Latest articles by Jonathan Horsley
Foxgear launches the Gurus Echosex 3º Steve Lukather Signature pedal, the “always-on” Echorec emulator that gives the Toto guitarist his secret sauce
“The Echosex 3° is the most important and used piece of gear I have,” says Lukather – and now you can stick one on your pedalboard, too
Bush’s Chris Traynor got the Fender Custom Shop to make him a baritone version of Keith Richards’ Micawber Telecaster
Traynor and Gavin Rossdale have revealed their touring rigs and there are some sweet low-end options besides the Rolling Stones homage, including budget Squier, Fender and fretless baritones
Kirk Hammett just bought one of the rarest Les Pauls ever made – a Factory Black ’59 Les Paul Standard
The Metallica guitarist has been unicorn hunting and bagged a true specimen from Carter Vintage Guitars – a guitar to make Greeny green with envy
Watch DragonForce’s Herman Li shred underwater as he goes Through the Fire and the Flames – and a water slide – to end up in a hot-tub
The DragonForce shredder and bassist Alicia Vigil donned masks and snorkels and turned power metal into a water sport during their set at the 70000 Tons of Metal Cruise 2023
NAMM 2023: Fishman debuts signature Fluence pickup sets for Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage – complete with an onboard nylon-string substitute setting
The Polyphia boys land the big Fishman, with each pickup featuring three voices, including the ridiculously tantalizing “nylon-string surrogate” mode on Henson’s neck humbucker
Watch Marcus King play a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Custom once owned by Paul Kossoff and Eric Clapton
King was on tour in France when super-collector Matthieu Lucas of Matt’s Guitar Shop dropped by with a very special single-cut in tow
Kiesel unveils the A2, a future-forward offset electric guitar and bass that marks the dramatic evolution of the Aries
The A2 guitar and bass debut a refined body shape and contouring to enhance ergonomics and offer players a speedy ride
Nita Strauss reunites with Alice Cooper for new single Winner Takes All – and Strauss is cutting heads in the solo
“There was no question that I wanted to create a song to collaborate with my longtime boss and friend, the legendary Alice Cooper,” says Strauss
The 50 greatest guitar riffs of all time
From metal to rock, punk to grunge, these are the best guitar riffs ever recorded, as voted for by you
Best 8-string guitars 2025: embrace the low-end with our djent-friendly electrics for all budgets
Extend your low end beyond your wildest dreams with our selection of the best 8-string electric guitars
High-school basketball player turns TikTok sensation after shredding The Star-Spangled Banner on a Jackson Soloist moments before taking to the court
If this Texas high school senior's jump shot is as good as his phrasing, look out for him in the NBA
Watch Eric Clapton pay tribute to Jeff Beck as he joins Jerry Douglas for an acoustic rendition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps and folk standard Sam Hall
Slowhand was a surprise guest onstage during Douglas's set at the Royal Festival Hall in London
Jesse Gress, Todd Rundgren guitarist and longstanding Guitar Player contributor, dies aged 67
Gress enjoyed a prolific career as a player and a writer of some of the best guitar reference books you could read, and his insightful lessons graced Guitar Player for over 30 years
Tired of playing power chords? Mr. Black has the pedal for you: the High-Five Instant Power Chord Generator
Just play the root note and this compact pitch-shifter will add the fifth and octave as if by magic, but you’d best hurry – it’s a limited-edition run
Tom Morello says he wrote a “phat jam” with Post Malone that could be the rap superstar’s Beat It
The Rage Against the Machine guitarist says it could be like Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson using rock guitar for something unexpected, and calls on Malone to finish the track and release it
Seymour Duncan and Mark Holcomb unveil Scarlet and Scourge humbuckers, wound for crushing tone through amp modelers
The Periphery riffer’s latest signature pickup set tells us where digital amp technology leads us, the pickups must follow
The full range of Marshall stompbox reissues has been seen in the wild – surely an official launch is coming soon
Okay, Marshall, when are we going to see these available at all good music stores across the world?
Buddy Guy says he and his pals would stash their wine in the back of his old Fender Bassman
The key to great vintage tone? The world’s greatest living bluesman salutes the tube combo that is useful in more ways than one – and keeper of some Leo Fender magic
Jimi Hendrix’s isolated guitar tracks from Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) studio outtakes have been posted on YouTube and they sound incredible
Enjoy a half-hour of electric guitar magic as Hendrix thinks out loud via the medium of Fender Stratocaster
Say hello to the Prusacaster, a 3D-printed offset electric guitar built around a $100 Tele-style starter kit
DIY guitar building just got a whole lot more exciting with this hybrid design that requires a Harley Benton T-style Guitar Kit, an MK3-sized 3D printer, some superglue and a steady hand
Watch Mike Campbell pick up his Gibson Firebird with Larkin Poe to perform Tom Petty classic Runnin’ Down a Dream
Campbell and fellow Heartbreaker alum Steve Ferrone brought the house down when they joined the Nashville roots rockers onstage in Los Angeles
Marty Friedman’s Japan Heritage Official Theme Song will make you want to visit Japan – and practice the guitar more
Friedman joins the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Shonosuke Okura for track celebrating Japanese culture through the medium of electric guitar
MOD Audio promises a “universe of reverbs at your feet” with its new Convolution reverb plugin – equipped with 15-second IR processing
Is this the future for multi-effects? Simply load your own reverbs onto the MOD Audio Dwarf’s plugin-powered device and you can design your own ambient adventure
