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“I only ever use a slapback, so why can't I stop thinking about a $679 delay pedal?” My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

New releases from Epiphone, Strymon, Martin and more…

Guitar World

“How I rap correlates with how I play. There’s a lot of syncopation and dead notes”: Ando San on marrying hip-hop with prog, thumping, and his eight-string guitar personally spec'd by Jeff Kiesel

Inspired by Tosin Abasi and J Dilla, San's mission to merge modern prog with experimental hip-hop required him to mature as an artist – and he has no plans to stop evolving

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“I’m fortunate to have a broad collection of guitars. This sets itself apart from the others”: Eric Gales’ hotly anticipated signature Kiesel is here

The souped-up signature is Gales' first collaboration with the company after he joined its ranks in October last year

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“I thought I was fully content with my ampless rig, but this pedal has me thinking otherwise”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including an alternate reality Ibanez that’s set to shake up the prog rock guitar market

NAMM is only days away and the gear avalanche has started in fine form, with new drops from Ibanez, Faith, Victory, Fender Audio and more

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“Looking forward to seeing what the future holds”: Eric Gales joins Stephen Carpenter, Devin Townsend and Sophie Lloyd in the Kiesel artist ranks – is a signature guitar in the works?

The blues maestro previously worked with Magneto Guitars, but his surprise move to Kiesel could lead to a new signature

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“I have long harbored a slight obsession with this hugely underrated guitar. The new finish doesn’t help with that one bit”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including... an urn that fits inside an acoustic?

A whole load of new Jacksons, Charvels, Yamahas and Gibsons headline the last seven days of guitar gear drops

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"I've never played a PRS Silver Sky but that might be about to change": All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and I've just solved a problem I didn't even know I had

My favorite Silver Sky finish to date has been launched alongside new gear from Blackstar, Kiesel, Epiphone and more

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“Designed to be featherlight without compromising tone”: Kiesel debuts the Kyber – a customisable, super-shreddable and radically contoured electric guitar that weighs as little as 6lbs

Kiesel’s new design is all about the ergonomics, with the California high-performance brand offering every excuse for players to carry on up the Kyber's fingerboard

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“My finger is here to shred another day!”: Sophie Lloyd feared she was going to lost a finger after ending up in hospital following video shoot for new single

One minute you’re shooting a video with fellow YouTuber Cole Rolland, the next you are in the emergency room... Watch the video for Lost In A Memory – the video Lloyd will never forget

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“Set out to blow your wildest expectations of how your guitar can sound and feel”: Kiesel’s first all-in-one amp and effects plugin looks to shake up the world of digital guitar tones

Featuring “the world's fastest transposer” and an assortment of tones on tap, the HyperRig sets Kiesel on its journey into the ever-growing realm of digital guitar rigs

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Sophie Lloyd's pyrotechnic style will banish six-string imposter syndrome and teach you to shredify any song, any time

Get warmed up and dialed in for a lesson that's going to whip your legato, tapping and sweep picking into shape

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“I had no idea what the hell I was doing! I couldn’t speak English. But Paul was so kind. Through a translator, he said, ‘Just relax. I love the way you play’”: How Bakithi Kumalo became go-to bassist for Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper and Tedeschi Trucks Band

The versatile South African bassist is best-known for his epic bass break on You Can Call Me Al, recorded on the cheapest fretless he could get his hands on. He shares his unlikely low-end journey to Graceland, how he mentors the next generation – and why he has 12 albums…

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Kiesel unveils the A2, a future-forward offset electric guitar and bass that marks the dramatic evolution of the Aries

The A2 guitar and bass debut a refined body shape and contouring to enhance ergonomics and offer players a speedy ride

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