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My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields hid new music in a flash drive inside his signature Fender Blender pedal

With the flash drive comes instructions for listeners to “please play at 80db and above on speakers“

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In praise of the Fender Duo-Sonic, the electric guitar for students that the pros grew to love

Compact, fun, playable and affordable – and loved by Jimi Hendrix – the Duo-Sonic remains Fender's slept-on classic

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Fender Steve Lacy People Pleaser Stratocaster review

Debuting a new Chaos Burst finish and an onboard fuzz circuit, this really is a people-pleasing Strat...

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Steve Howe once took a chisel to a 1955 Fender Telecaster to make it more Gibson

“I can’t say I'm entirely without guilt,” the Yes man once commented. Yet the heavily modified Tele found a home on Relayer and appears on new album Mirror to the Sky

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Fender unearths a shoegaze fuzz holy grail for My Bloody Valentine fans with the Kevin Shields Blender

The Kevin Shields Blender has two channels, an octave-up fuzz and sag controls, is limited to 700 units worldwide, and available exclusively through Fender, Reverb and Andertons

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Fender and Kevin Shields make history with the firm’s first ever signature fuzz pedal – and it‘s a retro joy

It might cost $499, but the limited-edition Shields Blender – designed with the My Bloody Valentine tonal pioneer – is a two-channel vintage-style monster in every sense of the word

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Ana Popović: “I don’t want anything that is not legit on my stage. When it’s a cheap drum kit or a cheap bass, I hear it and it bothers me”

The Serbian blues-rocker tells tales of capturing a ’64 Strat in the wild and why single-coil pickups leave the mighty humbucker in the shade…

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Fender's Saint Laurent Strat is none more black and $12,500

Only ten are available, and there's a '65 Deluxe Reverb amp too – we'll probably only be able to afford the custom picks though

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5 reasons why you should buy a modeling amp over a tube amp

Has digital really won the amp war? We delve into all the reasons you’d be better off with a modeling amp

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Joe Bonamassa just bought one of Norman’s Rare Guitars’ most prized instruments

“This is one of the most important guitars I’ve ever sold,” said Norman Harris of the historic vintage electric

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Fender just unveiled the stealthiest Strat ever made – and it costs $12,500

Designed in collaboration with Saint Laurent, only 10 examples have been built, and they're joined by an equally sleek '65 Deluxe Reverb and custom guitar picks

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Steve Lacy on how Jack White and Scott Pilgrim inspired his fuzz-equipped Strat, creating Fender’s first “pink sunburst” and why he loves affordable multi-FX pedals

The superstar guitarist/producer has worked with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Thundercat, and topped the charts with “nerdy chords” – now he has a radical new signature Stratocaster, but as he reveals, the ideas that didn’t make the cut were even more off-the-wall

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Fender Gold Foil Jazzmaster review

Fool's gold?

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Mikey Way: “I was borderline terrified a lot of the time My Chemical Romance was active. I was learning the bass in front of 20,000 people every night!”

The reunited emo kings’ low-end ranger reveals why he swapped out his signature Fender Mustang for a sparkling new signature Jazz Bass, learning bass in arenas, and how he overcame insecurity about his chops

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Godin just unveiled its best-appointed Session guitar yet – and it could give Fender and Ibanez a run for their money

With a Canadian build and choice Seymour Duncan pickups, the Superstrat-styled Session T-Pro has serious potential

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Fender gives core models a limited edition Satin Black makeover for the Made In Japan Noir Series

As part of the MIJ Hybrid II Series, these Japanese-made models feature a Strat, Tele, Jazzmaster and Jazz Bass with a Knight Rider vibe and custom-voiced pickups

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How to tell a good ’70s Fender Stratocaster from a bad one

Strat expert Julian White of World Guitars urges a cool head and a judicious eye when considering Stratocasters built during the bell-bottom era

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Charvel Jim Root Signature Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 review

The Slipknot riffer returns to the original hotrod shop for a Superstrat that's built to handle all manner of high-gain rough and tumble

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Welcome to the silver parade: Fender goes glam with signature Jazz Bass for My Chemical Romance's Mikey Way

A '70s -inspired Silver Sparkle stunner

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Fender American Vintage II 1972 Telecaster Thinline and 1975 Telecaster Deluxe review

Time has mellowed the wrath of the detractors and reinforced the joy of the believers in a range that divided opinion when first released in the early ’70s – and now it’s back with authentic CuNiFe humbuckers

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PRS expands its John Mayer signature SE Silver Sky lineup with new maple fretboard options and fresh finishes

The SE Silver Sky is available with a maple 'board in a trio of smart colourways, with a Storm Gray and Piano Black refresh for the rosewood models

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Fender debuts sparkle-finished Mikey Way Jazz Bass – a glittering signature model that will appeal way beyond its My Chemical Romance associations

Fender has unveiled a stunning new limited-edition signature model for the MCR bassist

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5 of the best free guitar amp simulator plugins

Discover the best free guitar VSTs with our pick of no-cost amp and cab sims for guitarists and producers

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Watch Tom Morello trade blues licks with Buddy Guy on the Strat legend's spotted Fender

Joining Guy onstage at the Best of Blues and Rock festival in São Paulo, Morello laid down some licks far bluesier than those that populate his catalog with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave

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