Traveler Guitar Introduces New Portable Guitar Amp: it's the size of a laptop and incorporates flat panel speaker technology by NXT.

Designer Gibson Guitar Auction to Benefit Breast Cancer Research: unique SGs featuring artwork by the likes of Sheryl Crow, Rod Stewart, Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa Etheridge, David Carradine, Mick Fleetwood, Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Brian Johnson of AC/DC.

Win an Epiphone Masterbilt EF-500 M acoustic guitar autographed by Killer Beaz. I have no idea who he is - perhaps someone could enlighten me?

Great Guitar Giveaway: sign up to the newsletter for your chance to win a guitar!

The Real Gipsy Kings are Here - Gypsy Pistoleros are The Gipsy Kings Meets Motley Crue! Allegedly.

Three New Lefties from Fender

UltraPick: could this be the ultimate plectrum?

Slipknot Bassist Hospitalised

Roy Rogers, The Master Slide Guitarist, Launches The New Slide Zone Website

Kasabian guitarist receives head injury at gig

The London Guitar Show 2005 will be at Wembley again, 6-7th May. I'm trying to work out if I'm going to be able to make it along myself.

Jimi Hendrix's brother avenges legal defeat by picking up the guitar

Guitar maker devises harp for physically disabled people

Burns Introduces Shadows Custom Signature Guitar: limited to a run of just 500 guitars in "Shadow Pink", the Shadows Custom Signature model comes complete with luxury case and photo signed by Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch.

Epiphone and Gibson Day at Fuller's Vintage Guitar: the highlight of the day's festivities, apparently, is a guitar toss where contestants throw "non-functioning guitars" up to distances of 60 feet!

Guitar love yields successful business: article about Andrew White Guitars.

Gator's G-Gig-Box provides pedal board and guitar stand in one

Mad tiny lobster-finish guitars: I was wondering what had happened to Stump Preacher guitars.

Variax Workbench Released for Mac and PC: Line 6 has released their software/hardware package that allows Variax electric guitar users to customize their models, create custom tunings, and share models with others.

Who star Entwistle items for sale: I don't think there are any basses or guitars this time though.

American Head Charge guitarist Bryan Ottoson was found dead

Alesis XGuitar with Built-In Effects

PRS 513 Rosewood Wins '05 MIPA Best Electric Guitar (Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...)

New AXON AX 100 mk II Guitar-to-MIDI-controller

New-Look Fender Jaguar Guitars

Mark Twain guitar valued at $15m

Jerry Byrd, steel guitar pioneer, dies aged 85

A Guitar Wizard: Tim White's incredible "inflatable" Chrysalis guitar. I believe I linked to his website in the early days of this blog, but that the site disappeared from the net soon after. I was wondering what became of Chrysalis Guitars...

Korg ToneWorks AX3000G Modelling Signal Processor: New MultiFX from Korg.

Brian May defends decision to play Rome while the city mourns the Pope

ESP Statue of Liberty Guitar: Is that proper? That is the question, posed by Music Thing.

The Legacy Continues... Epiphone Sheraton

Squier Master Series

Fender's Jargon Buster: a comprehensive dictionary of Fender terms.

No Doubt give up their guitars: all in the name of charity.

For Buddy Guy, the guitar's the thing

Naming rights for L.A. Universal Amphitheatre sold to Gibson Guitar

Guitar Wolf's Bassist Billy dies of heart attack

The Guitar That Saw The Light: Optek's Fretlight, of course!

Rock legend Young out of hospital: Neil Young has left hospital and is making "excellent" progress after having brain surgery last week.

Meet the Music Maker: Seymour Duncan

Tacoma Guitars: now part of the Fender family, and they're giving away a JR55 guitar to celebrate (US residents only).