Latest articles by Phil Weller
Gibson adds the ES to its Supreme series – with Art Deco aesthetics and split coil pickups
The guitar aims to take the tonal chameleon-isms of the model to a new level, with a recently rediscovered Art Deco design adorning its headstock
The night Eric Clapton invited Richie Sambora to a dream jam session
The former Bon Jovi man opens up on being accepted by the blues community and his heroes, having cut his teeth playing the blues as a young, hopeful guitarist
Blackstar says it’s fixed the biggest audio interface issue that guitarists face with the new Polar 2
The British gear firm conducted research to find where existing interfaces were letting players down – and it's resulted in a new, slick-looking device
Chris Shiflett on trying to convince Joe Bonamassa his Murphy Lab ‘59 Les Paul was genuine
The Foo Fighters guitarist had just bought the custom shop reissue, but Bonamassa wasn't falling for it
Laney says its new Lionheart Foundry solid-state combos can rival tube amps
The British amp makers have used analog gear to, the company says, recreate the sound and feel of tube amps with this trio of 60-watt units
Chris Shiflett on ditching tube amps for a Quad Cortex onstage, and on his new solo EP
Opting for the modeler due to time constraints around its recording, the Foo Fighters man says its tones get “very close to vintage amps”
Paul Reed Smith believes woods do affect tone, but brings a fresh perspective to the table
The luthier has detailed the science behind his company's wood testing, and believes his Guatemalan fence post guitar shouldn’t be sneered at
Wolfgang Van Halen doesn't want to sound like his dad – but holds one soloing lesson from him to heart
Wolfgang likened his approach to guitar solos to Intervals’ Aaron Marshall, who he says is “incredibly influential”
Dweezil Zappa gets a “microphonic” signature Shabat guitar with some tricks up its sleeve
Equipped with a push-pull phase shift that replicates the charm of an Octavia pedal, Zappa says that the new model “feels alive”
Fender enters the wireless system market with the small but feature-packed Telepath
Offering up to 70m of low-latency signal, it offers cable tone simulation for those who feel cables give the best tone
Fender uses DSP modeling for a faithful – and affordable – recreation of its ‘59 Bassman amp
It’s the first tweed amp to be added to the company's modern-minded Tone Master collection
Joe Bonamassa tracks down Lowell George's Dumble Overdrive Special after a 15-year search
The amp and its matching cab haven’t been played live in 45 years, but Bonamassa says he’ll be gigging with it by the end of the year
Fender will return to NAMM in 2025
The company will make its first appearance at the world's biggest guitar gear trade show since 2020 after a shock U-turn
Junior Marvin on seeing one of Jimi Hendrix's early UK gigs
Having just witnessed him blow away a star-studded audience, the Wailers guitarist was stunned to find that Hendrix was too shy to even look at him afterwards
Marshall celebrates 100 years of Celestion with a standout, super-limited and hand-crafted Studio JTM head and cab
A down-sized version of the Marshall JTM45 head, it comes stocked with Celestion's new 100 speaker, which celebrates the latter firm's early innovations
Gibson's Custom Shop recreates Jeff Beck’s 1959 ‘YardBurst’ Les Paul Standard
Boasting specs and aesthetics mirroring the original version of Beck’s cherished guitar, only 130 of this premium instrument will be produced
Michael Schenker teams up with Slash, Adrian Vandenberg, and more for album of UFO re-recordings
My Years with UFO celebrates the guitarist's '70s-era spell with the beloved rockers, with the help of an all-star cast
Guns N’ Roses producer Mike Clink says Slash made the Les Paul cool again
Despite the fact that Slash's original Les Paul of choice wasn't actually a Gibson, the man behind the desk for Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion says that the band’s popularity helped put the Les Paul-into-a Marshall equation back in vogue
John Mayer confirms he's using tube amps at Dead & Company's Sphere concerts – but their location has caught everyone off guard
Fans had speculated that the guitarist had made the switch to modeling amps, but he’s taken to Instagram to reveal a surprising truth
Reverb returns to Joe Bonamassa’s home for ‘Welcome Back to Nerdville’ mini-documentary
From seances and trash bag Flying Vs, to Gibson-inspired interior design, a new Reverb film charts Bonamassa’s growing vintage gear collection – and unearths some fantastic tales along the way
Yamaha launches two FS9 acoustics – which are inspired by a Japanese woodworking technique
With inlays inspired by the Japanese practice of Kumiki, the no-expenses-spared FS9 R and FS9 M look to cater specifically to the art of finger-picking guitar
Michael Anthony says there’s unreleased Van Halen material – but we “probably” won't hear it
Though the band’s final album was the only record the bassist didn’t feature on, Anthony says ideas he helped develop in Van Halen's early days were revisited for the album
George Benson to head up star-studded guitar event with Steve Lukather and Tommy Emmanuel
Taking place in January 2025, the four-day event will host workshops, jam sessions, and concerts, with John Schofield, Andy Timmons and Stanley Jordan also set to star
