RKS Guitars Wins Two 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards: check out the radical designs for yourself again over at www.rksguitars.com.

Get free guitar cut outs from New Order sleeve designer: Around 500 guitar cut outs designed by Peter Saville will be left across the capital to promote the launch of new hand-held game and music consol the Sony PSP, and they can be taken home by those who find them.

JamLab Makes Computer Recording Easy for Guitarists: M-Audio's JamLab combines a USB audio interface with a 1/4" input and line/headphone output with software effects, amp simulation, and drum loops for jamming with.

New Additions to Parker's Current Guitar Lineup

There's no real reason for this picture here, other than to illustrate an alternative use for a Vox amp (a seat for a cat!). Actually, I'm just testing this new picture upload facility on Blogger. Never mind... normal service will be resumed shortly!

The Flying V ukulele!

Blues guitarist Harry "Big Daddy" Hypolite killed in Car Crash

Jazz guitarist Billy Bauer dies aged 89

Turning 80 sweet for blues guitarist B.B. King

Jimi Hendrix's infamous 1966 Fender guitar hits the auction block: see this ebay auction here.

The Pac Man Guitar

Guitar signed by Blur and Led Zeppelin up for grabs

Yamaha Announce the A2 Air Guitar: "...Yamaha’s newly developed A.I.R. technology (Alternative Internal Resonance) shatters this precondition, specially positioned ‘sound tubes’ pass through a lightweight body at intricately selected angles. This allows string vibrations, which normally only resonate the top of the guitar body are more effectively ‘transmitted’ through the whole instrument..."

Archer Debuts Kasim Sulton Signature Bass

Zoom Announces G2 Multi-Effects Pedal: Their most powerful pedal to date, the G2 features 96kHz sampling rate and 24-bit converters, plus up to 5 second of delay, built-in tuner, and drum machine.

Last week I went to see DKT/MC5 again, this time in Oxford. I also remembered to take my camera this time! As ever, they played an exciting set full of the MC5's best known songs.

What I want to know is, what model Fender Stratocaster is it that Wayne Kramer uses these days? It's a hardtail Strat, that's for certain (despite the "with Synchronized Tremolo" legend on the headstock!), and on the scratchplate near the pickup selector switch there is a Fender "F". Does anyone have any ideas what model it might be? Just curious...

Win Roger McGuinn's Seven-String Martin Guitar!

Rick Vito and Reverend team up for signature guitar line

Korn guitarist writes for Dimebag

Rock guitarist dies in house fire: Welsh rock guitarist Robert "Tich" Gwilym died in a house fire in Cardiff over the weekend, South Wales Police have confirmed.

The Cure recruit former guitarist: Porl Thompson rejoins for a third time!

The world's largest Hard Rock guitar sign: when completed it'll be 112 feet tall!

Jimmy Page lays down guitar for upcoming Jerry Lee Lewis release

Soul Asylum's bassist, Karl Mueller, dies at 41

Ace Frehley presents Les Paul with signature model guitar: Original Kisss guitarist Ace Frehley presented the legendary Les Paul with his own signature model of the guitar on Monday, June 13th at the Iridium Jazz club in New York.

Glasgow student wins award for travel guitar

Adelaide guitar factory goes up in flames

Epiphone's All New Valve Junior Amplifier: now this looks neat!

StroboSoft Accurately Tunes Guitar Via PC

All That Remains autographed guitar giveaway: www.razorandtiemedia.com/contests/allthatremains

Guitarists find Atkins' style finger-pickin' good: that is the Tampa Bay FingerStyle Guitar Players.

AC/DC gutarist Malcolm Young voted "Most Underrated Guitarist"

Dragonforce guitarist named "Best Shredder"

Oasis guitarist makes fun of brother

Science search plucks guitarist from obscurity: A nationwide search for the "Pop Idol of science" has been won by an electric guitar-playing civil servant.

Brian May gets encore at the Palace: guitar legends Brian May and Jimmy Page are among Britain's greatest musicians honoured by the Queen this week, whilst Live Aid founder and Ultravox star Midge Ure gets an OBE along with guitarist John Mayall, the father of British blues.

Have guitars, will travel: Rhett Butler explains how he plays two guitars at once.

Instrumental success for guitar builder - Colfax resident now an international craftsman

When he couldn't play the guitar, Vine Grove man decided to make them

Guitar pick enthusiast to expand his collection this summer

Solo Bass Competition set for October

Budda Introduces Superdrive 45 Series II Amps

Satriani, Metheny, Vai and Santana signed guitars auctions

Music Man unveil new Sting Ray and Sterling models with dual pickup options

Here's my old battered cello guitar that was rescued and brought back to life through the efforts of a couple of friends. I really can't take any credit for this project, as all the work was done for me. This work included re-glueing the body, re-setting the neck, sanding the remaining old finish off (someone had made a half-arsed attempt previously) and re-spraying in this gorgeous gold.

I've strung her up tonight for the first time and the initial impressions are good. The sound is sweet and I have achieved a very nice playable action. I just need to play the new strings in a bit and get the tuning stabilised, as they always sound overly bright when you first put them on.

In case you don't remember, this is what she looked like before!

SonyBMG Breaks Out Big Guns For Rory Gallagher Anthology

Guitarist will be cast in stone: A statue of the Rolling Stones' rock legend Brian Jones is to be erected in his home town of Cheltenham.

House Music Pioneer From The Band Ten City Meets Legendary Guitar Player From The Rock Band Thin Lizzy on Branch Recording: Andy Gee? When did he play guitar for Thin Lizzy?

FR3000V Tube Drive Reverb from Guyatone

New Petite Jumbo Model from Bourgeois: Designed for fingerstyle guitarists, the latest Bourgeois model features a 16" jumbo-style body constructed with European Spruce and Madagascar Rosewood.

Women with Guitars Chicago goes international with June 24 & 25 concerts: Seven singer-songwriters strum and strut their stuff.

Bell's Still Ringing True With The Blues: interview with original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell.

Rush Guitarist Rocks the Ritz: Alex Lifeson files lawsuit against hotel.

Queen guitarist May praises charity

Rose Tattoo guitarist quits touring because of cancer

Made In Japan Fenders: This guy imports high quality MIJ Fender non-export models into the UK. Some fab guitars there, mainly Strats though.

The 13th Fret Acoustic Guitar Discussion Forum

Travel guitars: A round-up courtesy of Treknologies.

In celebration of Les Paul, father of the electric guitar: he'll be 90 later this month!

Siegmund Guitars Introduces Outcaster Guitar: Chris Siegmund's latest design is available as either a Strat and Tele-style ash-bodied guitar with hollowed out sides, f-hole, and variety of custom options. See: www.siegmundguitars.com

TheAirtightGarage Releases Betsy Tonebuster 115 Combo