Latest articles by Richard Bienstock
Wampler unveils Andy Wood Gearbox Signature Overdrive, designed to be the “driving force behind your sound”
Dual-channel pedal houses the company’s popular Tumnus and Pinnacle circuits under one roof
Watch snippet of AC/DC’s Brian Johnson performing Back in Black with the Foo Fighters at Vax Live concert
The full event, which also features Eddie Vedder and H.E.R., will air May 8
The top 10 things to know about Gibson in 2021
We're still easing into the new year, but Gibson has already come blasting out of the gate with fresh and exciting products, endeavors, collaborations and, of course, electric and acoustic guitars
Boost your doom tones with Ananashead Effects’ new GT73 overdrive
Compact stompbox is based on classic Matamp preamp design, with solid-state build and Bass-Boost knob
Four-hour career-spanning Kiss documentary to air in June
A&E’s Biography: KISStory will feature new interviews with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley
John Petrucci partners with Iron Smoke Distillery for new Rock the Barrel signature whiskey
Dream Theater virtuoso prepares to shred taste buds with new 120-proof bourbon
Friedman offers up a small high-gain wonder with the BE Mini amp
All the crunch and gain of the company’s famed BE circuit, now in a four-pound, affordably-priced design
Squier unveils Fender Special Run Mustang, HSS Strat and Tele models with fresh finishes, limited-edition specs
Special-run models offer eye-popping looks at super-affordable prices
Join Sophie Burrell on a tour of the various amps, effects and more on tap in IK Multimedia’s amazing new AmpliTube 5
“You could easily record an album just using this plugin given the options that are on hand,” Burrell says
At the Gates release shredding new single, Spectre of Extinction, featuring King Diamond's Andy LaRocque
The Swedish melodic death-metal pioneers' new album, The Nightmare of Being, is out in July
Watch Reverb.com’s eagerly anticipated The Pedal Movie now
The feature-length film, which explores the comprehensive history of effect pedals, is out today
Watch a new director’s cut of Prince’s legendary While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo, now with more Prince
Re-edited clip still doesn’t reveal where his guitar landed
Tony Iommi had to warn Eddie Van Halen to “behave” on the 1978 Black Sabbath/Van Halen tour
The British metal legends feared the young support band was “ripping them off,” according to a new EVH biography
How Fender built Mike McCready’s Custom Shop Strat, one of its most intricate replicas yet
The Pearl Jam guitarist and Master Builder Vincent Van Trigt detail how the '59 became a '60, and what went into making the painstaking recreation
Nux’s Mighty Bass 50BT amp offers powerful bass tone with tons of flexibility in a compact package
Three-channel 50-watt amp packs in modeling tech, cab IRs, deep tone-editing tools and much more
Watch John Petrucci watch other guitarists try to play like John Petrucci
Mere guitar mortals take on Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment songs, and the prog-metal master weighs in
Quilter Labs' SuperBlock series aims to pack big amp power and versatility into pedal formats
SuperBlock US and UK designs offer a range of American and British-style tones at 25- and one-watt options
John McLaughlin announces lockdown-themed album built around “transcontinental collaborations”
Liberation Time is out July 16
Watch Dave Grohl and his 15-year-old daughter Violet cover X's Nausea with Krist Novoselic and Dave Lombardo
The “supergroup” performed the 1980 track Nausea on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Marcus Machado: “Learn the rhythms, learn the changes – that's what’s important to any gig. Nobody's going to hire you for how fast you play the solo“
He's collaborated with the likes of Anderson .Paak and Robert Glasper, fused hard rock and hip-hop with th1rt3en, and now Machado channels Jimi Hendrix, Nile Rodgers and, yes, Prince, on his searingly funky new album, Aquarius Purple
Take a deep dive into the Gibson App – “the one app that does it all” – with guitarist and educator R.J. Ronquillo
“It’s designed for everybody, from the newbie guitarist to the absolute rock star,” R.J. says
7 famous guitar intros that will give you chills
Music Is Win’s Tyler Larson plays the goosebump-inducing riffs and licks, with a little help from Positive Grid’s new Spark Pearl
Austin guitar great Denny Freeman, who played with Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, dies aged 76
A central figure in the Austin blues explosion, Freeman also worked with Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal and many others
