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“Ibanez serves up another RG that’s built for stunt guitar, priced for virtuosos-in-training, and with enough sounds to please the fusion kid and headbanger alike”: Ibanez RGR431PB review
By Jonathan Horsley published
The hallowed mid-priced speedster gets a poplar burl glow-up with a hard-tail for white-knuckle riffing and a reverse headstock for metal cool points.

Harley Benton unleashes a $185 shred-ready hotrod with a roasted maple neck and dual-humbuckers
By Jonathan Horsley published
Harley Benton's latest drop includes the ST-Modern HH, a right-handed version of the ST-Modern Plus HSS in Dark Purple Sparkle, and a smart retro acoustic electric parlour for lefties

Ace Frehley’s iconic ‘Budokan’ Les Paul Custom sells at auction for $512,000
By Jonathan Horsley published
The 1975 Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Custom was the late Kiss guitarists go-to electric in the late '70s and was all over Love Gun

Gibson brings back the T-Top humbucker with “period-correct” 1968 spec
By Jonathan Horsley published
The signs were there that the T-Top was making a return when Michael Schenker's Murphy Lab Flying V shipped with a pair. Now it's officially available from the Gibson Pickup Shop

“A lot of people lost the plot”: Jared James Nichols on what's wrong with vintage guitar culture
By Jonathan Horsley published
Obsessing over value, or how rare something is, are we forgetting what makes these instruments special in the first place?

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland unveils his first-ever Jackson signature guitar
By Jonathan Horsley published
Featuring one Seymour Duncan Invader, one Floyd 1500 Series vibrato, and one headstock that requires a double take

“For those who find Strandberg’s space-age designs a little too alien, Ibanez’s Q series is the perfect middle ground”: Ibanez QX527B review
By Phil Weller published
All the joy and versatility of a metal-minded seven-string Ibanez, smartly converted into a travel-friendly format

Donner reinvents the travel guitar with a headless electric featuring onboard amp and speaker
By Jonathan Horsley published
The HUSH-X Live and Live Pro feature a neck-through build, stainless steel frets, Bluetooth... everything you need from a take-anywhere guitar

“We’re back in Laurel Canyon in the late '60s”: Eastman Fullertone Offset review
By Dave Burrluck published
Having launched two very impressive FullerTone models last year, Eastman delivers another – the first with an offset vibrato and oh-so hipster style

PRS and Ed Sheeran just unveiled a hollowbody baritone electric for all occasions
By Jonathan Horsley published
The pop megastar's SE Hollowbody I Piezo Baritone officially joins the main PRS lineup, and it's joined by a regular scale sibling – and a refresh of the SE amp lineup's finish options
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