Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Electro-Harmonix has launched the Nano Metal Muff, a scaled-down edition of one of the brand’s most popular high-gain distortion pedals. Read more: 20 best distortion pedals to buy in 2020 The Nano Metal Muff sports the same drive circuit as the classic Metal Muff, but takes up a much smaller … Continue reading Electro-Harmonix’s Nano Metal Muff scales down its popular high-gain distortion stomper →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar You won’t find too many people lamenting the passing of this strangest, most turbulent of years, and it’s been a crazy ride in the wonderful world of guitar effects, too. We couldn’t possibly have imagined the extent of what was to come as we immersed ourselves in the annual avalanche … Continue reading How the pedal industry has thrived in 2020 →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar It all started with Nirvana and it very nearly ended in the company of the Foo Fighters. Three decades ago, in a Wakefield living room, Ryan Jarman and his brothers Gary and Ross sat transfixed by the site of Kurt Cobain tearing away at a Fender Mustang on TV. In … Continue reading How Kurt Cobain inspired The Cribs and Dave Grohl saved them from oblivion →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar In recent years, Andrew Watt has been lighting up Los Angeles and the wider international music scene as a writer and producer of hit songs for artists such as Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus, Ozzy Osbourne, Post Malone, and many others. He was recently nominated as Producer of the Year in … Continue reading Andrew Watt on capping a remarkable 2020 with a Grammy nomination →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Can you tell us about the R&D process that went into the new Gibson Custom Jimi Hendrix models? “We started a conversation with Janie Hendrix [Jimi’s sister and CEO of Experience Hendrix] a couple years ago and she has been awesome to work with from the start. She gave us … Continue reading Gibson head of product development Matt Koehler talks Jimi Hendrix models →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Last year around this time, we were gathered around the virtual fireplace with 60 Cycle Hum’s Relaxing Yule Log – But it’s All Guitars – a video that I find oddly enjoyable. In front of our lounging bodies were platters of cookies and a vast charcuterie of sweaty meats and many … Continue reading Tech Talk: An emergency Christmas repair →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar To dare is to do Its title may have implied a final roll of the dice for one of the great 4AD bands and godfathers of dream-pop, but despite the emotional strain that shrouded its gestation Heaven Or Las Vegas is the definitive Cocteau Twins album. Its heavily effected guitars, electronic … Continue reading The Genius Of… Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar The Foo Fighters have teased a new song from their upcoming album Medicine At Midnight, which is due out 5 February 2021. The teaser follows the launch of the album’s debut single, Shame Shame, from back in November. Along with a half-minute clip of the song, the Foo Fighters tweeted … Continue reading Foo Fighters tease a second song from upcoming Medicine At Midnight →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Phoebe Bridgers has opined on the growing popularity of social music discovery, calling those who hate on social media platforms – and particularly TikTok – “classist”. The 26-year-old musician offered her thoughts during a conversation with Beabadoobee, in the latest instalment of Consequence Of Sound’s Annual Report. “I have never … Continue reading Phoebe Bridgers defends social music discovery: “So what if someone found music on TikTok?” →