DOD's DRAG Delay Bolts Pitch-Bending Chaos Onto a Bucket-Brigade Circuit
The new $219.99 analog delay keeps BBD warmth but adds hold-to-warp Friction modes, octave pitch bends and four modulation shapes.
Aug 29, 2026
Friedman Builds the JOSE 20 Around Jose Arredondo's Mod Legacy
Dave Friedman worked with Marisol Arredondo, daughter of the late amp modder, on a 20-watt EL84 head and 1x12 combo voiced for that hot-rodded Marshall bark.
Aug 29, 2026
Soundgarden return to the stage for a Seahawks halftime show with Mike McCready and Taylor Momsen
Kim Thayil and the band will play Lumen Field on September 9, with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on guitar and Taylor Momsen singing.
Aug 28, 2026
Masters of the Telecaster returns this fall with an all-star faculty
Brent Mason, Johnny Hiland, Cindy Cashdollar, and eight other Telecaster specialists teach a five-day camp in the Catskills starting September 28.
Aug 28, 2026
Sleep Token's IV and III get their first signature instruments from Jackson and Charvel
A 30-inch baritone Monarkh tuned a full octave down for the guitarist, and a fanned-fret five-string bass for the bassist.
Aug 26, 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
Orianthi's Band of Gypsys-style trio The Power of 3 announces its debut album
The self-titled record, produced by Eddie Kramer and cut to analog tape, lands December 11, led by two new singles.
Aug 26, 2026
Neural DSP's CorOS 4.1.0 brings its X-series plugins, John Mayer included, onto the Quad Cortex
The company calls it the biggest firmware update in Quad Cortex history: five signature plugin packs, eight new effects, and per-device preset saving.
Aug 26, 2026
PRS gives The Warning's Dany Villarreal her first signature guitar, the Astryx
A 200-piece Custom 24 in a sunset-style "Ocaso" finish, with a single sun inlay in place of PRS's usual birds.
Aug 25, 2026
Fender Custom Shop Recreates George Harrison's 1967 Fender Bass VI
The $9,500 limited run copies the six-string bass Harrison used during the Beatles' later Abbey Road sessions.
Aug 25, 2026
Dolly Parton, songwriter and lifelong guitar player, dies at 80
The country giant behind "Jolene" and "Coat of Many Colors" died Tuesday in Nashville after a short illness; her family confirmed the news on her Instagram.
Aug 25, 2026
Death By Audio and Rainger FX Put a Real Amp, Speaker and Mic Inside One Pedal
The $395 Amp Crash makes distortion physically: a 3-watt amp drives a 2-inch speaker while a built-in mic captures the result.
Aug 24, 2026
Epiphone Launches Lzzy Hale Explorer Custom in Black Diamond Holographic Sparkle
The Halestorm singer's newest signature is an all-black Explorer with a holographic sparkle finish and mirror pickguard, out worldwide now.
Aug 19, 2026
Martin builds two Joe Bonamassa signature acoustics around his 1937 00-18 shade-top
A Nazareth-made 00-18 at $3,999 and a Mexico-made Road Series 00-10E Retro at $1,299, both aged to match the worn original.
Aug 13, 2026
Tosin Abasi built the nylon-string guitar he couldn't find anywhere else
The Abasi Stage 7, made with Cordoba, is a seven-string, fanned-fret electric nylon guitar designed to survive a stage next to a loud drummer.
Aug 3, 2026
Jimmie Vaughan sat in with Bob Dylan's band on the tour's last U.S. date
The blues guitarist, who'd opened the Nashville show with his own band, joined for three songs before Dylan heads to Europe in October.
Aug 1, 2026
PRS names its first-ever CEO — a guy who started in the woodshop in 1985
Jack Higginbotham, PRS's president for 15 years, takes the newly created role while founder Paul Reed Smith stays on as Managing General Partner.
Jul 27, 2026
Ernie Ball buys Source Audio, its first move into effects pedals
The string and accessories company is acquiring the Massachusetts pedal maker, which will keep operating under its own name.
Jul 8, 2026
Gibson's CEO of 13 years is stepping down; Anne Rohosy takes over on an interim basis
Cesar Gueikian moves to a strategic advisor and artist-ambassador role effective July 31, while the board searches for a permanent successor.
Jun 25, 2026
Sleep returns with its first new song in eight years — and its first without Matt Pike
Bassist Al Cisneros now leads a reshaped lineup with Melvins drummer Dale Crover and Void guitarist Bubba Dupree, backing a North American tour this fall.
Jun 18, 2026
Fender brings back the 1951 Nocaster for its 75th anniversary
The reissue arrives alongside a new hum-cancelling passive pickup system and a heavier Player Fusion line aimed at harder-edged players.
Jun 18, 2026
Wes Borland's mangled left-handed King V finally became a real Jackson signature guitar
The Limp Bizkit guitarist's road-worn main axe — originally a rejected left-handed custom order, rewired backwards by a tech named Kadaver — is now a production model.
May 29, 2026
Rickenbacker built Geddy Lee a one-off bass for Rush's reunion tour
The custom 4000V CB TB in Turquoise Blue mixes vintage Rickenbacker parts with specs Lee asked for himself, ahead of the Fifty Something Tour's June 7 opener.
Apr 27, 2026
Plini's third album trades a guitar solo for restraint on its own title track
An Unnameable Desire leans harder into orchestral color and a wider cast of collaborators than anything Plini has released before — and deliberately skips the solo on its lead single.
Mar 31, 2026