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"When it comes to sound, I'm convinced there isn’t a bad tone in this pedal": Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage JR reverb pedal review
By Daryl Robertson Published
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Thomann just came out firing for Black Friday with up to 70% off a massive line-up of music gear
By Matt McCracken Published
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MusicRadar deals of the week: Black Friday is over a week away, and the sales are in full swing - save up to 80%
By Daryl Robertson Published
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Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies, aged 63
By Will Groves Published
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Best acoustic guitar pickups 2025: electrify your acoustic for stage, studio and sound fx – our top picks for all budgets
By Simon Fellows Last updated
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“Timeless songs that translate beautifully to guitar”: Ed Sheeran is the king of the guitar tabs
By Will Simpson Published
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“It’s been on stage with everyone from Deep Purple to Janet Jackson. It kind of blows me away that people ever responded in that way”: PRS reworks Mark Lettieri’s signature Fiore as super-versatile dual-humbucker model with serial/parallel switching
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Acoustic Guitars
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Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“If my first acoustic guitar were as easy to play as this, I’d have been insanely happy”: Fender California Standard Redondo review
By Phil Weller Published
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Taylor teams up with Jacob Collier for signature acoustics that declare standard tuning DAEAD – and they’re accessibly priced
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Best cheap acoustic guitars 2025: Top picks for strummers on a budget
By Jonathan Horsley Last updated
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“If you're looking for a do-it-all acoustic guitar for well under $500, then there really aren't many better options”: Harley Benton CLG-650SM-CE review
By Richard Blenkinsop Published
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Best acoustic guitars 2025: Super steel string acoustics for all players and budgets
By Daryl Robertson Last updated
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Jason Isbell shares unorthodox tone tip for new acoustics as he reveals not one but two signature Martins – and a set of strings
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Enter, the Raven: Kirk Hammett’s Custom Shop Gibson acoustic dresses up the Hummingbird for Halloween
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Best acoustic guitar for beginners 2025: Strum your first chords with our choice of beginner acoustic guitars
By Chris Corfield Last updated
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Bass Guitars
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Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies, aged 63
By Will Groves Published
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Epiphone unveils signature G-3 Grabber with Gibson USA pickups for Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“Its solid quality, punchy tone and its surprising amount of headroom might make it a secret weapon for rehearsals, or even gigs”: Blackstar Debut Bass 25 review
By Connor Flys Published
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“He played the role of a bass player very musically”: Thundercat pays tribute to Sam Rivers
By Will Simpson Published
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"Rest in Power": Anthony Jackson, six-string bass ace, dies aged 73
By Will Groves Published
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![Fender's American Professional Classic series photographed against the side of a chrome tour bus [L-R]: Jaguar in faded Sherwood Green Metallic, HSS Stratocaster in Faded Lake Placid Blue, Stratocaster in Faded Firemist Gold, Telecaster in Faded Butterscotch Blonde, Precision Bass in Faded 3-Color Sunburst.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zqgrqTV4qT7LsXP3Udi9vm.jpg)
Fender gives its US lineup a retro-modern makeover with the American Professional Classic range
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“Your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Geezer Butler bass amps from Sabbath’s final show to go on sale
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“But there's no bass on there": Flemming Rasmussen is still confused by the Metallica’s production choices ...And Justice For All
By Will Simpson Published
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“The ultimate library of bass tones”: IK Multimedia’s Tonex modelling suite and pedals arrive for bass guitar
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Electric Guitars
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Thomann just came out firing for Black Friday with up to 70% off a massive line-up of music gear
By Matt McCracken Published
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“It’s been on stage with everyone from Deep Purple to Janet Jackson. It kind of blows me away that people ever responded in that way”: PRS reworks Mark Lettieri’s signature Fiore as super-versatile dual-humbucker model with serial/parallel switching
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Ace Frehley’s ‘Smoker’ Les Pauls were spectacular but dangerous – now one from his final Kiss tour heads to auction
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Gretsch teams up with Abbey Road for the Studiomatic – a hollowbody with a filter circuit inspired by actual tech from the studio
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Warm Audio Tube Squealer review
By Pete Emery Published
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Cesar Gueikian on building the SG Kirk Hammett played to honour Black Sabbath and how his designs might shape future Gibson releases
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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The PRS Black Friday sale is already here and there's huge discounts on SE CE 24, SE Custom 24, SE Studio and other workhorse models – here's 5 deals I rate
By Ross Holder Published
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Fender and Johnny Marr reimagine the Jaguar with signature stunner featuring three custom-wound lipstick single-coils
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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The unique SG built by Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian and played by Kirk Hammett at Back to the Beginning heads to auction
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Guitar Accessories & Components
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Best acoustic guitar pickups 2025: electrify your acoustic for stage, studio and sound fx – our top picks for all budgets
By Simon Fellows Last updated
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Gibson cooks up “holy grail” PAF mojo with the 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 3 – the ultimate Les Paul tone hack?
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Best acoustic guitar strings 2025: Find your favourite acoustic strings
By Jonathan Horsley Last updated
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Planet-friendly power for your rig? Ernie Ball declares war on single-use batteries with USB-C rechargeables that promise “consistent, full-voltage performance” for pro musicians
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“The legendary JB tone, now reimagined for Telecasters”: Seymour Duncan might just have dropped this year’s must-have Tele mod
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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The Squier Hello Kitty Stratocaster returns in limited edition white as Fender announces expanded capsule collection
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Seymour Duncan expands Joe Bonamassa range with humbucker set based on pickups from his ‘Bolin Burst’ Les Paul
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“A portable setup that offers a powerful means of recording and practising”: Fender Link I/O and Fender Studio review
By Pete Emery Published
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"It's unlike any humbucker I've tried before": Gibson Tony Iommi Signature Humbucker review
By Rob Laing Published
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Guitar Amps
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“For a budget amp, it offers an impressive feature set without costing the earth”: Harley Benton DNAFX AmP20 review
By Richard Blenkinsop Published
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Universal Audio gives its UAFX amp modelling and effects pedals an almighty power up, adding MIDI connectivity, improving presets and app integration
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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IK Multimedia unveils the Tonex Plug – is this pocket-sized powerhouse a gamechanger for headphone amps?
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“Its solid quality, punchy tone and its surprising amount of headroom might make it a secret weapon for rehearsals, or even gigs”: Blackstar Debut Bass 25 review
By Connor Flys Published
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"There’s something incredibly satisfying about playing through this amp": Laney Lionheart Foundry Super 60 112
By Daryl Robertson Published
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Mesa/Boogie reissues a cult classic with a design that takes the amp brand back to the beginning
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Line 6 introduces multi-voicing for active guitar speakers as the Powercab CL offers ups the ante for amp modelling rigs
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“He wanted all that at an undoable selling price”: Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith confirms rumours that it built James Hetfield a signature model – and it combined three iconic amps in one
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Blackstar Amplification unveils the BEAM SOLO – has the Fender Mustang Micro Plus found a rival?
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Guitar Pedals
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"When it comes to sound, I'm convinced there isn’t a bad tone in this pedal": Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage JR reverb pedal review
By Daryl Robertson Published
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Great Eastern FX finds stash of NOS germanium diodes and makes a distortion with a cocked-wah twist
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Warm Audio Tube Squealer review
By Pete Emery Published
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Best multi-effects pedals 2025: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers
By Matt McCracken Last updated
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"This pedal excels at delivering a completely clean volume boost - and there's plenty of volume on tap": Fender Hammertone Boost review
By Daryl Robertson Published
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EHX expands its Pico series with the Atomic Cluster Spectral Decomposer – a mini-pedal that sounds so wrong its right
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“A feral supernova awaits if you dime those dials”: EarthQuaker Devices Barrows Fuzz Attacker review
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Jack White used the prototype on No Name and now you can buy it – meet the JHS Pedals x Third Man Hardware Troika delay
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Universal Audio gives its UAFX amp modelling and effects pedals an almighty power up, adding MIDI connectivity, improving presets and app integration
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Guitar Plugins
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“Huge sounds in the vein of an artist at the forefront of the progressive metal scene” Neural DSP Archetype: Misha Mansoor X review
By Pete Emery Published
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“This is the amp that defined the sound of surf and early rock ’n’ roll”: Universal Audio is giving away its new UAD Showtime '64 Tube Amp plugin worth $149 for free
By Matt Mullen Published
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Tones from head to mix Positive Grid Project: BIAS X
By Pete Emery Published
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Positive Grid unveils BIAS X, an AI-powered plugin allowing players to design tones using text and “music-to-tone” prompts
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Misha Mansoor teams up with Neural DSP for Archetype plugin that nails his Periphery tone – but does so much more
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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"The ability to use official Boss stompbox recreations in our DAW is here - and with that comes flexibility in terms of how, and what instruments they're applied to": Boss Effects Pedals plugin review
By Stuart Williams Published
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Universal Audio releases its UAFX Woodrow '55 pedal as a plugin, putting an "American classic" in your DAW
By Matt Mullen Published
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IK Multimedia has just made its digital guitar tone ecosystem easier to manage with the Tonex Editor
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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RePedal is a free ‘AI guitar pedal maker’ that creates a new stompbox every time you click it
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Guitar Rigs
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Universal Audio gives its UAFX amp modelling and effects pedals an almighty power up, adding MIDI connectivity, improving presets and app integration
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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IK Multimedia unveils the Tonex Plug – is this pocket-sized powerhouse a gamechanger for headphone amps?
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“A portable setup that offers a powerful means of recording and practising”: Fender Link I/O and Fender Studio review
By Pete Emery Published
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Line 6 introduces multi-voicing for active guitar speakers as the Powercab CL offers ups the ante for amp modelling rigs
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Walrus Audio’s Canvas Power USB is the super-compact device for powering your rig with a laptop charger
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Harley Benton unveils sub-$100 solution for players with two tube amps sharing same speaker cabinet
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Laney expands Devin Townsend and Guthrie Govan-approved FRFR speaker range with compact 1x10
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“The anthology fully captures an artist’s tonal journey as he changed rock guitar forever”: Eddie Van Halen’s holy grail tone from a Tonex One mini pedal? IK Multimedia unveils the Brown Sound Anthology
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Blackstar unveils ID-X combos – complete with 6 amp voices, over 35 effects, CabRig and OLED display
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Ukuleles
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Harley Benton’s DIY Kit Challenge is now open and there are prizes to be won
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Best ukuleles 2025: Top acoustic ukes and the best electric ukuleles for all
By Simon Fellows Last updated
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This UK man vowed to play ukulele again for the NHS hospital staff who helped save his fingers after a horrific accident – now he's fulfilled his promise
By Rob Laing Published
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Best beginner ukuleles 2025: Top entry-level ukuleles for kids and adults
By Chris Corfield Last updated
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Guitar Center surprises Southwest Airlines passengers to Hawaii with inflight ukulele lessons
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Fender reveals new look California Coast Series ukuleles
By Rod Brakes Published
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Harley Benton unveils a pair of budget and travel friendly ukuleles just in time for summer holiday season
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Harley Benton's new ukulele is a solid (mahogany) deal at £29 / €35
By Rob Laing Published
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Black Friday Ukulele deal: All Ukutune ukes now half price
By James Farmer Published
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More about Guitars
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“It’s been on stage with everyone from Deep Purple to Janet Jackson. It kind of blows me away that people ever responded in that way”: PRS reworks Mark Lettieri’s signature Fiore as super-versatile dual-humbucker model with serial/parallel switching
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Ace Frehley’s ‘Smoker’ Les Pauls were spectacular but dangerous – now one from his final Kiss tour heads to auction
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Great Eastern FX finds stash of NOS germanium diodes and makes a distortion with a cocked-wah twist
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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