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Best guitar picks 2025: awesome guitar picks to upgrade your playing
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
My expert guide to the best picks for electric, acoustic, and bass guitar

The myths of flying with your guitar busted by a pro musician
By Mike Dawes published
Mike Dawes is a touring guitarist playing over 200 shows every year, spanning everywhere from Iceland to Kenya. He lends us his top tips on keeping your guitar safe while traveling

“Plays like something several times the price”: Shergold Masquerader SM11 Standard review
By Dave Burrluck published
An original British guitar model – beloved of leftfielders like Bernard Sumner and Julian Cope – updated, modernized, and punching well above its new, lowly price point

Meet Don Musser, the ‘Dumble of acoustics’ who has made guitars for Dylan, EVH and Neil Young
By Huw Price published
He’s built guitars for some of the very biggest names in the business and yet Don Musser remains a known unknown. We track him down to fill in the blanks

Best guitar plugins 2025: my top plugins to level up your recorded guitar tones
By Matt McCracken published
Get better guitar tones for recording and practice with my pick of the best guitar amp plugins

Positive Grid turns the headphone amp market upside down with the wireless, AI-powered Neo
By Phil Weller published
With access to 100,00 tones and cable-free playing, the firm is aiming to take headphone amp technology to new heights

“If only we could hand out Michelin Stars for guitar-building”: JWJ Parlour Select, Orchestra Select and Slope Shoulder Select review
By David Mead published
This acoustic trio hails from UK-based JWJ’s Select Series, essentially guitars made to a spec that luthier Rich Jones would choose himself. Let’s see how they measure up

Positive Grid Spark 1 vs Spark 2: which one should you choose?
By Matt McCracken last updated
With the release of Spark 2, we've put the new amp and the original Spark head-to-head in a clash of the practice amps titans

I tested the Boss Katana Mini and Katana Mini X side-by-side to find out which is best and whether it's worth upgrading from the original portable amp
By Richard Blenkinsop published
We’ve put these two compact amps head to head to see which one offers the best features, tones and build quality for the money
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