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“Over the past 24 hours, I’ve received hundreds of messages about my current situation. So yes, it’s official: I’ve made the move”: Jared James Nichols switches to Marshall amps

The purveyor of Blues Power says his heart belongs to the sound of a cranked Plexi and Gibson guitars

"It's time to go. It’s like, you're Gwen Stefani. You don't need No Doubt. You're going to be amazing, right?”: What Linda Perry told Gwen Stefani as she channelled the star's negative energy into her explosive debut single

"It's time to go. It’s like, you're Gwen Stefani. You don't need No Doubt. You're going to be amazing, right?”: What Linda Perry told Gwen Stefani as she channelled the star's negative energy into her explosive debut single

“I'm like going, ‘What is this girl waiting for?’ You know, like, what is the deal?”

“The whole thing was so exciting for me – to actually have control of my baby for the first time. I was very nervous, too – because you really wonder if you’re capable”: How Kate Bush created a classic single and became a completely self-sufficient auteur

“The whole thing was so exciting for me – to actually have control of my baby for the first time. I was very nervous, too – because you really wonder if you’re capable”: How Kate Bush created a classic single and became a completely self-sufficient auteur

“Singing it in an Irish accent, it comes across in a different way”

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“Ringo was from the Dingle, and that was well hard. He said he used to get mugged coming home, because he worked. Even though it was crazy, it was home to us”: Paul McCartney talks about his nostalgic duet with Ringo

Home To Us also features Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri

No knobs? No problem – Sterling By Music Man takes bass guitar design minimalism to its logical conclusion with the super-cool Joe Dart Vision

The new Joe Dart signature bass has one pickup, no controls whatsoever, and it is available now in a timed release alongside his original SBMM bass. Order by end of May or miss out

“I wasn't allowed to do that when I was on a label. They saw success in one song, and they thought, ‘We've got to replicate that’”: Emily Burns on shunning the majors and the freedom of becoming a self-releasing artist

From garnering a huge number of listeners with the heart-rending Is It Just Me? Emily Burns is now navigating the industry on her own terms with a salvo of vibrant self-released tunes

You’ve seen Fender’s Godzilla Strat, now here the comes the pedal – and it’s a monster op-amp distortion with city-levelling tone (and a seriously cool graphic finish)

This limited edition collab features a wraparound graphic finish, a powerful distortion circuit, with an internal trimmer to adjust the mids

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“I think this is the one, after years of toiling in obscurity. This is their time”: Stones launch Foreign Tongues in Brooklyn with Conan O’Brien

“I think this is the one, after years of toiling in obscurity. This is their time”: Stones launch Foreign Tongues in Brooklyn with Conan O’Brien

It’s out July, but no news yet on live dates

“Then I see the security guard person is eyeing me and it looks like I’m shoplifting when I’m doing the opposite”: Dave Grohl talks about hiding CDRs of the new Foos album around Southern California

“Then I see the security guard person is eyeing me and it looks like I’m shoplifting when I’m doing the opposite”: Dave Grohl talks about hiding CDRs of the new Foos album around Southern California

Plus band’s music knowledge is tested by Track Star

“If this is the future of guitar, then sign me up”: Strandberg Boden Original N2.6T review

“If this is the future of guitar, then sign me up”: Strandberg Boden Original N2.6T review

Look beyond the polarising aesthetic and you just might find something that completely changes your expectations of electric guitar

A sub-$600 shred machine with active EMGs and roasted flame maple neck? Harley Benton expands its Pro Series with 41 hot-rodded but affordable S-styles

A sub-$600 shred machine with active EMGs and roasted flame maple neck? Harley Benton expands its Pro Series with 41 hot-rodded but affordable S-styles

With EMG pickups, locking tuners, roasted figured maple necks and Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibratos, Harley Benton is offering Champagne specs at beer prices again

This one-button synth could be the wildest idea to come out of Superbooth 2026

This one-button synth could be the wildest idea to come out of Superbooth 2026

With no keys, no knobs, no faders and no display, Cyma Forma's RND randomly generates a new idea with each button-press – its creators call it an "inspiration machine"

Julian Lage wants to teach you guitar! The jazz virtuoso announces multi-day masterclass “diving deeply into everything” guitar

Julian Lage wants to teach you guitar! The jazz virtuoso announces multi-day masterclass “diving deeply into everything” guitar

Inspired by those who taught him, Lage's first ever multi-day masterclass takes place on 19 to 23 August at the Wilson Center, in Brookfield, Wisconsin

“These songs are played a lot. They’re often not played well”: Top 10 riffs played in-store at Guitar Center revealed

“These songs are played a lot. They’re often not played well”: Top 10 riffs played in-store at Guitar Center revealed

And Stairway To Heaven is conspicuous by its absence

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Ableton Live 12.4 is out now, with Link Audio and updated Erosion, Delay and Chorus-Ensemble devices

Link Audio allows users to stream multi-channel audio between compatible devices over a local network in real time

“That song casts such a huge shadow over everything that we’ve done. It’s difficult, but it’s not like I have to beat it": How Johnny Rzeznik overcame writer's block to pen the Goo Goo Dolls' Iris, then saw it become the soundtrack to '90s nostalgia

Written for a '90s movie soundtrack, the song was later covered by Taylor Swift and has gone on to become a social media sensation

Got some loose change? Well, it might just be the starting point of your next electronic masterpiece if you stack it atop Soma’s Enigma – the synth that's controlled by metal objects

Enigma looks set to open up whole new avenues of sound design - and finally give a purpose for all those stacks of old coins in your kitchen drawers…

“Isolate or remove instruments from any song… Remove the guitar and step into the player’s shoes”: With AI stem separation, component-level modelling, and access to 200,000+ neural captures, Blackstar says the Beam Mini “redefines” the desktop amp

Introduced at NAMM 2026, the Beam Mini ups the ante for the digital practice amp, giving players access to AI-driven practice tools, Tone3000 NAM captures and top-class modelled sounds

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“I don’t recognise that name”: What Kacey Musgraves was told when she asked for her album in Walmart… dressed as an armadillo

It’s what album promotion is in 2026, kids

“All through our set, pimply-faced young boys wearing Iron Maiden shirts would be giving us the middle finger”: How Stone Temple Pilots fought their way to the top – inspired by Jane’s Addiction and championed by Dave Mustaine

Opening for Megadeth was a challenge

“I asked Sean and he said, ‘Oh, he would’ve wanted to engage’”: Steven Soderbergh on his John Lennon doc and its use of AI

It won’t try to bring Lennon back to life, he insists

“An ‘instrument’ rather than a ‘synthesizer’”: Buchla Ziggy is a desktop analogue West Coast synth available for (just) under $1000

Complex oscillators and audio-rate modulation meets digital mod routing and effects in Buchla’s surprisingly approachable new monosynth

First Madonna at Coachella, now Stevie Nicks at the Met Gala: when it comes to duetting with music legends, Sabrina Carpenter is winning by a landslide

She appeared alongside the Fleetwood Mac star to sing a classic from 1975

“He let me into the basement with all his secret stuff and he had 10 Dumbles down there. It was the biggest collection I’ve ever seen in person!” Jake Kiszka on the time he went shopping for the world’s most expensive guitar amp in Japan

And it was then when the Greta Van Fleet guitarist realised that the über-rare holy grail tube amp was still a little steep for his liking...

“You don’t get the sale price - you’re going to pay the full $150”: Thinking of making your next music tech purchase on a rent-to-own plan? Read this first

Rent-to-own is often touted as the good alternative to plugin subscriptions but there are still reasons to be wary. Here are seven things to consider before signing on the dotted line

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