Olivia Rodrigo opens the Unraveled Tour with a hand-built heart guitar and a stripped-down Jazzmaster
A small East Los Angeles workshop needed five prototypes to turn the heart-shaped concept into a comfortable stage instrument.
Sep 29, 2026
Guitar Summit 2026 closes with Darryl Jones, Devin Townsend and a full day of workshops
The Mannheim show's final day paired artist clinics and gear demos with a tube-amp panel and the debut of a dedicated Guitar Summit Academy stand.
Sep 28, 2026
Bill Murray sings 'Crossroads' with Clapton as the festival opens in Austin
Night one at the Moody Center moved from Clapton and Sonny Landreth through Joe Bonamassa, John McLaughlin and Julian Lage to a closing jam with Tedeschi Trucks Band and John Mayer.
Sep 28, 2026
Makeev Guitars builds Victor Smolski a full-scale folding signature guitar
The $1,398 Victor Smolski Signature swaps a headstock for Makeev's Easy Fold hinge, promising stage-guitar feel in a bag small enough to carry on.
Sep 28, 2026
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Chris Stapleton leads the Heartbreakers' first full original-lineup reunion in 24 years
Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch and Ron Blair reunited at the Americana Honors, with later members joining for a second part of the set.
Sep 28, 2026
Thai guitarist Nene Royal wins America's Got Talent Season 21
The 16-year-old from Phuket became the show's first Thai winner after a run built around guitar-led rock performances.
Sep 28, 2026
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
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
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
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
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
Epiphone previews an Eric Clapton 1964 ES-335TDC Reissue ahead of Crossroads
The forthcoming Inspired by Gibson Custom model is based on Clapton's Cream-era 1964 ES-335 and will make its first public appearance at Crossroads this weekend.
Sep 23, 2026
PRS and John Mayer launch eight Defender-inspired Silver Sky limited editions
The Defender Color Collection puts four heritage finishes on US Silver Skys and four contemporary finishes on SE models, with the SE line getting black plastics for the first time.
Sep 23, 2026
Rafael Riqueni and Tim Ries premiere Tunisia at Seville's Flamenco Biennial
The sold-out world premiere pairs one of flamenco guitar's defining contemporary voices with the longtime Rolling Stones saxophonist in an improvisation-led dialogue.
Sep 22, 2026
58th Michele Pittaluga International Guitar Competition opens in Alessandria
One of classical guitar's longest-running international competitions is underway through September 26, with orchestral collaborations and more than €30,000 in prizes.
Sep 22, 2026
New Found Glory founding guitarist Chad Gilbert dies at 45
Gilbert, whose guitar playing and songwriting helped shape New Found Glory for nearly three decades, died September 20 after years of cancer treatment.
Sep 21, 2026
Silesian Guitar Autumn names second-round players for the Jan Edmund Jurkowski competition
The September 18 list moves the international field from video preliminaries to live auditions in Tychy on October 20–21, ahead of an orchestral final on October 24.
Sep 20, 2026
Rocky Mountain Archtop Guitar Festival puts 30-plus builders and 60 hours of music in Arvada
The September 18–20 gathering combines an archtop luthier showcase with more than 30 workshops and clinics, making the instrument itself the center of the weekend.
Sep 20, 2026
Pete Roth Trio release ‘Group Chat’, pairing guitar improvisation with Bill Bruford’s return
The September 18 CD/DVD documents Pete Roth, Mike Pratt and Bill Bruford in a jazz-rooted trio that moves through funk, classical material and open improvisation.
Sep 20, 2026