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Strandberg Boden N2 Original
"A versatile, brilliantly engineered machine that will have your back, no matter what the gig": Strandberg Boden N2 Original review Strandberg makes key tweaks to its Boden blueprint, aiming to create an instrument to suit any genre - mission accomplished?
Kernom Ridge Overdrive shot on metal grate in photo studio
"The Ridge does something different, which makes it genuinely worthy of praise": Kernom Ridge Overdrive review A pedal that gives you all your favourite drives in one box, and then some
Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1959 Les Paul Custom: a the dual-pickup Custom was a lesser-spotted model in the Gibson catalogue in the '50s – they didn't make many of them. But Bonamassa presents us with one and this 'Black Beauty' is equipped with a Bigsby.
Epiphone raids Joe Bonamassa’s Nerdville archive for another reproduction of a vintage unicorn The latest Joe Bonamassa x Epiphone signature model is a replica of his 1959 'Black Beauty' dual-pickup Les Paul Custom, with a Bigsby for wobble, Grover Imperials for that upscale touch...

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Jared James Nichols turns up the heat during his 2025 UK tour as he plays fingerstyle blues on his split-V headstock Gibson Explorer

Jared James Nichols on why he took his Klon off his pedalboard – and what players get wrong about drive pedals

By Jonathan Horsley published

Not everyone is expanding their pedalboards. Nichols explains why he prefers to keep it simple – and to leave the super-rare high-value pedalboard gold at home

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Taylor Next Generation Grand Auditorium: the two refreshed cutaway electro-acoustic guitars are photographed in front of a green sofa and a vintage hi-fi unit.

Taylor refreshes flagship acoustic with a trio of game-changing features – meet the Next Generation Grand Auditorium

By Jonathan Horsley published

NAMM 2026: Taylor’s Next Generation Grand Auditorium cutaways are updated with scalloped V-Class bracing, Action Control Necks and the all-new Claria pickup and preamp system

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Slash wears a top hat and plays a Gibson SG live with Guns N' Roses, with pink and blue lights in the background.

“The SG that I had at the Ozzy gig, that guitar needed a louder pickup but I still wanted that true-to-life guitar sound that I like”: Slash and Seymour Duncan dial up the raunch with the Guns N’ Roses legend’s signature 3.0 humbuckers

By Jonathan Horsley published

NAMM 2026: Hand-wired in Santa Barbara, they're not just for Les Pauls or SGs. Slash has one in his BC Rich Mockingbird – and they'd work a treat in a hotrodded S-style

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Electro-Harmonix Effects Interface

EHX’s new Effects Interface is a stompbox-shaped device that lets you integrate your pedalboard with your DAW

By Si Truss published

NAMM 2026: Electro-Harmonix’s pedal-focused audio interface “handles your signal and delivers it with care between your hardware and software”

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Keith Richards tries out the meticulous Custom Shop replica of his original 1960 Gibson ES-355, with many more replicas in the background.

Gibson surprise launches $19,999 Keith Richards Collector’s Edition 1960 ES-355, signed by the man himself

By Jonathan Horsley published

NAMM 2026: A meticulous replica of one of the most famous (and coolest) ES-355s of all time

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Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio

“A one-stop shop for almost everything a guitarist might need”: Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio review

By Pete Emery published

Universal Audio curates a wide selection of its renowned amp models and effects to create a plugin that is a near-complete guitar studio

Plugins
Mark Tremonti throws the horns and points to something during a live performance with Creed. His signature PRS singlecut is strapped on his shoulder.

“I had no idea that he was that good”: Mark Tremonti on Alter Bridge’s “secret weapon” and his soloing strategies

By Jonathan Horsley published

The self-confessed Dumble “addict” talks all things guitar

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Ibanez Alpha Series: 7 and 8-string guitars with an all-new shape, metallic finishes, and photographed here in profile against a dark gradient background.

Stylistically radical, Ibanez’s multi-scale Alpha series might just be the 21st-century prog-metal player’s favourite new guitar – but do you get the 7-string or the 8?

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Alpha series has everything you'd need form a high-performance guitar, with stainless steel frets, Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers, locking tuners and more

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Epiphone Blues King Studio

"Where this guitar truly shines is under the fingers of a blues or folk picker": Epiphone Blues King Studio review

By Daryl Robertson published

Epiphone takes a swing at a regal pint-sized parlour, but unfortunately, there are some QC issues

Acoustic Guitars
Buddy Guy [left] smiles as he takes a solo on his Fender Stratocaster. He wears a red jacket and black hat. Billy Gibbons [right] wears shades, a wide-brimmed hat and a red blazer as he plays his custom SG-style electric with the V-style headstock.

Billy Gibbons on the tip Buddy Guy gave him after they jammed a T-Bone Walker classic

By Jonathan Horsley published

Blues guitar's greatest showman shared a little stagecraft after the ZZ Top man's cameo during a live show

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