News Pink Floyd's Echoes marked David Gilmour's emergence as a guitar hero – and its surreal tonal highlight was created by accident Having spent years attempting to settle on a sonic direction in the wake of the departure of Syd Barrett in 1968, Echoes was the sound of a band finally locking into place John Mayer reveals signature Ernie Ball string set with a unique gauge combination Years in the making, the 10.5–47 set meets Mayer’s exacting standards and has been thoroughly roadtested "The words just popped into my head!" Guitarist Mars Bonfire reveals the strange story behind “heavy metal thunder” and Steppenwolf's “Born to Be Wild” Mars Bonfire says his song was rejected by numerous publishers before Steppenwolf turned it into a hit rock and roll anthem Latest news Gibson recreates Johnny Cash’s legendary SJ-200 – and honors his daughter, Rosanne, with her own J-185 By Phil Weller published 28 August 24 The release marks Gibson’s first-ever father-daughter guitar drop, with the premium builds limited to just 100 units apiece Alex Van Halen’s upcoming audiobook memoir will feature the final song he wrote with Eddie By Phil Weller published 28 August 24 The book, titled Brothers, reflects on the pair's relationship, from their childhood through to their world-conquering “bad boy behavior” in Van Halen Dave Navarro reveals why he declined an offer to join Guns 'n' Roses By Phil Weller published 26 August 24 The guitarist soon, however, joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers instead and discussed the lessons learned in a candid new interview with GP Blackstar unveils the Debut 30E – a 30-watt analog amp with a built-in tape echo and custom-designed 1x10” speaker By Phil Weller published 22 August 24 The British firm’s acclaimed Debut series continues to grow four years on, with the features of the 10E and 15E given a mightier output Finneas becomes the first-ever Fender Acoustasonic artist with two signature Telecaster models By Phil Weller published 22 August 24 Both the standard and limited edition models have been crafted to be even better in the studio via improved electronics and onboard chorus effects MXR’s Randy Rhoads Distortion+ pedal is finally here – bringing a slice of his legendary “chip pan” pedalboard to market By Phil Weller published 21 August 24 The late guitarist’s MXR distortion pedal was a key part of his sound, and after years of “painstaking” research, MXR has completed its recreation of the pedal Fender launches the first-ever Certified Pre-owned Reverb store – offering its second-hand instruments at a discount By Phil Weller published 21 August 24 All guitars are professionally inspected before being listed, come with a one-year warranty, and are on average 25 percent cheaper After the 2010 Tennessee floods, Keith Urban had to abandon his ruined guitar collection for last-minute eBay buys in the studio By Phil Weller published 21 August 24 Urban says he was forced to buy a Clapton Strat to fill the void, but felt like he was “cheating” on his beloved guitars Universal Audio’s new Anti 1992 amp-in-a-pedal aims to emulate the Van Halen-loved Peavey 5150 amplifier By Phil Weller published 20 August 24 The latest addition to the California firm's UAFX pedal collection, the high-gain creation packs a host of features designed to excite rock and metal guitarists The Gibson Theodore becomes the latest model to join Leo Scala’s high-end Master Artisan collection By Phil Weller published 20 August 24 The legendary luthier has continued his work with Gibson, re-imagining former president Theodore McCarty’s vision of the futuristic guitars as if they were built in 1957 – the year they were designed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives 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 ARTICLES1Pink Floyd's Echoes marked David Gilmour's emergence as a guitar hero – and its surreal tonal highlight was created by accident2“They had strippers and crabs everywhere... People would get pissed and start shooting at the stage. You had to duck and keep playing!” Stevie Ray Vaughan talks his Number One Strat, Dumbles, and his craziest gigs in classic GP interview3“The guitar allows me to switch my brain off from trying to understand the music... The mistakes make it interesting.” Crowded House's Neil Finn on his trial-and-error approach to playing and songwriting 4"What did we do when the record company asked us for a disco hit? We gave them Highway To Hell!" An archive interview with AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young 5Steve Stevens: The 10 Albums That Changed My Life
Gibson recreates Johnny Cash’s legendary SJ-200 – and honors his daughter, Rosanne, with her own J-185 By Phil Weller published 28 August 24 The release marks Gibson’s first-ever father-daughter guitar drop, with the premium builds limited to just 100 units apiece
Alex Van Halen’s upcoming audiobook memoir will feature the final song he wrote with Eddie By Phil Weller published 28 August 24 The book, titled Brothers, reflects on the pair's relationship, from their childhood through to their world-conquering “bad boy behavior” in Van Halen
Dave Navarro reveals why he declined an offer to join Guns 'n' Roses By Phil Weller published 26 August 24 The guitarist soon, however, joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers instead and discussed the lessons learned in a candid new interview with GP
Blackstar unveils the Debut 30E – a 30-watt analog amp with a built-in tape echo and custom-designed 1x10” speaker By Phil Weller published 22 August 24 The British firm’s acclaimed Debut series continues to grow four years on, with the features of the 10E and 15E given a mightier output
Finneas becomes the first-ever Fender Acoustasonic artist with two signature Telecaster models By Phil Weller published 22 August 24 Both the standard and limited edition models have been crafted to be even better in the studio via improved electronics and onboard chorus effects
MXR’s Randy Rhoads Distortion+ pedal is finally here – bringing a slice of his legendary “chip pan” pedalboard to market By Phil Weller published 21 August 24 The late guitarist’s MXR distortion pedal was a key part of his sound, and after years of “painstaking” research, MXR has completed its recreation of the pedal
Fender launches the first-ever Certified Pre-owned Reverb store – offering its second-hand instruments at a discount By Phil Weller published 21 August 24 All guitars are professionally inspected before being listed, come with a one-year warranty, and are on average 25 percent cheaper
After the 2010 Tennessee floods, Keith Urban had to abandon his ruined guitar collection for last-minute eBay buys in the studio By Phil Weller published 21 August 24 Urban says he was forced to buy a Clapton Strat to fill the void, but felt like he was “cheating” on his beloved guitars
Universal Audio’s new Anti 1992 amp-in-a-pedal aims to emulate the Van Halen-loved Peavey 5150 amplifier By Phil Weller published 20 August 24 The latest addition to the California firm's UAFX pedal collection, the high-gain creation packs a host of features designed to excite rock and metal guitarists
The Gibson Theodore becomes the latest model to join Leo Scala’s high-end Master Artisan collection By Phil Weller published 20 August 24 The legendary luthier has continued his work with Gibson, re-imagining former president Theodore McCarty’s vision of the futuristic guitars as if they were built in 1957 – the year they were designed
