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![Epiphone goes high-end with its Inspired By Gibson Custom 2025 collection: [from left] the '63 Firebird in Polaris White is joined by a 1959 Les Paul Standard, a '64 SG Standard, a 1960 Les Paul Special in TV Yellow and a 1962 ES-335 reissue.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3N4uVp3ezzrrhjCbY8KNfn-840-80.jpg.webp)
Epiphone expands and upgrades Inspired By Gibson Custom range with 8 stunning "reissue" electrics
Gibson USA pickups, rosewood 'boards, Vintage Gloss finishes, 3D scanned neck profiles – the Les Pauls, Firebirds, ES-335 and SG of the Inspired By Gibson Custom range might be Epiphone's best yet
10 producers share the studio gear they can’t live without
A raft of music-makers choose the items that are integral to their workflow
Should today’s music-makers and producers fear AI - or embrace its inevitability?
This is the dawning of the AI age - but it doesn’t have to be the death knell for humans. Here’s why we believe music production will always be a human-led pursuit
"With her on it, it got 3 times better": Watch Billy Idol and Avril Lavigne perform their new single, 77
It’s multi-generational punk-pop nostalgia, with added Steve Stevens
![YouTuber Aaron Rash [left] wears grey and an Adidas beanie and checked trousers as he poses with his Veleno-clone aluminium guitar. On the right, Kurt Cobain performs in 1993 with Nirvana at their MTV Live and Loud show in Seattle.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aqcaqZZK7FsRFWvoMPzMF9-840-80.jpg.webp)
Nirvana tone sleuth Aaron Rash solves the final part of the mystery – Kurt Cobain's In Utero guitar
Rash’s many years down the rabbit hole have been rewarded as he finally gets his hands on the exact same model Cobain used and it’s an oddball offset with “absolutely wild” pickups
“At full throttle, this speaker is capable of delivering room-filling volume without strain”: Alesis Strike Amp 12 MK2 review
This workhorse amplifier has had a rethink, improving specs whilst maintaining the affordable price point that Alesis is known for
“The stars aligned in the recording of that song”: The strange magic of the Spin Doctors’ ’90s mega hit Two Princes
"It's the little subtle things make a song really stand out"
“Such an emotive player... so cool": Finneas names his 5 favourite guitarists
“She’s really a guitar hero of mine,” he says
“If you’re all about getting as close as possible to period-correct as you can for this price point, then you won’t be disappointed here”: Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul Standard Reissue review
We get hands-on with Epiphone’s ode to one of the most coveted Gibson guitars of all time
