INSANE: 9 - The Real Truth

“By their very nature, electric 12-strings are quirky… But surely there’s no cooler instrument on which to progress your jangly journey”: Gibson Custom Shop 1965 Non-Reverse Firebird V 12-String Reissue review

If there’s a cooler high-end electric 12-string on the market today we haven't seen it...

Guitar World · Sep 30, 2024

The Fridgescaping trend has TikTok putting photo frames in fridges - but there is a smarter (and safer) option

When it comes to food, can we afford to put style over substance?

Ideal Home · Sep 28, 2024

“The classic British sound of a Laney amp on your pedalboard”: Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart and Lionheart LoudPedals review

Laney presents the signature Tom Quayle and Martin Miller pedalboard versions of a pair of its finest amps, featuring 60 watts of real amp power, right at your feet

Guitar World · Sep 27, 2024

“The POD Express has the added edge of being able to integrate into existing rigs… It’s an excellent all-rounder”: Line 6 POD Express review

Nostalgic digital modeling with hands-on control, the POD Express is big on sounds, small in footprint

Guitar World · Aug 23, 2024

How to clean a mattress with baking soda – a step-by-step guide from cleaning experts

Is it just a waste of time?

Ideal Home · Aug 22, 2024

“The special sauce is the Enhance facility, which mimics the input stage of tube amps”: Blackstar Polar 2 review

Blackstar presents a USB audio interface that it proudly proclaims has been “designed by guitarists for guitarists”

Guitar World · Aug 22, 2024

“Ian broke his wrist. We took him to the hospital and he got a cast put on. And we knew the session was coming up…” Up close with the 1974 Les Paul Custom that Ian Bairnson used to play the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights – with his arm in a cast

When he tracked Wuthering Heights, Bairnson had a broken wrist, his arm in plaster, but as Pilot bandmate David Paton says, that wouldn't stop a man like him

Guitar World · Aug 21, 2024

“Robert Plant said, ‘We’re going to do Rock And Roll by Led Zeppelin.’ I said, ‘I’m not doing it – I don’t want to be in Jimmy Page’s graveyard!’” UK songwriting icon Richard Hawley talks big name jams, guitar shopping –and restoring Scott Walker's Tele

Hawley doesn't hide his influences but instead synthesizes them into a sound that is all his own. And on new album, In This City They Call You Love, he might just have ascended into the ranks of the legends

Guitar World · Aug 20, 2024

“Any clean tone would benefit from some Airchild tonal enrichment”: J Rockett Airchild 660 review

J Rockett’s latest offering for your ’board takes its inspiration from a legendary compressor from the ’50s

Guitar World · Aug 20, 2024

“Lots of thought has gone into this. There’s a learning curve involved, but getting through that and turning this up in a room is a rewarding experience”: Boss Katana Artist Gen 3 review

The flagship amp from Boss’s latest iteration of the Katana series boasts some impressive-sounding features, for use from sofa to stage

Guitar World · Aug 16, 2024