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“It looks right, plays very well and most importantly, it’s punching above its weight in the tone department”: Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 first-look review

After waiting Everlong for an affordable version of Dave Grohl’s iconic Trini Lopez-inspired signature guitar, it’s finally here. Here’s our first impressions

MusicRadar · Apr 4, 2024

“The future of players and creators, we're thrilled by the creativity and innovation they bring to the scene”: These are the 25 guitar-playing acts Fender thinks you should hear in 2024

Looking for fresh guitar inspiration? The Big F’s new artist program might have something for you

Guitar World · Apr 4, 2024

“If you can handle the fanned frets, this is a bass you’ll cherish for decades”: Dingwall John Taylor Signature review

After playing a custom Dingwall live with Duran Duran, John Taylor has launched his production model, loaded with a new bridge design, a Rupert Neve Design preamp to die for and a monster tonal range

Guitar World · Apr 4, 2024

Fabiana Palladino: Fabiana Palladino review – sublime 80s pop innovation meets 21st-century chaos

The musician’s long-gestating debut album melds killer tunes to grimy distortion and the scuffed gloss of Jam and Lewis-era Janet Jackson, and marks the flowering of an original pop voice

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024

“So funny, so personable, so goofy”: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett remembers hitching a ride from David Bowie

Metallica’s guitarist has told the story of how David Bowie came to the rescue when he didn’t have a ride to his hotel

Metal Hammer · Apr 4, 2024

“Basically I’d been set up. I woke up the following morning and wondered, ‘Did I just rejoin?’” How Pallas repaired the angry split with Alan Reed to deliver their eighth album in 48 years

Despite the acrimony of 2010, the glacial-speed band realised they’d all changed – and latest release The Messenger proves no one really ever leaves their family

Louder · Apr 4, 2024

“There does seem to be something of an obsession with lighter guitars”: Do lighter electric guitars sound better?

The debate surrounding the effect of weight on electric guitars and tone is long-running and often divisive. Our panel of experts, er, weigh in

Guitar World · Apr 4, 2024

“I bought a right-handed Hofner, re-strung it and learned to play like a lefty, which was a nightmare”: How The Bootleg Beatles’ Steve White became a carbon-copy Paul McCartney

Think you can play a bit like Sir Paul? It’s not as easy as you think, says Bootleg Beatles bassist Steve White

Guitar World · Apr 4, 2024

“I asked Ibanez for a Telecaster-style guitar with a single neck pickup. I was expecting them to make fun of me and say no!” Standards’ Marcos Mena is bringing joy to virtuoso playing with his custom mint green tapping machine

As the pop-shred maestro honed his fruit-inspired instrumental math-rock technique, Ibanez warned him his neck-pickup-only AZ might look bad – but it turned out to be his perfect guitar

Guitar World · Apr 4, 2024

“Martin is doing his own stuff. He should be having a whale of a time, instead of being embittered about Jethro Tull”: Ian Anderson seemingly rules out the prospect of a ‘Tull reunion with Martin Barre

Anderson doesn't think a reunion with Barre “would make the atmosphere within the band very easy”

Guitar World · Apr 4, 2024