RARE PHOTOS: 5 - The Real Truth

"You owe your guitar the chance to be its best": How to clean and polish your guitar frets a better way

We take a look at two different products that can help you get your frets gleaming and your guitar back to its best for smoother bends and clearer vibrato

MusicRadar · Mar 2, 2025

The Must-Try Drill That Helped Ernie Els Perfect His Ball Striking (And It Can Work For You)

With a little practice, you can learn to strike the ball like one of the game's best ever players

Golf Monthly · Feb 28, 2025

"This guitar is a joy to play": Fender Player II Jazzmaster review

Fender's most popular range gets its long-awaited sequel – but is it worth upgrading?

Guitar World · Feb 27, 2025

“My initial reaction was to marvel at just how creative an effect it is”: DigiTech MonoNeon Whammy review

Designed in collaboration with bassist Dywane Thomas Jr, aka MonoNeon, this tone-bending pedal delivers signature sounds in the Whammy format

Guitar World · Feb 25, 2025

"For some guitarists this could be the smartest $199 they spend all year": Positive Grid Neo wireless guitar headphone amp review

The modelling amp disruptor has brought the Spark concept to wireless headphones – is this its strongest showing yet?

MusicRadar · Feb 24, 2025

“Any bass guitar for under $250 with this sort of pedigree…how can you go wrong?”: Sterling By Music Man Intro Series StingRay Ray2 review

As a budget-friendly version of the US-made original, can this wallet-friendly StingRay really do the business?

Guitar World · Feb 22, 2025

“One of the best legitimately new guitars Fender has produced in decades – despite one painfully positioned volume control”: Fender American Ultra II Meteora review

The Meteora is that rarest of things: a new body shape from one of the oldest electric guitar manufacturers. As this “sports car version” of the Fender Jazzmaster joins the Big F’s most high-performance range, is it a match made in offset heaven?

Guitar World · Feb 18, 2025

“Arguably the most convenient, immersive Spark product to date”: I've been using Positive Grid's Spark Neo guitar amp headphones for weeks – and while it's not the full Spark experience, it's got me playing guitar a lot more regularly

Guitar-specific headphones meet a wireless transmitter, and it's all tied together with Positive Grid's Spark app functionality. But, this isn't the full Spark picture you might be used to

Guitar World · Feb 17, 2025

“I’ve brought that chef mentality to whatever I do. There’s not a lot of standing around and admiring my work. It’s, ‘Right, this needs to get done’”: Meet JWJ’s Rich Jones, the chef who turned luthier – and is serving up some mighty fine acoustics

From the pass to Joe Pass, Jones is cooking up a storm in his workshop – and he says it’s all about the work ethic

Guitar World · Feb 14, 2025

“It may be loosely inspired by the ES-335, but that’s where any similarity ends… An almost timeless design from the hands and ears of one of the greats”: Lowden GL-J review

A Lowden electric? The GL-10 – originally introduced in 2018, and recreated for Ed Sheeran – now gets a semi-solid sibling

Guitar World · Feb 13, 2025