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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

“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

Line 6 debuts all-new AI tech as it supercharges its amp modelling platform with the Helix Stadium
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Helix Stadium and Stadium XL Floor units feature an 8" touchscreen, a vast range of tone-shaping features – including amp and effects capture – and take Line 6's modelling to new heights

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

Best 3/4 acoustic guitars 2025: Portable playability from Taylor, Martin, Yamaha, and more
By Matt McCracken last updated
Perfect for beginners and seasoned professionals alike, 3/4 acoustics make great songwriter guitars or for players on the go

“Guitars should be played”: Kirk Hammett has been anonymously selling his guitars online
By Jonathan Horsley published
One owner, gigged in stadiums, used on the recording of a Grammy-nominated metal album. Serious offers only...

Jack White on why he rerecorded half of the guitars on No Name after he got his new Fender tube amp
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Pano Verb's weird and wonderful concoction of tube amp mojo, 10" and 15" speakers, reverb and tremolo, had White so excited that he ripped up the No Name recording schedule

"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

Gibson has just unveiled a new Les Paul like no other
By Jonathan Horsley published
It’s a Les Paul, sure, and with a bookmatched AAA flame maple top, too. Only this one is reimagined as a parlour-sized acoustic guitar

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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