Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Following My Bloody Valentine’s signing to Domino Recording Company, the band have announced that they have two new full-length albums in the works. Through Domino, the shoegaze legends have made their back-catalogue available on streaming services. They’ve also announced “fully analogue” vinyl reissues of their material. In a new interview … Continue reading My Bloody Valentine are working on two new albums →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Guitarist and singer Celisse Henderson has spoken about the current state of diversity in the guitar industry, saying that change has started for the better – but in many ways, there’s still a long way to go. Henderson made the comments in the latest issue of Guitar Magazine, where we … Continue reading Celisse Henderson: until NAMM is “not 95% white, male, heterosexual and cisgendered… there is more change to be had” →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Yvette Young has shared her thoughts on the state of modern guitar playing, saying today’s players are more concerned with “textures and musicality” rather than straight up virtuosity. READ MORE: The May 2021 issue of Guitar Magazine is out now! The math rock luminary offered the opinion in the cover … Continue reading Yvette Young on today’s guitar players: “We are becoming more focused on textures and musicality rather than virtuosity” →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Over the past couple of issues, we’ve seen how the documents and parts in the Ray Butts archive have provided fascinating insights into his career. In addition to inventing the Filter’Tron – possibly the earliest humbucking pickup designed for the electric guitar – Ray could also claim to be the … Continue reading Maker’s Marks: Beyond the Filter’tron →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Pure instinct “It’s probably going to redefine pop history,” Michael Stipe predicted boldly of R.E.M.’s seventh studio album ahead of its release in March 1991. Not quite, but Out Of Time was the record that saw the Athens, Georgia alt-rock darlings ascend to the major league on route to becoming the … Continue reading The Genius Of… Out Of Time By R.E.M. →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar BUY NOW For many of us, the past 12 months have meant adapting to a life without gigs and in-person rehearsals, finding ways to collaborate with bandmates remotely and reworking our rigs for direct recording and low-volume settings. I, for one, cannot wait to get back into a sweaty rehearsal … Continue reading The May 2021 issue of Guitar Magazine is out now! →

Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Gibson has paid tribute to the blues music legend, James “Slim Harpo” Moore, with a signature electric guitar. The Slim Harpo “Lovell” ES-330 is handmade by Gibson’s luthiers at its Nashville factory and is available now. READ MORE: Essential blues lessons part 1: The 12-bar blues The guitar is a … Continue reading Gibson honours blues legend with Slim Harpo “Lovell” ES-330 signature model →