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 Brian May on the one pedal that has come close to nailing his sound By Phil Weller published 13 June 24 The pedal comes in at a mere $180 – but May adds that there is one thing it can’t do G&L is bringing back the Rampage for its first production run in nearly 40 years By Phil Weller published 13 June 24 The no-nonsense Strat-style build has become a cult classic thanks to Jerry Cantrell, and a new-and-improved model is set to hit the market later this year Ian Bairnson's Wuthering Heights Les Paul Custom surpasses expectations as it's sold at auction By Phil Weller published 12 June 24 Bairnson famously played the solo with a broken arm, and the guitar he used, which featured on Kate Bush's first four albums, more than doubled its estimated value of £10,000 Adrian Belew on the time Seymour Duncan set fire to his Strat – and inadvertently created the first relic’d guitar By Phil Weller published 12 June 24 Belew had sought the expertise of his friend Seymour Duncan to fix his “ugly-ass guitar” – but he didn’t expect his trigger-happy solution The story of how Fender nearly worked with Les Paul By Phil Weller published 12 June 24 Leo Fender saw the potential of Les Paul’s solidbody guitar concept, but the latter opted not to work with the legendary luthier Gibson recreates Charlie Starr's beloved 1956 Les Paul Junior for a limited signature model By Phil Weller published 11 June 24 The guitar, which once belonged to Georgia Satellites guitarist Rick Richards, has been a key fixture in Blackberry Smoke's career Brian May is in talks with Gibson to produce new Red Special replicas By Phil Weller published 11 June 24 Speculation regarding what the new May-Gibson partnership will produce has been hotting up, and now May has poured fuel on the fire Ritchie Blackmore's first Strat came from Eric Clapton's collection By Phil Weller published 11 June 24 Blackmore might be a Stratocaster icon now, but if it wasn’t for a bargain deal courtesy of Eric Clapton’s roadie, he may never have been How Marty Friedman wrote one of his greatest Megadeth solos – and the invaluable lesson it taught him about guitar composition By Jackson Maxwell published 10 June 24 Hangar 18 is one of Friedman's finest hours with the thrash metal legends, and it taught him an invaluable lesson about guitar composition Joe Perry talks about the guitar that got away from him – and it’s not a Les Paul By Phil Weller published 7 June 24 When Joe Perry left Aerosmith in 1979, he wanted to distance himself from the band – and the guitars that defined his tenure with them – which meant that one beloved guitar regrettably slipped away 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 READ1Win tickets to see Dweezil Zappa in San Francisco2David Cassidy on seeing Hendrix, learning from the session guitar greats, and jamming with Paul McCartney and John Lennon3Martin and Reverb unite for an exclusive non-cutaway Grand Performance acoustic4Matteo Mancuso pays homage to his hero, Paul Gilbert, with new track, Paul Position 5Joe Satriani’s custom Eddie Van Halen-flavored 3rd Power amp is now available as a plugin – with real amps on the way
Brian May on the one pedal that has come close to nailing his sound By Phil Weller published 13 June 24 The pedal comes in at a mere $180 – but May adds that there is one thing it can’t do
G&L is bringing back the Rampage for its first production run in nearly 40 years By Phil Weller published 13 June 24 The no-nonsense Strat-style build has become a cult classic thanks to Jerry Cantrell, and a new-and-improved model is set to hit the market later this year
Ian Bairnson's Wuthering Heights Les Paul Custom surpasses expectations as it's sold at auction By Phil Weller published 12 June 24 Bairnson famously played the solo with a broken arm, and the guitar he used, which featured on Kate Bush's first four albums, more than doubled its estimated value of £10,000
Adrian Belew on the time Seymour Duncan set fire to his Strat – and inadvertently created the first relic’d guitar By Phil Weller published 12 June 24 Belew had sought the expertise of his friend Seymour Duncan to fix his “ugly-ass guitar” – but he didn’t expect his trigger-happy solution
The story of how Fender nearly worked with Les Paul By Phil Weller published 12 June 24 Leo Fender saw the potential of Les Paul’s solidbody guitar concept, but the latter opted not to work with the legendary luthier
Gibson recreates Charlie Starr's beloved 1956 Les Paul Junior for a limited signature model By Phil Weller published 11 June 24 The guitar, which once belonged to Georgia Satellites guitarist Rick Richards, has been a key fixture in Blackberry Smoke's career
Brian May is in talks with Gibson to produce new Red Special replicas By Phil Weller published 11 June 24 Speculation regarding what the new May-Gibson partnership will produce has been hotting up, and now May has poured fuel on the fire
Ritchie Blackmore's first Strat came from Eric Clapton's collection By Phil Weller published 11 June 24 Blackmore might be a Stratocaster icon now, but if it wasn’t for a bargain deal courtesy of Eric Clapton’s roadie, he may never have been
How Marty Friedman wrote one of his greatest Megadeth solos – and the invaluable lesson it taught him about guitar composition By Jackson Maxwell published 10 June 24 Hangar 18 is one of Friedman's finest hours with the thrash metal legends, and it taught him an invaluable lesson about guitar composition
Joe Perry talks about the guitar that got away from him – and it’s not a Les Paul By Phil Weller published 7 June 24 When Joe Perry left Aerosmith in 1979, he wanted to distance himself from the band – and the guitars that defined his tenure with them – which meant that one beloved guitar regrettably slipped away