Buyer's Guides

The best pedals for noise, experimentation and transformative sound design.

From Grant Green to Dave Grohl, legendary players in just about every genre have made judicious use of Gibson’s thinline hollowbodies and semis. Read on for our field guide to the most iconic thinline guitars from Gibson’s golden era.

One guitar to rule all of your gigs?

Once upon a time, tube tone was all that mattered to guitar players. But thanks to modern digital modelling technology, pro-quality tones are accessible to everyone.

Things are about to get a little hairy on your pedalboard.

Sing the blues, send your amp into raptures or unleash hell with the best overdrive pedals in 2020.

Sick of solidbodies? Try these 12 guitars on for size.

Do you insist on having glowing glass tubes in your rig? These tube amps are the best in class for 2021.

Looking for a tremolo pedal? Luckily, the pedal world is full to the brim with great effects aimed at every budget and every style.

If you’re thinking of adding a pedalboard-sized amp to your rig, check out our picks of the best examples on the market today.