Rob Laing

As he releases a triumphant second album with guest vocalists, the former Mark Lanegan collaborator remembers his friend and champion

A Dark Night Tele for a big opening night Billie Eilish kicked off her Hit Me Hard And Soft tour in Quebec last night (29 September) and

An electro-acoustic with a HiFi Duet pickup offers pickup and mic settings to enhance versatility

"I can already tell you this one sounds better than one of my original '55s," says Joe. And there's a new Flying V too!

Finish, strings, hardware – it all needs a spruce now and again. Here's how to do it right

The company has also launched its fret care hub to make it even easier to diagnose and work on your guitar frets

"One of the main drivers of that for me to start making hardware and software was that I couldn't get the sounds that I wanted to get"

Get the guitar action you need It doesn't matter how well-honed your guitar chops are, the way your instrument is set up will have a huge effect on how challenging it is to play.

The first Acoustasonic signature model debuts onboard chorus and a new combination of sounds with it – but can it win new guitarists to Fender's hybrid guitar?

Pros There is something about a bound body on a T-style electric guitar that can unite us guitarists in swooning over it.