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- Guitar News – 02 Jun 2026
Featuring a snow globe and even a working thermometer, the bizarre climate change guitar played by Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel is headed to auction
The guitar was played at Spinal Tap’s 2007 Wembley Live Earth set, and could fetch up to £12,000…
The post Featuring a snow globe and even a working thermometer, the bizarre climate change guitar played by Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel is headed to auction appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
The 2026 Martin Journal is all about music education, with exclusive interviews with Jason Isbell and Molly Tuttle, and a deep dive into Martin’s new partnership with Paul McCartney’s music school
The legendary acoustic guitar brand celebrates its commitment to music education in the latest edition of the Martin Journal – created in partnership with Guitar.com.
The post The 2026 Martin Journal is all about music education, with exclusive interviews with Jason Isbell and Molly Tuttle, and a deep dive into Martin’s new partnership with Paul McCartney’s music school appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
Are vintage guitars better than new ones? Philip Sayce thinks so – and here’s why
The guitarist says older guitars have wood that’s “dry and settled” that newer ones can’t replicate.
The post Are vintage guitars better than new ones? Philip Sayce thinks so – and here’s why appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
“Damon got very good, so it was pretty hard to write with him around – especially when he was rejecting your songs”: How Graham Coxon came out from his Blur bandmate’s shadow
Read full article on GuitarWorld.com
Noel Gallagher called him one of greatest guitar talents of his generation. Coxon explains why he doesn’t agree as he shares the origin story of his lost solo album and the future of Blur
Positive Grid branches out from the Spark with the Reactor – an AI-powered combo that can generate tones from images and adapts to your playing
Read full article on GuitarWorld.com
The firm’s first major foray outside of the Spark family could become a fierce new force in the smart amp market
“We don’t write things that would be boring live” Guilt Trip on why they’re committed to keeping hardcore as intense as possible
The Manchester hardcore upstarts on making sure they’re getting you moshing, and their quest to refine and improve the classic early 2000s metal guitar tone
The post “We don’t write things that would be boring live” Guilt Trip on why they’re committed to keeping hardcore as intense as possible appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
“A turning point for the industry”: Tone3000’s new A2 NAM modeling tech beat some huge hitters in a blind listening test – and it’s completely free to use
Read full article on GuitarWorld.com
Open-source Architecture 2 is promising to deliver “the best sounding amp modeling technology in history”
“You don’t even need a label. You have so many amazing tools like YouTube and TikTok”: Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G explains how the landscape has changed for aspiring guitar players
Is signing to a record label the accolade it once was?
The post “You don’t even need a label. You have so many amazing tools like YouTube and TikTok”: Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G explains how the landscape has changed for aspiring guitar players appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
“I was a child – he’d choose which records I would get royalties on and which I didn’t. He was stealing my money, and I didn’t realize it”: The untold story of “The Lost Beach Boy” David Marks
Read full article on GuitarWorld.com
David Marks reflects on the surf-rock beginnings of one of the world’s most beloved pop-rock institutions, recalling the good times, bad times, and his return to the fold
Martin celebrates 100 years of its lacquer finishes with a limited all-koa Custom Shop model
Just 100 of these guitars are available, and each is finished in vintage gloss to make its natural figuring pop.
The post Martin celebrates 100 years of its lacquer finishes with a limited all-koa Custom Shop model appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
“Where many modeling amps of this ilk fail to impress me, I found the Reactor to be incredibly receptive, balanced and warm.”: Positive Grid Reactor 100 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review
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Positive Grid is branching out from the market-conquering Spark family with a bold new lineup that could spell trouble for the Boss Katana
“He only ever said one thing to me about sounding like anyone he’d played with before”: Rowan Robertson on the key piece of advice he received from Ronnie James Dio on how to faithfully play Tony Iommi’s riffs
Read full article on GuitarWorld.com
Though Robertson was only 17 at the time he was hired for Ronnie James Dio’s band, the legendary frontman had the utmost confidence in him
Meet Positive Grid’s Reactor amp series – powered by “Amp Intelligence” that builds tone from text prompts, photos and recordings
Players can take a photo of any amp, pedalboard, or anything else that inspires a sound, and Amp Intelligence will turn it into a matching tone…
The post Meet Positive Grid’s Reactor amp series – powered by “Amp Intelligence” that builds tone from text prompts, photos and recordings appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
“I suspect Fender decided against building Thinlines with this specification because they would have been too expensive to manufacture”: What two 1967 prototypes tell us about the evolution of the Telecaster Thinline
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Dave Davidson of Well Strung Guitars describes how, during 1967, Fender got busy developing an alternative to heavy ash Telecaster bodies
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It’s always a little disconcerting when there’s a product that seriously undercuts all others. Surely, it’s going to be no good? Well, when it comes to wireless in-ear monitor’s we have the Gear4Music WPM-200. At a little under £70, it’s worryingly affordable. But does it work? The short answer? Yes. However, there are obviously areas…
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The Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner Pedal is the standard torch-bearer when it comes to compact-size digital tuners. Since Boss introduced the first digital tuning pedals in the early 1980s, they have been seen as the benchmark for the devices, and with good reason. Anyone who has owned a Boss stomp pedal will attest that the…
Who is Rick Beato?
‘Everything Music’ is the simple tag line on both Rick Beato’s YouTube channel and website, and in terms of what he offers, it’s pretty on point. But who is Rick Beato? Who is Rick Beato? A quick google shows I’m not the first to ask the question. However, a scan of the results seems to…
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