News Win tickets to see Dweezil Zappa in San Francisco Frank Zappa’s prodigal son will play a set of his father's legendary music at the Warfield Theatre on August 4 Martin and Reverb unite for an exclusive non-cutaway Grand Performance acoustic The limited edition guitar is available exclusively on Reverb, and offers a “light, airy, and fun” playing experience Matteo Mancuso pays homage to his hero, Paul Gilbert, with new track, Paul Position Having wowed Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa, and Al Di Meola, the Sicilian guitarist has doffed his cap to another guitar legend, with the help of a brand-new Bacci baritone Latest news Dickey Betts initially “hated” having to play Duane Allman's slide parts By Jackson Maxwell published 23 July 24 Though he did so with incredible creative and commercial success, leading the Allman Brothers Band in the wake of Duane Allman's untimely passing took a heavy toll on Betts, emotionally and musically Brian May on the trials and tribulations of building the Red Special By Jackson Maxwell published 22 July 24 May famously built the original with his father while in his teens. The duo even originally built the guitar's pickups themselves, though on that particular front they faced some headwinds Blackstar keeps it simple with the tube-powered, American-voiced, and vintage-inspired TV-10A combo amp By Phil Weller published 18 July 24 Channeling the charm of Fender tweed-style amps, the 1x12” comes with a host of modern flourishes Steve Howe says writing on keyboards let him get experimental on his new solo album, Guitarscape By Phil Weller published 18 July 24 Guitarscape is out in September and sees the eclectic guitarist branching out into “unconventional” songwriting that takes in his full range of playing styles Positive Grid’s Spark 2 will have a looper feature – fixing a flaw of the hugely successful first-gen modeler By Phil Weller published 18 July 24 The follow-up to the game-changing home modeling amp will be fully unveiled in August, but the firm has already revealed it will have the looper feature many craved from its predecessor These 11 outstanding Prime Day guitar deals are still live – including electric guitars, acoustics, amps and more By Daryl Robertson published 18 July 24 Missed out on an epic Prime Day bargain? Fear not, these deals are very much alive and kicking Prime Day guitar deals 2024: All of the best sales from Prime Day that are still live By Chris Barnes last updated 18 July 24 Day two of Amazon Prime Day has come to a close, but there are still savings to be had Johnny Marr’s The The-era '62 American Vintage Strat reissue to be auctioned off By Phil Weller published 17 July 24 The instrument will be sold alongside the Mesa Boogie touring rig Marr used on the post-punk band’s 1989-90 world tour Mark Knopfler teams up with music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins to give away a signed – and extremely rare – Boswell acoustic By Phil Weller published 17 July 24 The Boswell 0-14MK/TR-LTD is one of only two dozen of its kind to be made, and Knopfler’s own model features extensively on his latest album Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride reveals the Ritchie Blackmore lick that's given him the most trouble By Phil Weller published 17 July 24 The Irish bluesman joined the band in 2022, but is still haunted by one particular slice of Ritchie Blackmore shred 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 READ1David Cassidy on seeing Hendrix, learning from the session guitar greats, and jamming with Paul McCartney and John Lennon2Martin and Reverb unite for an exclusive non-cutaway Grand Performance acoustic3Matteo Mancuso pays homage to his hero, Paul Gilbert, with new track, Paul Position 4Joe Satriani’s custom Eddie Van Halen-flavored 3rd Power amp is now available as a plugin – with real amps on the way 5David Gilmour explains his preference for vintage guitars, and demos his 1945 Martin D-18
Dickey Betts initially “hated” having to play Duane Allman's slide parts By Jackson Maxwell published 23 July 24 Though he did so with incredible creative and commercial success, leading the Allman Brothers Band in the wake of Duane Allman's untimely passing took a heavy toll on Betts, emotionally and musically
Brian May on the trials and tribulations of building the Red Special By Jackson Maxwell published 22 July 24 May famously built the original with his father while in his teens. The duo even originally built the guitar's pickups themselves, though on that particular front they faced some headwinds
Blackstar keeps it simple with the tube-powered, American-voiced, and vintage-inspired TV-10A combo amp By Phil Weller published 18 July 24 Channeling the charm of Fender tweed-style amps, the 1x12” comes with a host of modern flourishes
Steve Howe says writing on keyboards let him get experimental on his new solo album, Guitarscape By Phil Weller published 18 July 24 Guitarscape is out in September and sees the eclectic guitarist branching out into “unconventional” songwriting that takes in his full range of playing styles
Positive Grid’s Spark 2 will have a looper feature – fixing a flaw of the hugely successful first-gen modeler By Phil Weller published 18 July 24 The follow-up to the game-changing home modeling amp will be fully unveiled in August, but the firm has already revealed it will have the looper feature many craved from its predecessor
These 11 outstanding Prime Day guitar deals are still live – including electric guitars, acoustics, amps and more By Daryl Robertson published 18 July 24 Missed out on an epic Prime Day bargain? Fear not, these deals are very much alive and kicking
Prime Day guitar deals 2024: All of the best sales from Prime Day that are still live By Chris Barnes last updated 18 July 24 Day two of Amazon Prime Day has come to a close, but there are still savings to be had
Johnny Marr’s The The-era '62 American Vintage Strat reissue to be auctioned off By Phil Weller published 17 July 24 The instrument will be sold alongside the Mesa Boogie touring rig Marr used on the post-punk band’s 1989-90 world tour
Mark Knopfler teams up with music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins to give away a signed – and extremely rare – Boswell acoustic By Phil Weller published 17 July 24 The Boswell 0-14MK/TR-LTD is one of only two dozen of its kind to be made, and Knopfler’s own model features extensively on his latest album
Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride reveals the Ritchie Blackmore lick that's given him the most trouble By Phil Weller published 17 July 24 The Irish bluesman joined the band in 2022, but is still haunted by one particular slice of Ritchie Blackmore shred