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
Behringer revives the treadle-controlled Mu-Tron flanger idea with the B-Flanger
The new B-Flanger pairs an all-analog BBD circuit with a full-size optical treadle, bringing a rare late-1970s modulation format back into production.
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
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
Mad Professor's Milestone fuzz puts germanium after buffers without losing its touch response
The Finnish builder's new handwired fuzz uses a transformer circuit to make vintage-style germanium behavior far less fussy on modern pedalboards.
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
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
Greta Van Fleet release riff-led ‘Tear It Down’ ahead of fifth album
The September 18 single previews Palace for the People, due October 9, and arrives with a visualizer tied directly to the new recording.
Sep 19, 2026
Candlebox reunites with guitarist Peter Klett on new single ‘I Remember Everything’
Due September 25, the track is Candlebox’s first new music with Klett since 2012 and follows his return after a decade away.
Sep 19, 2026
Gibson Custom builds 60 Gustavo Cerati ES-335 replicas for Miami-only release
The Murphy Lab model recreates Cerati’s 1965 ES-335, a guitar heard and seen across landmark Soda Stereo and solo-era performances.
Sep 19, 2026
Guitarras del Mundo returns across Argentina for its 32nd edition
The free festival begins September 23 and runs through October 4, with its 2026 edition also paying tribute to the late Argentine guitar master Roberto Aussel.
Sep 18, 2026
Johnny Marr's guitar collection sells for £3.65 million at Christie's
The 111-lot London sale more than tripled its estimate, led by Marr's Smiths-era 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo at £358,400.
Sep 18, 2026
Electro-Harmonix gives Adrian Belew his own limited-edition Echoflanger
The $239 all-analog signature pedal expands the cult EHX modulator with Belew-specific combination modes, stereo outputs and deeper control over its modulation.
Sep 17, 2026
TIDES release debut album How To Survive A Fall
The Jacksonville band's 11-song debut lands through A.D.D. Records and Little Rocket Records with Beau Crum and Alex Van Auken on guitars.
Sep 16, 2026
Dead Boys co-founder and guitarist Cheetah Chrome dies at 71
The guitarist who helped shape Cleveland and New York punk with Rocket From the Tombs and the Dead Boys died September 13.
Sep 16, 2026