Rob Laing

Rob Laing

Rob is the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before that he worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar, and is a regular contributor to Guitar Player and Guitar World.

Latest articles by Rob Laing

Two AER acoustic guitar amps with an acoustic guitar leaning on a chair

Best Acoustic Guitar Amps: Top Acoustic Amplifiers And Preamp Pedals

By Rob Laing published

Step onstage with our top picks of the best acoustic guitar amps and preamp pedals from Boss, AER, LR Baggs, Fishman, and more

Two Taylor acoustic guitars lying on a rug

Best Taylor Guitars: Our Pick Of The Finest Taylor Acoustic guitars You Can Buy Today

By Rob Laing last updated

Marrying innovation with sustainability, these instruments are Taylor-made for your collection

Fender Acoustasonic and PRS semi-hollow body guitars with case and amp

Best Semi-Hollow Guitars: The Top Choices From PRS, Fender, Eastman, Gibson and More

By Rob Laing, Daryl Robertson last updated

We give our expert opinion on the top semi-hollow body guitars available today

BB Playing a 1960s Gibson ES-330TD

Here’s Some Blues You Can Really Use

By Rob Laing, Jon Bishop, Chris Bird published

Improve your playing with this master class on everything you need to know for better blues.

Black and white photo of BB King sat down holding his Gibson guitar

10 of the Greatest Blues Guitar Tones Ever Recorded

By Rob Laing published

Sumptuous sounds from the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Jack White.