Marshall adds a 20-watt JMH Studio half-stack to its Hendrix 60th Anniversary line
The hand-built Studio Vintage variant lands at $2,499.99 alongside Major V headphones and an Emberton III speaker, marking 60 years since Hendrix first plugged into a Marshall.
Aug 31, 2026
Down Announce Volume V, Their First Album in 12 Years
The Anselmo/Windstein band's Nuclear Blast release lands November 20 with a King Diamond feature and lead single Blood Oath out now.
Aug 30, 2026
Queens of the Stone Age set their ninth album, 'Perfecth,' for October 30
Josh Homme's band paired the announcement with the single 'Insignificant Other' and confirmed a nine-track record produced by Homme and bassist Michael Shuman.
Aug 30, 2026
Newly surfaced Woodstock footage shows Jimi Hendrix's set filmed from the stage
'Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock - A Second Look' premiered on 18 August, built around half-inch videotape a 22-year-old drama student shot about 15 feet from Hendrix in 1969.
Aug 29, 2026
Gretsch wraps a limited-edition Penguin in Light Blue Pearl with a String-Thru Bigsby
The G6134T-58 Limited Edition Penguin pairs a chambered mahogany body and TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity Filter'Tron pickups with a rarely seen string-through Bigsby, listing at $3,799.99.
Aug 29, 2026
Ibanez gives Wes Hauch a Custom Shop Iceman 7-string, and a $9,999 price tag
The ICWH727 is billed as Ibanez's first commercially available Custom Shop 7-string and the first Japan-built Iceman in more than 30 years, which is the company's explanation for preorders opening near ten grand.
Aug 29, 2026
Charvel adds four Pro-Mod Plus Dinky DK24 models aimed squarely at metal players
Three new humbucker-loaded configurations and one HSS join the Pro-Mod Plus DK24 line, with Floyd Rose or hardtail bridges, Seymour Duncan pickups and finishes running from satin black to a green ombre called zombie face.
Aug 29, 2026
Polyphia Announce 'Be Not Afraid,' Push North American Tour Into 2027
The instrumental band's new album lands October 23 on Rise Records, led by the single Power in the Blood and its Rio-shot video.
Aug 29, 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
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
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
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
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
Eric Johnson books a 38-date spring tour across the South and West
The guitarist's April-May run pairs solo shows with a joint stop alongside Kenny Wayne Shepherd and an appearance at the Austin Blues Festival.
Feb 12, 2026
Epiphone's new signature SG belongs to Fatoumata Diawara, a first for the brand
The Malian singer-guitarist's Ember Red SG carries a graphic pulled from her own artwork and ships for $699.
Jan 23, 2026
The guitarist behind YouTube's first viral guitar video re-recorded it, 20 years later
Funtwo revisited his 2005 Canon Rock cover for a Neural DSP promotion, using the same guitar he played the first time.
Nov 23, 2025
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced a 2026 reunion tour as Rush
Fifty Something opens June 7 at the same Los Angeles venue where Rush played its last show with Neil Peart, with drummer Anika Nilles filling in — and, by demand, later grew to dozens more dates.
Oct 6, 2025