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This Custom Gunther Werks Porsche Is An 860-HP Tribute To A Racing Legend

Martin Brundle's daughter, Charlie Brundle, designed the ultra-exclusive Gunther Werks Turbo as a tribute to her father's career.

Motor1 · Oct 21

How to watch Max Verstappen race GT World Challenge Portimao free: Live stream, start time and schedule

The Red Bull driver will share Team Verstappen Racing’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Ben Barnicoat and Chris Lulham

Motorsport · Oct 12

“These guitars are sacred things to me”: Guitar Center unveils its latest Eric Clapton charity collab, with the 2026 Exclusive Crossroads Guitar Collection featuring stunning Martin acoustics and the return of the Blind Faith Tele

Martin unveils a Brazilian rosewood $24,999 Custom 000-42, PRS paints the Silver Sky blue and more – all exclusive to Guitar Center with a portion of sales going to the Crossroads Centre

MusicRadar · Aug 27

“It was kind of a wild idea in 1960 to call a guitar a Hummingbird. As wild as calling your band TheBeatles”: How Gibson became an icon of acoustic guitar – 100 years on from its first flat-top

Gibson’s Mat Koehler charts a century of flat-tops – and how the J-45, SJ-200, Dove and Hummingbird took over the world

Guitar World · Jul 8

“A fine, gig-ready instrument with a very good array of sounds on tap as well as premium build quality”: Taylor Gold Label 710E review

As part of an ongoing revision to its esteemed catalog, Taylor has introduced a deep-bodied dreadnought into the fold. Let’s take it out for a spin

Guitar World · Jun 7

“You could scrape that guitar, smoke the residue and get strung out”: Walter Trout’s life in three guitars

The Strat-addicted bluesman describes the three guitars he couldn’t, can’t or won’t live without

Guitar World · May 13

"There’s a clear midrange presence here, but it never tips into that boxy territory that smaller-bodied acoustics can sometimes fall into": Martin LX1E Little Martin review

A three-quarter size acoustic that sounds bigger than most of its competition

Guitar World · May 12

“We were high with it, and after just a few takes, we had one of our best ever songs – something that felt like pop music and beyond”: The making of the Smiths’ 1986 classic The Queen Is Dead

It was a square peg amid the shred scene and almost sank Johnny Marr, but the Smiths’ majestic third album ended up as the jewel in their crown

Guitar World · May 6

“The letter read, ‘This was our mom’s guitar. It’s worth a lot of money. We want you to have it’”: How actor turned musician Morgan Nagler got her 1977 Martin acoustic, wrote with neighbor Phoebe Bridgers, and finally made a solo album

A TV star from the age of 5, she abandoned one art for another, and wound up learning from Gillian Welch, and being asked to work with Kim Deal

Guitar World · Apr 28

“That song ended up being my homage to Jimmy Page... There’s this Celtic thing that we were tapping into. Like the Bert Jansch recording of Blackwaterside”: Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes’ triumphant second act

“It's the season of brotherly love,” says Robinson, as the once volatile Atlanta, Georgia rock legends return – but the ’Crowes are still flying by the seat of their pants

Guitar World · Apr 28