Gear Best Travel Guitars 2024: Top Portable Instruments From Lowden, Furch, Martin and more From short scale acoustics to carry-on electrics, we look at the best travel guitars available right now “The Opus might not displace your Helix, Fractal, Kemper or Quad Cortex, but it offers a lot of good-sounding emulation in a compact and usable package at a fraction of the price”: Two Notes Opus Amp Sim and IR Loader Unit review There’s a lot of sound and even more flexibility in this little box, and it should prove to be exactly what many guitarists are looking for “The Brown setting is the closest you’ll get to playing one of Eddie Van Halen’s Super Leads – at least in a pedal”: UAFX Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp review The Lion’s ability to replicate the attitude, pureness of tone and touch responsiveness of vintage Marshalls, and then combine it all with emulations of the right speakers and cabs, makes it one impressive package Latest gear Hard to Find but Worth the Hunt, Yamaha’s Prized ‘Flying Banana’ SG-3c Is One of the Best Holy Grail Oddball Guitars on the Vintage Market By Terry Carleton published 30 June 23 Rising considerably in price, this great playing, great sounding axe is quality all the way A Favorite of Jimmy Page, Don Felder and Slash, the Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Solidbody Started out Here By Rod Brakes published 30 June 23 This rare, custom-order 1957 Gibson Double 12 features six- and 12-string necks Best Tube Amps: Top Choices from Fender, Marshall, MESA/Boogie and More By Richard Blenkinsop last updated 29 June 23 Looking for the rich tone only a valve amp can provide? Well, these are our top picks of the best tube amps on the market right now for all budgets Best Epiphone Les Pauls: 10 Wallet-Friendly Single-Cuts That Give Gibson A Run For Its Money By Daryl Robertson last updated 28 June 23 This epic guide to the best Epiphone Les Pauls proves you don't need to spend big to get those legendary rock tones Best Acoustic Guitar Strings: Our Top Picks From Budget To Boutique By Matt McCracken last updated 22 June 23 If you’re serious about your unplugged performance, make sure you have a set of the best acoustic strings on your guitar Best Martin Guitars: 11 Top Choices From Budget To Premium By James Farmer last updated 19 June 23 Considering a Martin? Here's Guitar Player’s pick of Martin acoustics for every type of player With Its Combination Fuzz-Phase Effect, Roland’s Jet Phaser AP-7 Can Sound Like a Jet Taking Off By Dave Hunter published 16 June 23 Sibling to the Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, this 1970s vintage stompbox kicks out a raw, raucous, perpetual motion-type effect that virtually takes over your instrument The History of Rickenbacker 360/365/370/375 Capris By Rod Brakes published 15 June 23 Rickenbacker’s Deluxe semi-hollow electrics exhibited the full artistry of master luthier Roger Rossmeisl This Experimental 1951 Fender Telecaster Has a Story Like No Other Vintage Guitar By Rod Brakes published 14 June 23 David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars tells the amazing tale of a prototype Bigsby Tele in an unusual sunburst finish The Incredible Story of How a Guitar Magazine Helped Find John Lennon’s Long-Lost Gibson J-160E By Christopher Scapelliti published 14 June 23 Missing since 1963, this iconic Beatles guitar was found over half a century later and sold at auction for $2.4 million 123456789Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1“Sometimes things like that just come together, like a piece of magic. I wrote that song in just five minutes”: Dickey Betts on dueling with Duane Allman, composing Allman Brothers' biggest hit, and the oddball Les Paul/SG hybrid he “personally designed”2“When I heard Lindley play that, I went, ‘That’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life’”: All-star tribute show in honor of David Lindley, one of the greatest sidemen of all time, announced3“We all knew it was really good… The guitar playing is just amazing”: How Dickey Betts made “Ramblin’ Man”, triumphed over tragedy and led the Allman Brothers to their greatest success4“The chord progression in the Highway Star solo – Bm, to a Db, C, and then G – is a Bach progression”: Ritchie Blackmore on Steve Howe, Jimi Hendrix, classical influences and more5“Dickey was larger-than-life, and his loss will be felt worldwide”: The Allman Brothers Band’s Dickey Betts has died at 80
Hard to Find but Worth the Hunt, Yamaha’s Prized ‘Flying Banana’ SG-3c Is One of the Best Holy Grail Oddball Guitars on the Vintage Market By Terry Carleton published 30 June 23 Rising considerably in price, this great playing, great sounding axe is quality all the way
A Favorite of Jimmy Page, Don Felder and Slash, the Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Solidbody Started out Here By Rod Brakes published 30 June 23 This rare, custom-order 1957 Gibson Double 12 features six- and 12-string necks
Best Tube Amps: Top Choices from Fender, Marshall, MESA/Boogie and More By Richard Blenkinsop last updated 29 June 23 Looking for the rich tone only a valve amp can provide? Well, these are our top picks of the best tube amps on the market right now for all budgets
Best Epiphone Les Pauls: 10 Wallet-Friendly Single-Cuts That Give Gibson A Run For Its Money By Daryl Robertson last updated 28 June 23 This epic guide to the best Epiphone Les Pauls proves you don't need to spend big to get those legendary rock tones
Best Acoustic Guitar Strings: Our Top Picks From Budget To Boutique By Matt McCracken last updated 22 June 23 If you’re serious about your unplugged performance, make sure you have a set of the best acoustic strings on your guitar
Best Martin Guitars: 11 Top Choices From Budget To Premium By James Farmer last updated 19 June 23 Considering a Martin? Here's Guitar Player’s pick of Martin acoustics for every type of player
With Its Combination Fuzz-Phase Effect, Roland’s Jet Phaser AP-7 Can Sound Like a Jet Taking Off By Dave Hunter published 16 June 23 Sibling to the Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, this 1970s vintage stompbox kicks out a raw, raucous, perpetual motion-type effect that virtually takes over your instrument
The History of Rickenbacker 360/365/370/375 Capris By Rod Brakes published 15 June 23 Rickenbacker’s Deluxe semi-hollow electrics exhibited the full artistry of master luthier Roger Rossmeisl
This Experimental 1951 Fender Telecaster Has a Story Like No Other Vintage Guitar By Rod Brakes published 14 June 23 David Davidson of Well Strung Guitars tells the amazing tale of a prototype Bigsby Tele in an unusual sunburst finish
The Incredible Story of How a Guitar Magazine Helped Find John Lennon’s Long-Lost Gibson J-160E By Christopher Scapelliti published 14 June 23 Missing since 1963, this iconic Beatles guitar was found over half a century later and sold at auction for $2.4 million