In Chains tutorial video
By Rob Laing published
And it sounds very promising

While She Sleeps' Sean Long and Mat Welsh on their search and discovery of the perfect guitars
By Rob Laing published
Video The Sheffield band's fresh approach to metal is reflected in their guitar ethos
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