Total Guitar

Spinal Tap are ready to reunite… with a little help from Paul McCartney and Elton John

With the likes of Fender, Gibson and Marshall returning to Anaheim at long last, this year’s event is set to be the biggest in five years – with secrets and surprises to match

The meme machine has expanded its empire into the world of film with a debut documentary that tells the story of one of the wildest cover bands ever

The musicians were honored alongside Francis Ford Coppola and Arturo Sandoval in an event that took place on December 8 and aired yesterday on CBS

Though he isn’t directly involved in the show night-on-night, Delson has been instrumental in what the band delivers on the road

Passive and active editions have been launched, but both come optimized with some clever, player-adjustable additions

The feature-length film about the legendary vintage gear shop is due to land before the end of the year – and it will star some huge names

The Radiohead bassist also reflects on what makes Thom Yorke's guitar playing different from Jonny Greenwood's

BEAT has been celebrating King Crimson’s 1980s albums, with Adrian Belew and Steve Vai’s new guitar partnership at its core

In the late 1970s, Fetters swung by the studio to pick up Belew, but ended up picking up a rather famous plus one for the journey home

Downsized reimagining of EHX’s best-selling 360 Looper channels the original’s magic, adds unlimited overdubs, and bottles it all in an ultra-tiny chassis

MusiCare Pro sought to create a strap that could alleviate common playing pains, but ended up creating something with additional performative benefits

In the early '90s, buying guitar strings meant excessive packaging – until D'Addario had a light bulb moment that changed the game

Macca’s original Höfner violin bass had been missing for half a century, but recently marked its return to the stage in style

Pierce recalls laying down guitar parts for what was originally supposed to be just the demo of Jon Bon Jovi's debut single

Offering over 10 hours of battery life between charges, this marks the firm’s first rechargeable, cable-free pedal-powering solution

When the Osbourne camp began searching for Jake E. Lee’s replacement, a neo-classical speed shredder featured high up on their list

Bruce Springsteen called Dunlap's post-Replacements solo materal “just beautiful rock ‘n’ roll records”