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Guitar Player is the world’s most comprehensive, trusted and insightful guitar publication for passionate guitarists and active musicians of all ages. Guitar Player magazine is published 13 times a year in print and digital formats. The magazine was established in 1967 and is the world's oldest guitar magazine. When "Guitar Player Staff" is credited as the author, it's usually because more than one author on the team has created the story.

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A photo of a Strymon BigSky MX pedal in a studio setting

"BigSky MX will be replacing the BigSky as my go-to reverb pedal. I’ve heard nothing that covers all the bases with such pristine and detailed audio quality." We crowned the Strymon BigSky MX the champ of multi-reverb pedals
A Boss Boss MD-500 chorus pedal on a wooden floor

Best chorus pedals 2025: the best options from Boss, Universal Audio, Ibanez, and more
11-year-old Olly Pearson performs on Britain's Got Talent, March 2025

"Literally, a star is born. I have never, ever seen anything like that in my life." 11-year-old shredder Olly Pearson blows away the competition with his medley of AC/DC, Van Halen and Queen songs
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Eric Bazilian performs live during 'Rock meets Classic 2013' at the Max-Schmeling-Halle on February 18, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
“It just came to me. Rob said, 'Let me get my Walkman and record that.’” He was demonstrating four-track recording to his girlfriend when he spontaneously wrote a global hit song
A photo showing the body of a custom Jon Trickey Comet six-string electric guitar hanging among other unusually shaped guitars in the collection of author Terry Carleton.
"It's a steal, but since it’s the only one, who knows how it might appreciate?" What do you get when a car designer builds a guitar? Our intrepid guitar hound goes in search of his next six-string oddity
A 1962 Fender Bass VI in Shell Pink sits in its case.
“I had him mix some paint there on the spot, and finally we came up with Fiesta Red!” With one decision, Fender increased the desirability — and future value — of a select few guitars
A photo of a vintage Fender Champ amp, showing the back-mounted control panel
“After 76 years, it’s still considered a monster tone machine.” Leo Fender got it right in 1948 with an amp he created for lap-steel guitar players  
A detail of a Gibson 1964 ES-345 TD electric guitar, taken on October 21, 2014.
"They're among some of the most versatile electrics ever made." Gibson's ES-345 struck a middle ground between the 335 and 355. It remains an underrated gem worth your time
Andy Summers poses in his home studio in 2019 for a feature in Guitar Player magazine
"It's the best song Sting ever came up with, and the best Police track." How Andy Summers made a massive hit using a hand-wrenching guitar figure and a Telecaster with a mysterious history
Bob Marley and the Wailers perform onstage at the Odeon, Birmingham, United Kingdom, July 18, 1975.
“Every guitar that had been in Jamaica had to be pulled apart and rebuilt because of what the humidity there did to the electronics.” Pedal legend Roger Mayer reveals how he perfected Bob Marley's guitar tone for 'Exodus,' his global breakthrough
A detail photo of a Seth Lover–designed Wide Range Humbucker on a blond Telecaster Thinline electric guitar
Think all 1970s Fenders suck? Seth Lover helped create a Telecaster range that remains one of the decade's shining moments
A cropped photo of a rare 1964 Fasan solidbody guitar from Germany
“Buying it was a leap of faith. But It looks stunning, plays beautifully and sounds unique.” A rare 1964 solidbody guitar turned out to be completely different from what it seemed
A photo showing the top control panel of Fractal Audio's VP4 virtual pedalboard
Fractal’s new VP4 virtual pedalboard puts hundreds of classic stompbox and studio effect models at guitarists' feet in a compact and customizable unit