Greg Howe cancels upcoming North America tour to care for sick fiancé/manager

Ozzy Osbourne has announced his retirement from touring and canceled all upcoming shows, saying he’s not “physically capable” of life on the road anymore. In a new statement from Osbourne himself, he cites an accident four years ago, and subsequent failed treatments aimed at getting him back into peak shape, as the central reason behind his decision.

The Ozzy lifer has shared a touching tribute to the Prince of Darkness – and says he’ll be ready and waiting if a live return is ever on the cards. Zakk Wylde has voiced his support for Ozzy Osbourne, telling the metal icon he remains “a hero to me and millions around the world”, after Osbourne announced his forced retirement from touring.

The LP was used by Guest – aka Nigel Tufnel – as his main touring guitar in 1984, with Lage describing it as the perfect convergence of his prized Telecaster and Collings signature guitar. Contrary to the practices of some of his guitar-playing peers, Julian Lage is a...

Ovation’s affordable offshoot Applause has announced the arrival of the Jump series of flatback acoustic guitars. The Ovation brand first rose to prominence in the ’60s, becoming famed for producing innovative parabolic (round-backed) acoustics that utilised a variety of unusual composites and resins in the place of traditional tonewoods.

Ryan Singleton was a model from Atlanta, Georgia. Since he was young, he "wanted to be a star," his mother, Iris Flowers, remembers, reports WUSA 9. When Ryan was 21 years old, he left Atlanta and went to New York to pursue his dream.

Victoria Shen – a sound artist based in San Francisco, CA – has shared video clips of her new “contactless strummer”, which can vibrate multiple strings using a set of spinning magnets. The guitarist posted two clips on Twitter, stating: “I made this handheld prototype for...

Ever since The Sugarhill Gang first stitched together Rapper’s Delight, the sampling of other people’s records has been a source of constant creativity. “The way that we used to make records was this,” says Sugar Hill bassist, Doug Wimbish. “On Fridays we would go to the club and check out how the crowd responded to a bassline or a riff, which could have been from wherever, it didn’t matter.

The late '70s-era unit – a favorite of JHS Pedals head honcho Josh Scott – has been slimmed down, with three selectable delay times and up to +20dB of boost also on tap. Produced for only a short time in the late 1970s, the Slap-Back Echo is certainly not one of EHX's most well-known stompboxes.

The bold electric guitar design – which translates as ‘female witch’ – features custom gold foil pickups and a modest price tag. PureSalem Guitars has announced the arrival of a new offset electric guitar design, dubbed La Bruja (which loosely translates as ‘female witch’).

A truly chameleon-like overdrive pedal that can provide everything from clean boost upwards, the Ridge gives you a massive range of options in shaping your sound and has practical facilities for onstage use. Why you can trust Guitar World Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services...

Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown’s fifth album, Shake the Roots, is their first for their own label, Rattle Shake Records. Having built a rep for their direct, no-frills approach, the new record doesn’t deviate from that template but does add a host of new tonal colors, with the sound of resonators and acoustic guitars shaking up the sonic mix.

It wasn't always that way, though. In the early years of his career in the 1960s – both with the Yardbirds and his own band – Beck used, in succession, a Telecaster, a Fender Esquire and then a Gibson Les Paul. We’d love to stay in touch, sign...

At the moment, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten is between two important musical points in her life. Van Etten released her latest album, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, last May. 2022, though, also marked a significant anniversary – 10 years since the release of her life-changing LP, Tramp. So, she wonders, how to celebrate?

One of George Harrison and the Beatles’ most influential contributions to the electric guitar actually didn’t involve an electric guitar at all. When Harrison first played an actual sitar on Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) on Rubber Soul, it inspired numerous other pop bands to incorporate the distinctive droning sounds of a sitar on their records as well.

The new Sheriff 25 and VS100 Super Sheriff build on the line’s British rock voicings, replacing the existing Sheriff 22 and Sheriff 44 models. We’d love to stay in touch, sign up for The Pick team to contact you with great news, content and offers. Mike is Editor-in-Chief...

Spanish designer David Galvañ has launched the Altar – a neat solution for players who wish to store their electric guitar and amplifier together. The Altar is essentially a guitar and amp stand in one. It uses the weight of a combo amp on its V-shaped legs to create a solid stand for the electric guitar, which can hang above it.

The masterminds behind the Simplifier have tapped into their electronics expertise for a control-heavy unit, which features three modes of operation and an X-Gate noise gate function. Utility specialist and Simplifier builder DSM Humboldt has branched out into the effects pedal market by introducing the Black Clouds Lead Tone Machine,...

Guitarist Denny Laine recalls the making of the 007 anthem the film's producers mistook for a demo. “As a writer who thinks of himself as part craftsman, the idea of writing a Bond theme is akin to being asked to make a bit of furniture for the national collection,” Paul McCartney said in the 2013 biography Man on the Run.

Solar Guitars, the ever-prolific electric guitar brand headed by popular YouTube guitarist Ola Englund, has made its first entry into the high-end electric guitar market with the launch of its new European Master Series. Leading off this new line is the XF6FRFSB, a striking model that looks to be Solar's...

With famous users including Tony Iommi and Lari Basilio, the LA-Studio is aimed primarily at guitarists who want full-on vintage valve sounds for recording or internet broadcast. It’s hardly an impulse purchase, but with everything considered, we reckon it’s great value for money. Definitely one to check out.