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Gretsch Broadkaster Jr LX Center Block with Bigsby

Gretsch’s unveils new MIJ high-end semi-hollows with redesigned bodies and Pro Twin Six humbuckers

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Broadkaster LX Center Block and Broadkaster Jr Center Block have The Great Gretsch Tone, that classic Gretsch look, but are refreshed with some some subtle player-friendly tweaks

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Jackson X and JS Series Surfcasters: the long-awaited offset electric guitar is now being offered in white, satin black and metallic black, and and at the entry-level JS price point and the mid-priced X Series.

“A bold new take on a classic metal machine”: Having ridden the wave of popular demand, Jackson’s Surfcaster offset has landed – and it’s built for speed

By Jonathan Horsley published

No sharp ages? No problem. These X and JS Series Surfcasters have the shred-friendly dimensions and high-output pickups to mix it as a metal guitar

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Orangewood Del Sol: the new offset is the brand's first ever electric guitar and it was designed in collaboration with Josh Forest of TreeTone Guitars.

Orangewood teams up with TreeTone for its first-ever electric – a baritone offset semi, priced $695

By Jonathan Horsley published

Designed alongside Josh Forest of TreeTone, the Del Sol Baritone is a P-90-loaded model based on Forest's golden era-inspired original, and it has a 27.5" scale and ships in B standard

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Spira S-450 TPP

"Up there as one of the better value for money metal guitars that you can currently buy": Spira S-450 TPP review

By Pete Emery published

From the team behind JET guitars comes new brand Spira. Created to serve the heavier side of music, and applying an impressive spec in a budget-friendly, metal package

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This composite image features Charlie Starr playing a TV Yellow Les Paul Junior on the left, while Metallica's Kirk Hammett plays his Greeny Les Paul Standard, and James Hetfield plays his his ESP Snakebyte.

Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on that time he took Duane Allman’s '57 Goldtop to a Metallica show

By Jonathan Horsley published

Starr's first Metallica show was in 1989. His second was in 2019, and involved two of the most iconic Les Pauls of all time, and it was the day he learned Hetfield sounds the same through a Princeton

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Mark Speer of Khruangbin sits with his natural finish Fender Strat while Laura Lee holds her new signature Jazz Bass.

Fender unveils DiMarzio-loaded Strat and Jazz Bass for Khruangbin’s Mark Speer and Laura Lee

By Jonathan Horsley published

This historic signature run presents limited edition replicas of the psych-rockers' go-to instruments

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Kiesel Kyber: the all-new electric guitar from the Californian high-performance brand is a bold double-cut with some extreme contouring and a radical headstock design.

Kiesel debuts the Kyber – a radically contoured and super lightweight electric that screams shred

By Jonathan Horsley published

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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Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul Special Double Cut Reissue TV Yellow

Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul Special Double Cut Reissue TV Yellow review

By Connor Flys published

The most affordable of the new Inspired by Gibson Custom models – but it could be a highlight of the range

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Kane Hibberd, the photographer behind the Scale exhibition in London, poses in front of his photographs – guitars features will include Kerry King of Slayer's BC Rich and Tom Morello's Arm The Homeless S-style.

Exhibition featuring life-sized photos of 100 legendary artists' guitars to open in London

By Jonathan Horsley published

Scale will feature 1:1 front-and-back portraits of guitars belonging to Paul McCartney, Tom Morello, Dave Grohl, Kerry King, Brian May, Joan Jett and more – and it'll tell the stories behind them

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A still from Back to the Future's Enchantment Under the Sea Dance where Marty McFly performs Johnny B. Goode on a red Gibson ES-345.

Gibson teams up with Back To The Future cast to launch global hunt for Marty McFly’s lost ES-345

By Jonathan Horsley published

Gibson asks anyone who has information as to the whereabouts of the Cherry Red ES-345 that Marty McFly played in the 1985 blockbuster to get in touch

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