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Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner – and is promising a bright future for the German amp giant championed by Alex Lifeson and Tommy Thayer

The mega retailer has added the innovative amp company to its evolving roster of brands – but what's next for the beloved firm?

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“Some things you are supposed to touch, and some things you are never supposed to touch”: Remembering when Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme played George Harrison’s Rosewood Telecaster – and got so star-struck by the guitar he couldn’t speak

We've all been there, one of the most legendary techs in guitar history hands you a Beatle's guitar and it is all too much

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“Connect with your heart and with just a few notes, you can do magic”: The Last of Us composer Gustavo Santaolalla shows off his “Guitarocko” Strat – a 1-of-1 Fender designed to mimic the ronroco

The traditional South American instrument plays a key role in the game/TV show's award-winning soundtrack, with Fender now helping marry it with a Strat

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“This bass has plenty of cutting power, and it's versatile enough to handle just about any gig”: Cort GB-Fusion 4 review

A new entry to the wallet-friendly bassmarket, the Cort GB-Fusion 4 combines impressive pickups and hardware with classic J-Bass style

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“When my first band was playing, I needed an amp. I traded this guitar and $60 to my drummer's sister, who had a Super Reverb”: Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo is selling his first-ever electric guitar on the band's relaunched Reverb store

This is the third time the iconic experimental rockers have linked up with the online gear marketplace to sell a collection of their own gear to fans

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Fender Japan celebrates the ’60s with the return of its Traditional Collection – which features a rare Competition Jazzmaster

The collection’s Class of 2025 offers the firm’s premium craftsmanship and a raft of nostalgic colorways

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“I like the real thing that happens when you dig in a little bit and the amp starts to cry for mercy”: Is the compressor pedal a country guitar essential? Brad Paisley doesn’t think so – and here’s why

The country virtuoso explains why compression is not an always-on effect for him – and neither is reverb for that matter

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“We met Greg Sutton, who played for Bob Dylan. He said, ‘Let’s get Mick Taylor out.’ So we paid Mick, got some blow and wrote a few songs...” Anthony Krizan on what it took to perform Hendrix with Noel Redding – and best Alex Skolnick in an audition

The rock journeyman recalls the making of a lost song with ex-Rolling Stone, channeling Hendrix with Noel Redding and his time with The Spin Doctors

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“Fender has standards. I don’t”: Brad Paisley will personally build 19 of his new signature Lost Telecasters – and he plans to get experimental

The guitarist is taking matters into his own hands for the extremely limited batch of Paisley-made Teles

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“It’s a really wild, weird tuning, and something that low would just not work if you didn’t have a 30-inch scale”: Periphery’s Misha Mansoor on how the Fender Bass VI inspired his Jackson baritone offset –and the “absurd” super-low tuning he uses on it

With Charvel Surfcaster bodies and Strat headstocks, Mansoor's Frankenstein Jacksons are the coolest metal guitars you'll see, and the tuning they've inspired is crazy even by baritone standards

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“I gave the Nocaster to Stevie. I'd catch him playing it. Years later someone paid a million dollars or something for it”: Jimmie Vaughan on his three favorite guitars – and the story of the megabucks Fender he gave to his brother

The Texas blues maestro takes a trip down memory lane and pulls out three desert island six-strings

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“The effects of these sudden and unpredictable tariff actions will have a long-term effect on musicians worldwide”: Guitar industry leaders to meet with Trump in a bid to avert “devastating” impact of tariffs

Many small-to-medium producers could go to the wall

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Hidden London: the Barbican Launderette

This is more than a place to wash clothes, writes David Ellis

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“Some of the most ambitious custom shop guitars I’ve ever seen”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the essential launches you might have missed

New drops from JHS Pedals, Fender, Victory, and more that need to be on your radar this week

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"A versatile jack-of-all-trades, with some excellent displays of mastery at times": Fender Player II Modified Precision Bass review

Fender’s workhorse-series P-Bass gets some performance-enhancing additions, as well as a tone control that works in passive mode

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Eddie Vedder uses one of Jack White’s signature guitars to play a Pearl Jam deep cut – after receiving it as a gift from the White Stripes legend

The White Stripes icon has been on a guitar-gifting spree – and the latest recipient has put the electric/acoustic hybrid to good use

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“I didn’t know him or trust him. But I gave him all of that money in the hope he would bring me a Strat. I had no idea if I’d see him again”: Rammstein’s Richard ZK on the coffee shop rendezvous in East Germany that got him his first Fender

The Rammstein riffer wanted a Strat to imitate his hero, Jimi Hendrix – but getting hold of one took some serious work

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“I said, ‘You can’t make a guitar as good as my old one.’ They tried and it wasn’t great”: Vince Gill’s 1953 Telecaster is one of the most coveted Teles of all time – but the Eagles guitarist turned down Fender’s offer to make a signature recreation

Gill wasn’t convinced about the concept of a signature version of his iconic Blackguard, but Fender insisted on making a prototype – which was later lost in a flood

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“It's the unpredictability and suddenness of the tariffs. Companies do not have the time to plan, adapt or evolve”: NAMM CEO John Mlynczak on the impact of Trump’s tariffs in the guitar industry

This week, representatives from some of the States' biggest guitar brands have come together in D.C. for the first time in 17 years to continue advocating for the musical instrument market

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I bought the cheapest bass Fender makes from Amazon and it genuinely surprised me: Squier Debut Series Precision Bass review

The Amazon-exclusive Debut Series is aimed at beginners, but could it also be ideal for modders and guitarists who need a bass for recording too?

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“A huge Achilles heel with the non-traditionals”: What’s the hardest part about designing a fresh guitar? According to Novo Guitars, it’s probably not one you’d expect

This particular component accounts for “80%” of a new design's success, according to Novo’s Travis Tingley and session ace JD Simo

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“Iggy left the Stooges and had a career – ditto Lou Reed with the Velvet Underground or Morrissey with the Smiths. Where’s Biafra’s solo career?”: East Bay Ray explains why the Dead Kennedys’ chemistry hit its peak on Fresh Fruit... and why it fell apart

In the year 1980, the Dead Kennedys debut presented a new sound for punk. Here guitarist East Bay Ray tells us how they made Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

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“The PB-62 continues our tradition of delivering outstanding price-to-performance value, and a fresh take on a classic theme”: Vintage mojo from a $180 beginner bass guitar? Meet the Harley Benton PB-62

There's no denying the inspiration behind this budget-friendly four-string but the classics never go out of style

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“It’s unreal that my own name is one of the coolest finishes I think Fender has ever done”: Fender teams up with country superstar Brad Paisley on a signature Telecaster that brings back a cult classic finish from the 1960s

The Limited Edition “Lost Paisley” Telecaster revives the short-lived Summer of Love and psychedelia-inspired Paisley finish that Fender first launched in 1968

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“This isn’t just an Artist Signature model – it’s a glimpse into what could have been, had this concept made it to production”: Fender and Brad Paisley introduce the 1967 ‘Lost Paisley’ Telecaster

This limited edition Tele resurrects a unicorn finish and applies it to a top-tier vintage build featuring Seymour Duncan pickups and Glaser G Bender

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