Guitar Player Staff

Fixed or vibrato, this brief guide should have you up to speed in under ten minutes.

Get the lowdown on materials, truss rods, scale lengths and joints with this simple guide.

A brief guide to the source of tone.

Ebony, maple, rosewood, pau ferro or synthetic – we all seem to have our favorites.

Electric guitar bodies come in a huge variety of shapes, sizes and tonewoods; here are the basics every player needs to know.

The lowdown on our independent reviewing process, and the criteria we uses to assess guitars, amps and pedals

The torch of 'Greeny' has been handed to guitar luminaries since 1959.

The slide statesman remembers the world class custom amp builder who passed away January 16, 2022, at age 77.

We dig the dirt on the latest from Vertex, Boss, TC Electronic, Blackstar, Walrus, JHS and Wampler.