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“It really is a special set”: Joe Bonamassa’s newest signature pickups are inspired by his Bolin ’Burst – the infamous Les Paul he acquired under extraordinary circumstances

The original pickups found in the famed Gibson that was once played by Tommy Bolin have been recreated in great detail

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“Making history as the first-ever amp authenticated on the blockchain”: Synyster Gates has launched what’s called a Universal Pedal Platform – and it’s nothing like your usual amp head

The ultra-clean amp head has been deliberately designed to be paired with distortion pedals and rackmount effects

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“We’re pretty sad. These instruments have a lot of time and love in them, more than we can express”: New Zealand indie rock outfit The Beths had their gear stolen in France – and are now appealing for its return

The stolen gear includes some pretty rare guitars, including a Burns Club Series Double Six 12-string and a custom handmade guitar by Trent Guitars

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“Built with the same passion I’ve put into every note I’ve ever played”: Nuno Bettencourt has launched his own guitar brand, Nuno Guitars – marking the end of his longstanding partnership with Washburn

Many speculated a Bettencourt brand was in the works after the virtuoso was spotted performing at Ozzy Osbourne's last-ever show armed with a mystery guitar

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“Never did I actually expect to get the chance to see one up close, let alone play one”: Everything that caught my eye at Guitar Summit 2025 – from the grand unveiling of a brand-new guitar company to the year’s most anticipated amp modeler

Rosengarten Mannheim became a scorching-hot cauldron of all things guitar for three days – and there were plenty of highlights

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“He pointed out that the bass is the most important thing in a rock song”: Ozzy Osbourne has worked with the biggest virtuosos in the world – but Andrew Watt says he valued the bass above all else

Watt collaborated closely with the Prince of Darkness on his final two albums and discovered he valued one instrument above the rest when it came to dialing in a mix

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“One of the proudest moments of my life”: Sophie Lloyd shreds in front of 82,000 people to open the Women’s Rugby World Cup final

Lloyd shredded through an original track and a Bon Jovi classic for the historic event's pre-show entertainment

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“I thought, ‘I wonder if I can get away with putting sleigh bells on a doom-metal song?’” How Paradise Lost’s Greg Mackintosh is rewriting the gothic metal rulebook

Ascension is another work of magisterial gothic doom from the English metal stalwarts, who are still chasing new ways to articulate melancholy in the infinite sadness

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“Remember the golden rule of mixing: if you can’t hear something, that doesn’t mean it’s too quiet – it’s more likely that something else is too loud”: How to deal with sound engineers and help them help you dial in a killer live tone

If you want to sound great on stage and off, there are a few tricks about amp placement, gear, and diplomacy that you should know

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“A Klon-type pedal with a twist”: Keeley Manis review

With the option of transistors or diodes, this is one of the most appealing Klon klones in years

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"Unfortunately I can imagine that because nothing would surprise me": The Living End's Chris Cheney on AI punk bands, going back to basics, the Spotify exodus and rock 'n' roll as a life force

The teenagers who loved 'Prisoner of Society' in the '90s are now in their forties, but on new LP I Only Trust Rock n Roll, The Living End sounds as vital as ever.

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“Developed so that players will always have the assurance of knowing where their guitar is, and what condition it's been kept in”: Lowden puts AI in its acoustics to help players better look after their guitar – and track it down when lost or stolen

An in-built sensor will monitor temperature, humidity, and location to support players in ensuring optimum performance at all times

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“I saw one of their pedals and thought, ‘That’s the sound I’ve been thinking about for 10 years!’” Meet Coach Party, the UK indie-rockers dialing in Tokai Teles, Amazon tremolos and secrets from Queens of the Stone Age’s pedalboards

The Isle of Wight quartet discuss Josh Homme’s hospitality, giving lessons to Wet Leg and their sticky yet therapeutic second album, Caramel –and share an exclusive live performance of Still Hurts

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“Playing with John is always a university of learning and experimenting”: John Mayer and Isaiah Sharkey impress at record-breaking concert – and Sharkey’s in-development signature Ibanez was along for the ride

The guitar is one of two in-the-works signature models, and it starred during the largest ticketed single concert in US history

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“Unlike FRFR cabs, they provide a playing experience more like plugging into an amp with a traditional open-back cabinet”: Line 6 combines classic speaker cab and FRFR in one with the Powercab CL

The firm says its open-back cab series goes beyond neutral-sounding FRFR cabs by offering simulations of classic speakers as well as purely amplifying modeler tones

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“I didn't know anything about pedals. It seemed like some communist idea or something”: John Fogerty on why he was skeptical of guitar pedals during his Creedence Clearwater Revival days

In a recent interview, Fogerty also looked back on “the best-sounding solid-state amp ever made,” and revealed his perfect guitar-amp combination

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“Turn your old guitars and pedals into higher earnings”: Reverb launches Reverb Wallet, offering boosted earnings and quicker payouts for US sellers

The system works by keeping funds within the Reverb ecosystem, with a 1% boost to earnings made and quicker pay outs designed to empower your next purchase

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“Against his wishes, his doctor insists that he refrain from travel at this time”: Ace Frehley cancels show after fall in home studio

Frehley had been slated to appear at the Antelope Valley Fair in Lancaster, California, last Friday

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“We were like Dime and Vinnie and the Van Halen brothers combined… Then when everything went down, I found out that we were not as close as we thought”: Max Cavalera on Sepultura’s bloody roots, the rise of Soulfly and how metal became the family business

Max Cavalera takes GW back to the beginning in Brazil and the search for a sound more brutal than anyone, the bitter splits and blessed reunions, and what comes next for Soulfly and Cavalera

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“Sometimes I go to a Guitar Center, see a kid jamming and I’ll start jamming with them. We look at each other and it’s, like, a moment”: Yvette Young-backed emo icons Algernon Cadwallader are back – and as giddy and technically dazzling as ever

Reunited double-lead guitarists Joe Reinhart and Colin Mahony on writing complex songs on drugs, the album’s secret ska song and connecting with next-gen rippers at Guitar Center

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“Two shots fired by a frantic chick at her boyfriend missed him and hit T-Bone’s guitar”: T-Bone Walker’s 1949 Gibson spearheads the reopening of iconic Denmark Street guitar store Regent Sounds

The guitar is now on display in a new lounge dedicated to high-end and historically significant guitars

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“Losing Jeff was devastating. He was the most powerful talent of my generation”: Bassist Mick Grøndahl looks back on his time with Jeff Buckley, and the song that took 19 takes to perfect

Produced by Slayer and Nirvana collaborator Andy Wallace, Last Goodbye was the most cinematic track from Buckley’s only studio album

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“A shut-up-and-take-my-money fuzz pedal if ever there was one”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week, featuring Manson, Martin, Ibanez, Positive Grid, and more – plus, will Boss' XS-100 Poly Shifter steal the DigiTech Whammy’s crown?

PRS, Boss, a trio of sweet, sweet fuzz boxes, and the guitar plugin that gets AI to do the tone seeking for you? It's just another week in gear

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“It’s quite lyrical and different from a lot of other Stones songs... I played in a different mode”: Mick Taylor lent stunning slide work to golden-era Rolling Stones classics, but he says this obscure album cut is his best performance with the band

“Because of the structure of the song, it pushed my guitar playing in a slightly different direction,” the ex-Stone said of his unlikely pick

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“The guy in the support band was playing a Jazz Bass. We agreed to swap instruments… That guy was Ian Hunter who went on to form Mott the Hoople”: Leo Lyons on the bass that appeared at Woodstock, has been played by Hendrix, and is on three UFO classics

The Ten Years After bassist’s 1962 Fender Jazz Bass is one of the coolest four-strings you will ever see, with buckle rash on the back that any Fender Master Builder would kill to recreate

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