Tom Morello
Latest Tom Morello news, guitars, gear, music, performances, and collaborations covered by Guitar Radar.
Guitar Radar has 4 stories about Tom Morello, tracking new music, tours, collaborations and gear. Most of it sits under players and gear. The most recent story, from Oct 8, 2026, is “Aerosmith schedules two Hollywood Bowl returns with an all-star guest roster”. Coverage here goes back to Aug 26, 2026.
About Tom Morello
Tom Morello is the guitarist of Rage Against the Machine, and later of Audioslave, Street Sweeper Social Club and his solo project The Nightwatchman, known for treating the guitar as a sound-design tool. His best-known guitar is "Arm the Homeless", a patchwork instrument he began assembling in 1986 and spent two years refitting with parts from 1980s shred guitars, including a graphite Kramer-style neck, an Ibanez Edge tremolo and active EMG pickups. It is painted with a hippopotamus design and the slogan it is named after.
His second famous guitar is the Telecaster "Sendero Luminoso", which is stock apart from its stickers and is strung with Ernie Ball Regular Slinkys (.010-.046). Much of the Rage, Audioslave and Nightwatchman material is in drop D.
The rig that goes with them is built around a DigiTech Whammy pitch-shifter, a kill switch for his signature stutter effect, and a Marshall JCM800 2205 50-watt head with a Peavey cabinet.
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Stories
Aerosmith schedules two Hollywood Bowl returns with an all-star guest roster
The October 29 and November 1 concerts mark the band's first announced full live shows since retiring from touring.
Oct 8, 2026
Springsteen and Morello Close Power to the People With an All-Star Protest-Rock Finale
The inaugural Maryland festival paired guitar-led collaborations with voter advocacy and a closing stage shared by the day’s performers.
Oct 4, 2026
Tom Morello announces his first solo rock album for September 25
Everyone Gets Everything They Want features Serj Tankian, Beartooth and Kneecap, plus five co-writes with Morello's 15-year-old son.
Sep 1, 2026
EMG Releases Tom Morello 'TM Set' Based on His Arm the Homeless Wiring
The set pairs an EMG 85 in the bridge with an EMG H in the neck, the combination in Morello's main guitar since the late 1980s, sold together for the first time.
Aug 26, 2026