Latest articles by Rob Laing
See Julian Lage make the new Fender Player II Tele sound truly world-class
A Tele demo/love letter from one of the very best guitar players around right now
Why are young northern musicians less supported than the rest of the UK?
A new report highlights a north / south divide emerging
"A strong statement from Fender in 2024 about accessibility and quality": Fender Player II Telecaster and Stratocaster
The new standard?
Guthrie Trapp's guitar pick hack could be a gamechanger for you
"When I started doing that I realised that not only does it sound a lot better to me, I think it's a more direct contact from more surface area"
Rory Gallagher's legendary '61 Strat is going up for auction
The first lot from Bonham's Rory Gallagher Collection is a big one indeed
The one important thing that relic guitar haters might be missing out on
And it's not about aesthetics
YouTuber buys the cheapest Squier Strat he can find – proves age-old truth about tone, but also something else
Where you invest your money in the signal chain matters
Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson talks playing guitar for Ghost and avoiding a blood explosion in the studio
We caught up with the super Swede after Opeth's set at the Tons Of Rock festival in Oslo, Norway
Joe Bonamassa talks vintage guitars and unfair accusations
"Anything in my collection, with the exception of maybe 20 pieces, you could source from somewhere else"
Sepultura is the one metal reunion that hasn't happened but Max Cavalera seems to now have the final word on the matter
"It was a lot of betrayal and a lot of stuff that people don't know about"
While She Sleeps' Sean Long tells us about gifting Tom Morello his signature Charvel guitar
"It's probably in the bin" Sean jokes as we meet at Oslo's Tons Of Rock festival, but the moment at Download festival was a genuinely touching one between two creative guitarists
Wolfgang Van Halen on the EVH SA-126, why rhythm comes first and who his unsung guitar hero is
We meet the multi-instrumentalist at Olso's Tons Of Rock festival to talk about his new signature model and musical perspective
Blackstar's new Polar 2 is a USB recording interface designed for guitarists
Could this be the missing piece to get you into tracking your ideas? We hope so
Geezer Butler remembers the ups and downs of Black Sabbath being upstaged by Van Halen
He also weighs in on what went wrong with the Rick Rubin-produced 13 album: "Tony was incredibly disappointed in him"
The Marshall JTM gets a special spec for Celestion speakers' 100th anniversary
Say hello to the Celestion 100
Gibson honours Jeff Beck with YardBurst 1959 Les Paul Standard
The Gibson Custom Shop model is revealed on the late guitar legend's birthday
Dave Grohl is playing a Gibson Explorer again – could it be a signature model in the making?
Has Gibson got another confession to make?
Best beginner electric guitars 2025: Start strong with our top picks
Our round-up of the best electric guitars for beginners, tested by experts
Thirty years ago a two-man Cure lineup recorded one of the greatest film soundtrack contributions of all time
30 years on, it remains an undeniably potent piece of Cure history
The front-of-house sound engineer for Van Halen, Rolling Stones and Jeff Beck talks gear
Dave Natale is one of the very best in the business – and he also reveals his amp and drum mic choices for the high-level tours he works on
Stevie Nicks reveals the two reasons why "there is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way"
"Even if I thought I could work with Lindsey again, he’s had some health problems"
Yamaha reveals its new flagship acoustic guitar with the FS9
"Clear top end and strong projection" – and a neck joint that combines glued and bolt-on construction for increased body vibration
