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“I put the headstock on the buffing wheel. It threw it out of my hands. That day I learned how to fix a broken headstock”: Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases

The Gibson CEO on his guitar-making journey, from early missteps to making the SG Hammett rocked at Back To The Beginning, and the Ghost Burst finish that's coming soon to the Gibson lineup

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“By the end of the process I sort of felt like I was squeezing blood from a stone, trying to get every last drop of liquid life out of an idea I had already been sat with for years prior”: Charli XCX reveals the extent of her post-Brat creative comedown

“I had this feeling that I wouldn’t be able to make music anymore," she says

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“I ended up rewriting the lyrics and changing the whole song because Tony broke up with me”: How Gwen Stefani channeled the pain of rejection into the No.1 song that catapulted No Doubt to worldwide fame

"I gotta write about what’s in my head – and that’s the only thing on my mind”

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Concerts or copulation? 70% of music fans would choose riffs over rumpy pumpy

According to Live Nation, anyway

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“The internet is not a self-service store and human creative achievements are not free templates”: Crucial German court victory against OpenAI as ChatGPT ruled to have illegally harvested lyrics

Ruling said that AI firm had broken German copyright law

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"Over 11,000 genre-defining Roland sounds in one powerful instrument": Roland brings Zen-Core to Galaxias with Zenology GX

Galaxias' 1.8 update also introduces an overhauled interface, "warp speed" load times and a DAW-friendly Immersive Mode

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“The guitar tones alone were worth the price of admission”: Jon Bon Jovi was impressed by Oasis live

Especially Noel, it seems

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“We’d look at each other like, ‘Oh my God, are we going to say that?! OK, we’re going to say that’”: The "hysterical" songwriting sessions with Sabrina Carpenter that propelled Amy Allen to four Grammy nominations

“Being a part of every song on Short N’ Sweet and Man’s Best Friend has changed my entire relationship with music,” she says

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“A feral supernova awaits if you dime those dials”: EarthQuaker Devices Barrows Fuzz Attacker

EarthQuaker Devices' latest fuzz is a love letter to the fabled Tone Bender MkII that presents its dynamite sound in a mini-pedal format

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"A pivotal moment for the UK music industry": UK music generated a record £8bn for the economy in 2024, but challenges from AI and Brexit remain

2024 saw tours from the likes of Taylor Swift and big releases like Charli XCX's Brat

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The No. 1 country song in the US right now is AI-generated

Breaking Rust already has 2 million Spotify listeners

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“A multi-purpose, studio-grade delay device like you’ve never seen before”: Jack White used the prototype of this “studio-grade” delay on No Name and now you can buy it – meet the JHS Pedals x Third Man Hardware Troika

Jack White's latest pedal collab is a doozie for your pedalboard or studio, a slider-equipped delay for your voice and your guitar, equipped with both XLR and 1/4" inputs

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“They’re the absolute pioneers – like a mix of thrash metal and Allan Holdsworth”: Why Wolfgang Van Halen is in awe of a “super heavy” cult band

"They were really creating something new"

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“If my first acoustic guitar were as easy to play as this, I’d have been insanely happy”: Fender California Standard Redondo review

Fender’s California range makes its acoustic craftsmanship more affordable, while doubling down on brand identity

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“We’ve listened to our users… we’re giving them more creative freedom to shape their tone”: Universal Audio gives its UAFX amp modelling and effects pedals an almighty power up, adding MIDI connectivity, improving presets and app integration

The update is free, available now, and it includes all of the UAFX dual-footswitch effects and amp emulator pedals

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KV331 Audio is giving away one of the best iPad synths we've ever tested for free

SynthMaster 2 for iOS is free until November 17

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“I wanted to create an instrument that feels classic but also pushes players to explore new tones and possibilities”: Fender and Johnny Marr reimagine the Jaguar with a limited edition signature stunner featuring three custom-wound lipstick single-coils

Finished in gloss black, equipped with three Kent Armstrong lipstick single-coils, a "secret switch" and four-way pickup selector, this might be the most versatile Jag ever – it might be the coolest, too

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“Journey wanted to make a musical change. Next thing I know I’m in Denver, Colorado with Neal Schon and we wrote our first song together that night”: How Steve Perry became the voice of Journey and took the band to its peak – before he had to bow out

At the moment Perry joined, the band was in danger of being dropped by Columbia Records

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“The Purple Rain guitar was in the corner, his lava lamps were everywhere and the mixing desk had been used by Sly and the Family Stone”: Fine Young Cannibals confirm that She Drives Me Crazy was recorded at Paisley Park using Prince’s studio gear

Its snare sound went on to inspire Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff on a song from the 1989 album

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Behringer clones the classic Korg SQ-10 analogue sequencer with BQ-10

Designed to "capture the essence of classic sequencing with the flexibility of modern modular workflow", BQ-10 brings MIDI support and Eurorack compatibility to Korg's vintage sequencer

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“I asked Taylor, ‘How would you feel about putting a five-string guitar on a six-string neck tuned in a very strange way”: Taylor teams up with Jacob Collier for signature acoustics that declare standard tuning DAEAD – and they’re accessibly priced

Taylor expands its Jacob Collier signature collection with the Academy 22e and GS Mini, and they're impressively spec'd and offer something completely different for adventurous players

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“An incredible gesture, demonstrating once again that artists absolutely understand how vital grassroots music venues are to their careers and to their communities”: Sam Fender to donate his Mercury winnings to the Music Venue Trust

Singer songwriter had already raised £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour

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“The guitar I built in Kirk’s hands… paying tribute to Tony, Ozzy and Black Sabbath, it was amazing and strange, humbling and epic”: The unique SG built by Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian and played by Kirk Hammett at Back to the Beginning heads to auction

Gibson teams up with Julien's Auctions for Gibson Gives fundraiser, with two of Gueikian's custom builds going under the hammer, plus a heap of signed and stage-played electrics

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“When it was finished, I collapsed in exhaustion”: How Moby carefully crafted Play and rescued his career

Moby had all but thrown in the towel, but the surprising success of his eclectic 1999 masterpiece forever changed his fortunes

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We didn’t expect this rising artist to snag a Producer of the Year nod for the 2026 Grammys - but we’re glad he did

Best known for his solo work, Dijon’s up for Producer of the Year at the 2026 Grammys despite only contributing to a single project with another artist: Justin Bieber's Swag. Could he win it?

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