Guitar Summit 2026 opens to a sold-out crowd and a packed day-one lineup in Mannheim
Europe's biggest guitar show drew record interest despite a €60 day ticket, with Matteo Mancuso, Greg Koch and Jared James Nichols among day one's standout performers.
Sep 27, 2026
EBS packs a full-size bass rig's sound into the compact Session 110 combo
The 11.3kg tilt-back combo pairs 110 watts with a reworked EQ section and Bluetooth, aiming to replace a much bigger rig for gigging bassists.
Sep 27, 2026
JAM Pedals' Wahcko Mk.2 rebuilds a fan-favorite wah around a custom inductor
The updated wah swaps in a JAM-designed inductor inspired by vintage TDK components, adds an internal Q trimmer and a rubber-topped treadle, and adds bass mode.
Sep 27, 2026
Fortin's 3.33 turns Fredrik Thordendal's signature boost into a dual-channel pedal
The Meshuggah guitarist's follow-up to the original 33 adds a second independent boost channel, active EQ per channel and a built-in Zuul noise gate.
Sep 27, 2026
Two Notes' Torpedo Captor X Pro adds a 150-watt load box to its cab-sim engine
The new flagship load box, attenuator and stereo DI adds multi-impedance support and passive attenuation on top of the Captor X's DynIR cab simulation.
Sep 27, 2026
ENGL shrinks the Savage high-gain amp down to a portable 30-watt head
The Savage 30 packs the brand's crushing rock/metal tone into a compact all-tube head with a built-in power soak and noise gate.
Sep 27, 2026
Tone King previews the AC30-inspired Royce Preamp at Guitar Summit
The surprise amp-in-a-box prototype combines two channels with switchable treble boosts, reverb and tremolo ahead of a planned November launch.
Sep 27, 2026
Fender’s passive Silent System targets single-coil hum without changing the pickup voice
The battery-free noise-cancellation circuit debuts in limited American Professional Classic Stratocaster and Telecaster models.
Sep 27, 2026
Polyend Loop combines four audio loopers, four drum tracks and more than 100 effects
The $599 standalone pedal turns live looping and sample-based rhythm sequencing into one synchronized performance instrument.
Sep 27, 2026
Yamaha turns Matteo Mancuso’s custom Revstar into the production RS20MM signature model
The chambered Vintage Sunburst electric pairs DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary pickups with a five-way selector and Yamaha’s passive Focus Switch.
Sep 27, 2026
Guitar Summit 2026 turns Mannheim's Rosengarten into Europe's biggest guitar show
The eighth edition brings more than 600 exhibitors and 100-plus workshops across seven stages, with Matteo Mancuso, Andy McKee and Jared James Nichols among the players on site.
Sep 26, 2026
Ben Poole widens his blues-rock palette on new album Post-Midnight Behaviour
His first album of new material since 2018 pulls in soul, country and alternative-rock colors around a reflective, late-night mood.
Sep 26, 2026
Hermanos Gutiérrez trace the Andes on new album Los Ojos Del Cóndor
The Dan Auerbach-produced record turns the duo's cinematic instrumental style toward South America, its landscapes and its indigenous traditions.
Sep 26, 2026
Robin Trower releases Shine, a new album built on urgency and restraint
The 76-year-old guitarist's latest record on Provogue/Artone pairs molten solos with songs that face down an uneasy modern world.
Sep 26, 2026
ENGL squeezes 200 watts of pedalboard power into the compact E805 Powercube
The Class-D power amp is built to turn any preamp, modeler or amp-in-a-box pedal into a stage-ready rig without adding rack space.
Sep 26, 2026
Flattley revisits its first pedal with the 10th-anniversary Reaper
The British builder’s new Reaper uses hard and soft clipping plus a high-output boost mode around an op-amp distortion core.
Sep 25, 2026
Sterling and Cory Wong put the StingRay II guitar into production at $749
The new offset takes cues from the StingRay bass but uses dual humbuckers, a roasted-maple neck, locking tuners and vintage-style tremolo.
Sep 25, 2026
Jackson brings Phil Collen’s PC1 outside the Custom Shop with the Pro Series PC1-E
The $2,199 signature model keeps the Sustainer, DiMarzio pickups, compound-radius neck and Floyd Rose in a distressed Worn Black build.
Sep 25, 2026
VOX shrinks its AC idea into a $99 all-analog 10-watt AC MINI
The practice amp uses a new analog Dynamic Response Circuit, a three-inch speaker, boost and specially voiced digital reverb.
Sep 25, 2026
BOSS packs 120 effects into the compact EX-4 pedalboard expander
The new EX-4 runs four effects at once, adds flexible routing and MIDI, and is designed to slot into an existing pedalboard rather than replace it.
Sep 25, 2026
Carvin “King of Strings” Jones dies at 60
The Phoenix-based blues guitarist, once singled out by Eric Clapton as a rising talent, played 37 countries and made a habit of leaving the stage to solo in the crowd.
Sep 24, 2026
Krill announce first album in a decade, Secret Language, and share ‘Dominate’
The reunited indie-rock trio’s November album puts Andrew Clinkman on guitar and turns the band’s Chicago return into its first full Krill LP since the mid-2010s.
Sep 24, 2026
Crossroads Guitar Festival returns to Austin this weekend with a multi-generation guitar lineup
Eric Clapton's seventh Crossroads festival lands at Moody Center September 26–27, pairing veterans including Buddy Guy and John Mayer with first-time appearances from Tommy Emmanuel and Julian Lage.
Sep 23, 2026
Cádiz launches a new international guitar festival with 13 free concerts
The first Ángel G. Piñero International Guitar Festival will run across Cádiz, Jerez, El Puerto and Rota from October 22 to November 8.
Sep 23, 2026