Latest articles by Rob Laing
Fender Japan brings master ukiyo-e artist Hokusai's work to the Esquire
There's going to be a great wave of excitement for these
Slipknot's Jim Root reveals more to us about the Player Series Strat he recently bought from Fender's website
"If you're in a band, and you're playing cover tunes, and you go from metal to pop or even country, you could cover it with this guitar"
Idles and their producer on the unpredictable rig of effects and processors they use known as the Crawler Machine
"It jumps left, right… our monitor engineer cries every night"
Glam session: Def Leppard and Tom Morello join forces for new song Just Like '73
Morello has got his Whammy out but he keeps it melodic
The acclaimed Pearl Jam-inspired Funny Little Boxes 1991 is now a gold standard overdrive pedal
Gold Sparkle is the first in a line of new finish runs
Slipknot's Mick Thomson is a huge gearhead, and this video proves it again
The guitarist is now using Fishman Fluence pickups
Was 9 February 1964 the most important day in rock 'n' roll history?
"It was kind of like an alien invasion"
Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti reveal the surprising story of how Creed hit Higher was written during a live show
"It was freestyle"
When David Bowie played a career-altering Glastonbury festival set… by accident
"At the end of that show you realised, and he realised, that his career had changed"
Pete Townshend is candid about the live lineup of The Who in new interview
He also explains why he wouldn't want to follow the Rolling Stones and Pearl Jam in making an album with Andrew Watt
Blackstar just added a very useful feature with the update of its ID: Core 10 V4 practice amp
"Very well-featured for its price if you want to keep your options as open as possible": Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet Simulator Pedal
Big things in a small package
Morris Hayes on Prince's revolving door of sound engineers and the time his guitar tech tried to sabotage him onstage
"He was not to be trifled with"
Gibson Custom unveils recreations of Jason Isbell 'Red Eye' 1959 Les Paul Standard
It's based on the songwriter's favourite that was previously owned by late Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King
"It might be the best, most practical advice I've ever had": Noel Gallagher reveals what Paul Weller told him in 1994
"I always hark back to that"
Epiphone reveals new Bluegrass Collection featuring an Inspired By Gibson Earl Scruggs banjo and… a Mandobird!
Clawhammer to fall
James Hetfield talks about overcoming anxiety and having faith in his creativity
"I start to doubt myself, I start to feel insecure that we're too old and we can't do this"
There's a pedal that will make your guitar rig sound better in a mix – and you've probably never considered buying one
To be honest, we haven't got one either… yet!
The lost 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono interview on the Beatles' split involving Michael Parkinson wearing a sack
"It's total communication if you're in the bag"
"A small guitar – with useful depths": Gretsch Jim Dandy Deltoluxe Parlor acoustic guitar
Short on scale and price with an electric bonus
Stio reveals Taylor Guitars collaboration with a stunning range of GS-Mini acoustics
Nine artists created designs for the guitars inspired by "textures and stories of the outdoors"
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder remembers his lost musical peers and covers Nine Inch Nails' Hurt in Seattle
"I can't stop thinking about them"
Are you getting the most out of your power chords? Tom Bukovac has a tip from the Rolling Stones guitar playbook
The Nashville session man has more playing great playing knowledge to share
