5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (861+ words) If you’re the kind of guitarist that craves highly responsive overdrive—something that instantly responds to your pick attack and volume knob, like a well-tuned sportscar that hugs the road when you touch the wheel—Keeley Electronics’ new Tube Drive…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) “We’ve been planning this since 1973,” Vai says with a laugh. “Just unconsciously.” The album came together after a G3 reunion tour created an unexpected opening in their schedules. What began as a suggestion to record a single track quickly expanded when Satriani…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1151+ words) The man’s first five albums walk the listener through the varied genes of his vintage vinyl collection. He’s gone through phases that include Free Design-influenced soft rock, classic hootenanny folk, Left Bank-esque baroque pop, bossa nova tinged ballads, neon ’80s power…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1136+ words) While you’re waiting for the new ASG album to drop, the North Carolina quartet is satiating salivating fans with an exclusive new single that’s a bit slower and sludgier than the sum of their acclaimed 2013 album, Blood Drive. Certain individuals…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1158+ words) Clise’s own originality as a fretboard shredder comes to life in the B-Side “On the Skids,” a title-track that somehow never made it onto the band’s first album. With a frenzied swirl of muscled riffs, searing leads, and filthy distortion, Clise’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (204+ words) Electro-Harmonix's newest Pico pedal breaks your signal down to its atomic level: glitchy lo-fi textures, ambient synth pads, and everything in between. We've teamed up with EHX to give one away. Enter below. Experience aged-in warmth and deep dreadnought projection....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (253+ words) A 5-watt combo with the presence of a much bigger amp—and a versatile vocabulary to match its big voice. A super-versatile menu of sweet tones. Delicious drive. More than powerful enough for gigging. Heirloom-quality and thoughtful design. Never sounds…...