The 2005 Epiphone Calendar is here: A tribute to the women who play Epiphone.

Paul McCartney's fake nails help him play guitar

Beatles' guitar sold for £294,000

The Hot Seat: these guitarists' seats from Overkill Design are disguised as Fender amps and have plenty of room inside for loads of guitar accessories. Mind, for that kind of price, I'd want it to be a functioning amp too!

The ‘Team Squier’ Garage To Glory Casting Call: For 2005, Squier has opted to forgo the usual ‘established artist’ photos in the Fender Frontline 2005 catalog...

Classic sound of Boston is still Tom Scholz, still recording on tape

Beatles guitar up for grabs: The Gibson SG as played by both George Harrison and John Lennon is expected to fetch more than half a million dollars when it goes under the hammer at Christie's later today.

Johnson Introduces Delta Blues Resonator: the wood-body JR-410 Delta Blues, available in roundneck or squareneck designs with hand-spun cone and chrome-plated bell brass coverplate/tailpiece.

Clapton Re-unites Cream

Dick Dale - King of the Surf Guitar: a nice little article I found on the H2G2 website.

best. guitar. ever. According to A Small Victory, that is.

Despite shooting, Dean Guitars to proceed with 'Dimebag' model

One-woman guitar storm: Fife-born and forthright, singer KT Tunstall tells Neil McCormick why she's more than just another Katie Melua or Joss Stone (from The Electronic Telegraph). I saw her perform on Jools Holland's Later show on TV recently and she played an amazing solo number building up a whole accompaniment using delays.

Randy Bachman's first guitar on the auction block

Beatles' "jinxed" guitar set to beat auction record: but is the guitar really cursed?

Dimebag Darrell, Four Others Killed In Ohio Concert Shooting: Shocking news, the Pantera/Damageplan guitarist has been shot and killed on stage. See also the BBC News.

Fender and the Sound of the Seventies

Motley Crue are back!

Nirvana Bassist Puts Himself Up For Auction: see also the follow-up story, Nirvana Fan Pays £4000 For Plane Ride

Manic Street Preachers employ a second guitarist

Obituary: Frank Haggerty, jazz guitarist, played with Sinatra, host of others

Late Slim Dusty nominated for Golden Guitars: the late country music star, Slim Dusty, has received a number of nominations for next year's Golden Guitar Awards.

Pickin' and a grinnin': Johnny Cash's Grammer guitar nets $131,000 at auction

New SE Soapbar II Model from Paul Reed Smith: more yawnworthy guitars from PRS. Zzzzzzz...

Paul Reed Smith Intros Billy Martin SE Model: The lead guitarist for Good Charlotte now has his own Paul Reed Smith SE model guitar, featuring a mahogany neck and body with a matte black finish and black hardware. Well, good for him.

Cat's-Eye ESP Introduces the Hybrid Fuzz Pedal

Zion offers their take on the Telecaster

www.harpguitars.net: I may have linked to this site before, but what the hell, these are fascinating instruments!

Guitar Man Acoustic Guitar Care and Playing Tips: well worth a look.

New Experimental Effects Pedal from ElectroKraft: Is it a fuzzbox or is it a theremin?

Breedlove Guitar Company Introduces Revival Series: dreadnought and orchestral model guitars due to be unveiled at the upcoming Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA.

AmpliTube Live Available Now for Both Windows and OS X: turn your computer into a virtual guitar amp!

Son to play tribute to late guitarist: Jackson Smith plays a tribute gig to his dad, Fred 'Sonic' Smith of the MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous.

The guitarist is metal. No, not heavy metal. See also: GuitarBot

Deep Purple's is best guitar riff ever: I don't need to tell you which song, do I?

Headstrong Amps Introduces Princeton Reverb Replica

Imperfect Harmony: Santa Cruz and Paracho, Mexico, share tradition of guitar-making, but are still worlds apart

Seymour Duncan Makes Pickup Matching Easy

Beautiful Creatures bassist Kenny Kweens reveals Spinal Tap moments

New Retrofit Stoptail Bridge for Vintage Tremolo Strats: I agree with the sentiment, but I can't say that I like the flame design.

Epiphone Kat Series: Hey, these rockin' semis look quite cool. Nice to see some new Epiphone designs that aren't simply Gibson copies.

Guitar aficionados anxiously await the Epiphone Paul McCartney Texans

Beatle guitar goes up for auction: A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon is expected to fetch up to £270,000 at auction. The Gibson SG guitar was used by Harrison from 1966-1969 and by Lennon during the White Album sessions.

Zakk Wylde joins the guitar hero sculpture series: KnuckleBonz, Inc. is producing a Zakk Wylde figure as the latest in the Guitar Hero™ Limited Edition Sculpture Series.

Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell returns to Dean Guitars

Black Sabbath guitar: Tony Iommi Signature Model from Epiphone. For further details see the Epiphone website.

Trade Secrets: new books collect Stew-Mac's repair articles in one place.

ElectroKraft Announces Axe*Synth Synthesizer/Theremin Guitar: it's a theremin, in guitar format!

TheAirtightGarage Introduces the Betsy Guitar Amplifier, a 5F6A-based combo guitar amplifier and recreation of the classic Fender Bassman design.

Guitar Dreamz: here's another Guitar Blog. It's early days yet, but this might be one to watch.

The under-rated guitar gods: I'm not sure what this guy is on about. Since when was Brian May an under-rated guitarist?

Poison Singer Bret Michaels guitar stolen

Traveler Guitar Introduces Travel-Sized Bass and if it's anything like my Traveler guitar it'll be a quality instrument, you can be sure of that!

Duesenberg Guitars: I recently saw Bill Nelson using one of these babies - it looked cool and sounded mighty impressive.

Electrosonic Adds Neptune to Guitar Head Lineup: it sure looks cool too!

Aerosmith Guitarist Hits Hot Sauce Market

James Hollihan and the Symphony of Guitars "The Nutcracker Suite"

60 firms paying to put 10-foot guitars on Arizona streets

Acoustic Avalon: Britain's biggest acoustic guitar show, Acoustic Avalon, takes place on November 20 and 21, at Leicester racecourse conference centre.

'Acoustic': just Lennon and a guitar

Hard Rock's guitar sign will be the largest one yet

Reverend Releases the Goblin Tube Combo

Hard Rock Cafe selects Panalpina to move rare Jimi Hendrix, Ace Frehley guitars

James Burton - A true guitar legend

McAllen music shop lays claim to world’s largest electric guitar

Waukesha native Les Paul lives up to guitar legend status at 89

Return of the triple-necked guitar!

Justin Hawkins unable to play guitar: The Darkness have a sold-out tour ahead of them, but Justin Hawkins may well be unable to play guitar due to injuries sustained from a stained-glass window.

Paul McCartney's $50,000 Guitar

Limited edition Uli Jon Roth "Sky Guitar" available for order

Palace date for guitarist Clapton: Guitarist and songwriter Eric Clapton is to receive a CBE at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

Close Encounters of the Rock Kind: did aliens make contact with John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Ace Frehley and others?

Fender Stratocaster, Limited edition Antigua re-issue, 2004

OK, OK... I know I made a bit of a song and a dance a while back about Strats being "the most boring guitar" on the planet (or something). Perhaps I was in denial? Perhaps I just wanted a change? Perhaps I was just a bit pissed off because a couple of years ago I needed the cash and had to sell my japanese 70s style paisley pink Stratocaster.

This new Antigua finish 70s style Strat is lovely, and I think I like the finish more than I liked my paisley Strat. Once again, it's a japanese Strat and it plays and feels just like my old paisley jobbie. Playing this guitar feels like resuming a relationship with an old friend, and I'm beginning to understand now just why the Stratocaster this year celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The guitar is so popular simply because it is a classic piece of design work. I mean, I love my Gibson Flying V but it's not exactly comfortable or convenient to play in a sitting position. The Stratocaster's curves and contours are ergonomically designed to fit to the player's body. It is a superb piece of design.

For me it had to be a 70s style Strat, no other Strat would do. This is partially because I wanted a replacment for my old paisley Strat (the recent paisley reissues are not 70s style), and partly because I like the big headstock and the neck profile. Don't ask me why, it's just what I'm comfortable with, both visually and in use.

These limited edition Antigua re-issues (there's also a Telecaster and a very limited Jaguar available) have been created exclusively for the European market. I got mine for a very nice price all the way from Germany. For more info see www.fendereurope.com.

JDX Direct Box for Guitar: works with any guitar amp head.

South Park creators team up with Epiphone to launch new action film... and wasn't South Park itself sponsored by Fender?

Dare you store your guitar away in a Coffin Case?

Minarik Guitars: makers of the Inferno guitar with a somewhat firey bodyshape.

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon to rejoin the band

Singer in appeal for antique guitar's return: Willy Mason is offering a reward for the return of his 70s Gibson Hummingbird, which was recently stolen at a gig in Newcastle.

Building A Good Relationship With Your Guitar

Police on the track of £3,000 guitar: thief walks out of Coventry music shop wih the most expensive guitar in stock.

Swineshead offers hand-made pickups with custom looks

Swineshead offers hand-made pickups with custom looks

Optek Launches FG-400 Series Fretlight Guitars: See songs light up underneath your fingertips!

Line 6 announce the Variax Bass, the world's first modelling bass.

John Lennon Honored with signature Gibsons and Epiphones in Tokyo museum

Spanish guitars made from banned wood: Police in Spain have uncovered an illegal network engaged in smuggling protected wood from Brazilian rain forests to be fashioned into high-quality guitars.

Jim Hall gets Sadowsky signature archtop guitar

G&L introduces Tribute Series Invader XL guitar

Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover's Russian tour report

Michael Schenker inks endorsement deal with dean guitars

Blogcritics.org diss the Epiphone "Bob Marley" guitar

Paul Stanley donates guitar to benefit kids research hospital

Slash selects tracks for his ultimate guitar compilation

Win the NEW Fender Cyber-Twin SE!! US entrants only.

Michael Schenker and Dean Guitars - legendary forces collide

Rare Jimmy Page Danelectro 12-string guitar up for auction