News Ashdown’s new SX tube amp series offers mid-priced options for vintage amps with modern features Available in five- and 50-watt formats, the new collection bolsters vintage tube tones with modern connectivity and settings for at-home and on-stage Gibson revives its forgotten '80s relic, the Victory, in response to “player requests” Three variants of the failed late-'80s guitar have been released as Gibson goes for a second bite of the Superstrat cherry, with some choice improvements Prince’s legendary While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was designed to settle a score with Rolling Stone The magazine left him off its 100 Greatest Guitar Players Of All Time list the year before, and Prince waited for the perfect moment to prove their judgment wrong Latest news Best guitar cables 2024: Hard-working cables that will preserve your tone By Matt McCracken last updated 6 September 24 Keep your tone untouched with the best guitar cables from the likes of Planet Waves, Mogami, Fender and more Watch Steve Lukather cover Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing, with Jeff Beck's White Strat By Jackson Maxwell published 6 September 24 The Toto guitarist revealed that Beck's camp has offered a number of other guitar heroes – including Billy Gibbons and John Mayer – a chance to use the Strat onstage as part of an ongoing tribute to the late guitar hero Boss unveils the SDE-3 Dual Delay – a Roland SDE-3000-inspired stompbox that can deliver two delay layers simultaneously By Phil Weller published 5 September 24 The famous ‘80s rackmount delay has been given its most condensed recreation, but its Offset function threatens to steal the show Alex Van Halen teases a snippet of Unfinished – the last song he worked on with his brother, Eddie By Phil Weller published 5 September 24 The song is set to feature in the audiobook version of the drummer’s soon-to-be-released autobiography, Brothers, and finds Eddie in melodious form Fender launches the Mustang Micro Plus, bolstering its lauded pocket amp with key quality-of-life upgrades By Phil Weller published 5 September 24 Now boasting 100 customizable presets with a vastly increased bank of amps and effects, Fender wants to “inspire musicians at every level” MXR creates an expressive, no-nonsense signature overdrive for Yngwie Malmsteen By Phil Weller published 4 September 24 With just Level and Gain controls, the pedal puts focus on even the slightest adjustments having a “profound impact” on its tone Billy Gibbons and Seymour Duncan recreate his signature Red Devil Strat pickup for Teles, and heat up the Pearly Gates humbuckers, in double-release By Phil Weller published 4 September 24 The double whammy of signature pickups will make guitars “stand up and bark,” says the ZZ Top guitarist Epiphone launches Inspired by Gibson Jimi Hendrix Flying V By Phil Weller published 4 September 24 The Flying V is a recreation of the instrument Hendrix played extensively in the 1960s, having painted its psychedelic patterns onto the guitar by hand Brian Ray on navigating nerves while learning the ropes in Paul McCartney’s band By Phil Weller published 2 September 24 He’s played sideman to Etta James, Keith Richards, and John Lee Hooker, but that didn’t make Brian Ray immune to nerves when he joined Paul McCartney’s band – he recalls the wisdom he received from Etta James that got him through Steve Hunter on the time he tracked the guitar solo for Aerosmith's Train Kept a Rollin' By Phil Weller published 30 August 24 The revered session player was briefly prized away from Bob Ezrin to help launch Aerosmith’s career – here's how 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 LATEST ARTICLES1Gibson revives its forgotten '80s relic, the Victory, in response to “player requests”2Prince’s legendary While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was designed to settle a score with Rolling Stone3“Paco needed to relax, so he smoked a joint and the second take was the one”: Al Di Meola on the magic of Mediterranean Sundance 4Peter Frampton on lessons learned from George Harrison and Steve Marriott5Watch Steve Lukather cover Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing, with Jeff Beck's White Strat
Best guitar cables 2024: Hard-working cables that will preserve your tone By Matt McCracken last updated 6 September 24 Keep your tone untouched with the best guitar cables from the likes of Planet Waves, Mogami, Fender and more
Watch Steve Lukather cover Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing, with Jeff Beck's White Strat By Jackson Maxwell published 6 September 24 The Toto guitarist revealed that Beck's camp has offered a number of other guitar heroes – including Billy Gibbons and John Mayer – a chance to use the Strat onstage as part of an ongoing tribute to the late guitar hero
Boss unveils the SDE-3 Dual Delay – a Roland SDE-3000-inspired stompbox that can deliver two delay layers simultaneously By Phil Weller published 5 September 24 The famous ‘80s rackmount delay has been given its most condensed recreation, but its Offset function threatens to steal the show
Alex Van Halen teases a snippet of Unfinished – the last song he worked on with his brother, Eddie By Phil Weller published 5 September 24 The song is set to feature in the audiobook version of the drummer’s soon-to-be-released autobiography, Brothers, and finds Eddie in melodious form
Fender launches the Mustang Micro Plus, bolstering its lauded pocket amp with key quality-of-life upgrades By Phil Weller published 5 September 24 Now boasting 100 customizable presets with a vastly increased bank of amps and effects, Fender wants to “inspire musicians at every level”
MXR creates an expressive, no-nonsense signature overdrive for Yngwie Malmsteen By Phil Weller published 4 September 24 With just Level and Gain controls, the pedal puts focus on even the slightest adjustments having a “profound impact” on its tone
Billy Gibbons and Seymour Duncan recreate his signature Red Devil Strat pickup for Teles, and heat up the Pearly Gates humbuckers, in double-release By Phil Weller published 4 September 24 The double whammy of signature pickups will make guitars “stand up and bark,” says the ZZ Top guitarist
Epiphone launches Inspired by Gibson Jimi Hendrix Flying V By Phil Weller published 4 September 24 The Flying V is a recreation of the instrument Hendrix played extensively in the 1960s, having painted its psychedelic patterns onto the guitar by hand
Brian Ray on navigating nerves while learning the ropes in Paul McCartney’s band By Phil Weller published 2 September 24 He’s played sideman to Etta James, Keith Richards, and John Lee Hooker, but that didn’t make Brian Ray immune to nerves when he joined Paul McCartney’s band – he recalls the wisdom he received from Etta James that got him through
Steve Hunter on the time he tracked the guitar solo for Aerosmith's Train Kept a Rollin' By Phil Weller published 30 August 24 The revered session player was briefly prized away from Bob Ezrin to help launch Aerosmith’s career – here's how
