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NAMM 2023: Fender Audio unveils the RIFF – a portable Bluetooth speaker and practice amp with a maple wood touch control panel

The stylish new hybrid speaker and amp aims to corner the music listening market among guitar players

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NAMM 2023: DSM & Humboldt unveils the Simplifier MkII, upgrading the zero-watt stereo guitar amp with revoiced preamps, more dynamics, reverb and more

The Simplifier gets simplified, as the compact, pedalboard friendly DI unit is redesigned to make it easier to use, and revamped to make it sound even better than before

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Fender’s radical new CuNiFe pickups have arrived, including “the first truly innovative voice in single-coil Stratocaster pickups in a generation” – hear them in action

Based on magnets used in the company’s sought-after Wide Range humbuckers, the new designs reimagine the tone of the company's most iconic guitars with the launch of CuNiFe and Cobalt Chrome Stratocaster, Telecaster and Jazzmaster pickups

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Fender Mustang LT40S review

The Big F's desktop amp presents guitar players with an affordable and inspiring tool for practice. But how does it measure up in an increasingly crowded field?

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Fender Acoustasonic Player Jazzmaster review

The American Acoustasonic was widely regarded as the most versatile of Fender's bold hybrid range yet, but how does it translate to the more affordable Player Series?

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Abbey Road engineer Ken Scott on recording The Beatles: “I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time”

On working with Lennon and McCartney: “Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas John would prefer to get it over with as quickly as possible”

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Fender isn't going to make a Squier Acoustasonic, but it does have big plans

"We've taken a lot of input from artists who are really using it, so you're going to see us create signature products on the Acoustasonic range," says CEO Andy Mooney

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Fender CEO Andy Mooney: “I think the guitar today is in a better place than it’s ever been. I’m hugely optimistic about the future”

From a souped-up signature guitar strategy and the expansion of the Acoustasonic range to a digital amp development that will “blow peoples’ minds”, Mooney looks ahead to what could be a pivotal year for Fender

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Remembering Tom Verlaine, the cult hero who reconfigured guitar and inspired generations of alt-rock players

Inventive, wiry, elusive, genius, Tom Verlaine's guitar playing was a lightning rod for the artistically bold, and in partnership with Richard Lloyd, it gave Television a unique, thrilling sound

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Fender ’48 Dual Professional JB Edition review

Joe Bonamassa’s signature recreation of this ultra-rare Fender tweed combo has been three years in the making – was it worth the wait?

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NAMM 2023: Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan release ‘63 Cradle Rock Strat signature pickup set, based on the blues-rocker's prized sunburst Fender

The three single coils, crafted in the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, were deemed by JoBo to be "spot on" recreations of those found in his original '63 Strat

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The Fender Squier Bullet guitar and bass range is now the Sonic series – and there's new models, specs and finishes

NAMM 2023: £149-£189 electric guitars and basses

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Joe Bonamassa’s high-end signature amp, the Fender ’48 Dual Professional JB Edition, has finally arrived

The blues-rocker’s new (old) combo is based on one of the rarest amps from the Big F’s back catalog

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Fender CEO Andy Mooney explains why Fender isn’t at this year’s NAMM – and what needs to change before it returns

The company's head honcho said he'll “never say never” about returning to the trade show, but it doesn't look likely any time soon

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Looks like Slipknot's Mick Thomson has signed with ESP and Fishman, seemingly leaving Jackson and Seymour Duncan

Thomson's wife and guitar tech both published telling posts on social media, after the Slipknot maestro was spotted playing ESPs live during the band's recent shows in Japan

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"If you roll your guitar volume back and have a pedal on, it’ll buffer it and you’ll still have the high end" – Michael Landau talks Strats and shares his top 5 tips for guitarists

We discuss tone and the 'Coma' Strat with a session giant

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You’ve never heard Fender Strats and Gretsch Jets sound so devastatingly heavy as in this new Loathe session

They may be responsible for the insane Squier Baritone Jazzmaster price hikes, but the Liverpool metalcore bruisers used nothing but ultra-low-tuned classics for their ferocious Audiotree performance

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NAMM 2023 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions

The biggest launches from the world’s largest guitar gear show

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Wobbler keyboard player Lars Frederik Frøislie shares brand new single

Lars Frederik Frøislie will release his debut solo album Fire Fortellinger in June

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Fender Japan doubles down on its vintage hot streak with racing stripe-equipped Traditional ‘60s Competition Stripe collection

Olympic White Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jazzmasters, Mustangs and Precision Basses make up the drop, which pairs 1960s aesthetics with modern Japanese craftsmanship – and a neat Competition-style body stripe

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Watch Jimmy Page demo his most iconic guitar gear, including his Les Paul, the Telecaster that “built Led Zeppelin I,” and the Gibson double-neck behind Stairway

Led Zeppelin fans have been enjoying newly surfaced footage of Page playing through the most significant guitars and amplifiers from his playing career

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Fender CEO Andy Mooney teases the possibility of Acoustasonic models inspired by classic acoustic body shapes

With Mooney voicing Fender's commitment to the Acoustasonic platform and its plans “to look at different body shapes," a dreadnought-shaped Acoustasonic now looks like a genuine possibility

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Joe Bonamassa names the guitar pedal he’s used the most throughout his career

The blues ace picks an iconic pedal that he says “is usable in almost any situation with almost any amp” and both Fender and Gibson guitars – and is still in production today

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Watch Jimmy Page demo some of the most iconic guitars and amps in Led Zeppelin history

Shot in 2019 for The Met’s Play It Loud exhibition, Page gets some DADGAD Kashmir action going on his Danelectro, gets the Led out with the ‘Burst he got from Joe Walsh, and more

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Wes Borland is selling off a huge gear haul, including the Mesa/Boogie head used on Three Dollar Bill, Y'all and a host of custom and prototype guitars

The Limp Bizkit guitarist has announced an enormous gear sale – and you might be able to afford some of it

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