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A pair of headphones on top of a guitar amp

Best guitar amp headphones 2025: Top choices for covert practice sessions

By Matt McCracken last updated

Play your guitar ear-responsibly with these superb headphones from Audio-Technica, Beyerdynamic, Sennheiser and more

Live Studio
An IK Multimedia Tonex One mini amp modeling pedal lying on a guitar cable

Best pedal amps 2025: Power up your pedalboard with an amp in a box

By Matt McCracken last updated

Save on visits to the chiropractor with our pick of the best pedalboard-friendly amp simulators

Lessons
Strymon Volante delay pedal on a wooden floor

Best delay pedals 2025: Elevate your tone from subtle to stratospheric

By Matt McCracken last updated

Make your tone massive with our pick of the best delay stompboxes from Line 6, Boss, Strymon and more

Pedals & Pedalboards
Close up of the bridge, strings, and sound hole of a Taylor GS-Mini acoustic guitar

Best acoustic guitars 2025: Our pick of the very best beginner, intermediate and top-end acoustics

By Daryl Robertson last updated

From high quality entry-level models, to top-of-the-range collector’s pieces, we look at the best acoustic guitars available today

Acoustic Guitars
Gibson ES-335 on top of a case

Best Blues Guitars 2025: Play Away The Blues With Our Top Choices From Gibson, Fender, Duesenberg, PRS, And More

By Daryl Robertson last updated

We hope you have your best pentatonic licks at the ready because with blues guitars this good, you're going to need them!

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

Best acoustic guitar amps 2025: top acoustic amplifiers and preamp pedals

By Rob Laing last updated

Boost and sweeten your instrument’s tone with the best acoustic guitar amps from likes of Boss, Fishman, AER, Orange and more

Amps
Man playing a white Stratocaster with a guitar pick

Best guitar picks 2025: Get to grips with your playing with our top choice plectrums

By Richard Blenkinsop last updated

Find the perfect fit with our selection of the guitar picks for electric, bass and acoustic guitars

Guitars
Young guitarist in a black t-shirt bathed in orange light and holding an acoustic guitar

Best beginner acoustic guitars 2025: Start as you mean to go on

By Richard Blenkinsop published

Our pick of tried-and-tested beginner acoustics from trusted brands including Taylor, Fender, Sigma and more

Acoustic Guitars
Ibanez Talman bass on dark blue background

Best bass guitars 2025: Four- and five-string options for every style and budget

By Matt McCracken last updated

From top-end Rickenbackers to budget-friendly squiers, the best basses take many forms – these are the ones to consider right now

Guitars
A Gretsch G2220 Junior Jet bass guitar on a wooden table

Best beginner bass guitars 2025: Starting you off on your low-end journey

By Chris Corfield published

Great models for budding bass stars from Squier, Ibanez, Gretsch, Sterling by Music Man and more

Guitars
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