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Fender American Vintage II Series 2025 new models: a still from Fender's promo video pictures the '51 Tele in Prototype White, the '57 Strat in Black, P-Bass in Olympic White, the exquisite all-new '65 Stratocaster in Candy Apple Red (one of three finish options) and the '66 Jazzmaster in Sherwood Green Metallic.
Affordable retro mojo: Fender expands American Vintage II series with fresh finishes and new models Described as “a near 1:1 comparison” of the original models that inspired them, these box-fresh new electrics and bass guitars give you that old-school tone and feel without the vintage price tag
Freddie Mercury on stage in 1978
“I played lots of guitar on it, and Freddie said, ‘No, no, no!’”: How Brian May fought to be heard on a Queen classic May calls it “a massive Queen song”
Best electric guitars: PRS McCarty 594
Best electric guitars 2025: Our pick of guitars to suit all budgets Find the top electric guitar for your budget and playing style, whether you play rock, metal, blues or beyond

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Chris Hayes [left] wears a purple checked shirt and plays his 1957 Stratocaster in the studio; Michael J. Fox tears it up onstage as Marty McFly in the 1985 blockbuster Back To The Future.

How Chris Hayes wrote Huey Lewis and the News’ Back To The Future hit Power Of Love in his pyjamas

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Power Of Love scored Huey Lewis and the News their first number one and an Oscar nod but as Hayes remembers it he just “threw together” the guitar parts from the comfort of his couch

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Eric Clapton sits on a cream sofa and plays one of his new signature Martin acoustics, with the other sitting on a stand beside him

Martin recreates Eric Clapton’s MTV Unplugged acoustic for limited edition 30th anniversary run

By Jonathan Horsley published

These two versions of Slowhand's pre-war 1939 acoustic were announced on his 80th birthday and celebrate the 30th anniversary of his first signature Martin

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Great Eastern FX Focus Fuzz Deluxe: one of our favourite fuzz pedals gets a makeover but can we call it just a fuzzbox when it is also a drive, octaver and boost?

Great Eastern FX’s Focus Fuzz Deluxe has got boost, drive, octave, fuzz... everything

By Jonathan Horsley published

One of our favourite fuzz pedals just got expanded but can we call it a fuzz-box when it does so much more?

Guitars
Gibson Les Paul Special with Mini Humbuckers Tobacco Burst: exclusively available direct from Gibson, these solid mahogany singlecuts remix the Special recipe with mini humbuckers, giving the singlecut a different voice.

Gibson remixes the Les Paul Special with mini humbuckers

By Jonathan Horsley published

Available with dual mini humbuckers or with a P-90/mini humbucker combo, these Tobacco Burst singlecuts are available exclusively from Gibson direct

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Soundlad Sketchy: this feature-packed tremolo pedal has a playful Etch A Sketch inspired enclosure but it belies a seriously powerful stompbox

“This is the only tremolo pedal in the world that lets you plot your own waveform shapes using controls you first got to grips with as a child”: SoundLad Sketchy review

By Jonathan Horsley published

Don’t let the fun Etch A Sketch-inspired retro design fool you, this is a serious tremolo with serious capabilities

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The 40 best acoustic guitar songs of all time

By MusicRadar last updated

Electricity? Overrated… The finest acoustic-powered tracks in history

Acoustic Guitars
Gretsch Limited Edition Streamliner 2025: three limited edition semi-hollow electric guitars are pictured against a bank of studio hardware.

Bigsby wobble, rock ’n’ roll mojo for $699? Gretsch unveils trio of limited run Streamliner models

By Jonathan Horsley published

It doesn’t get much cooler than Cadillac Green, Midnight Sapphire and Riviera Blue paint jobs with gold hardware, Big Block inlays and those G-Arrow knobs

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Harley Benton ST JAM-ster: The new high-performance S-style from the budget gear giant comes in metallic red and gray finishes with black pickguards and vibrato.

Harley Benton’s new entry-level electric is a stylish S-style with a $140 price tag and onboard FX

By Jonathan Horsley published

The ST-JAMster has five core sound modes with reverb, overdrive, and distortion, it's super-cheap, and it kind of looks like something Alex Lifeson would play

Guitars
TC Electronic Plethora X1: the compact multi-effects pedal leverages the Danish brand's TonePrint tech to make this a pedalboard chameleon

"Once set up to taste, its utility is astounding": TC Electronic Plethora X1 review

By Connor Flys published

Is it a delay, reverb, modulation, harmoniser or compressor? Well, yes, to all the above

Guitar Pedals
TC Electronic Ditto 2 Looper

TC Electronic’s Ditto 2 Looper is as simple as looping gets – but there is more than meets the eye

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Ditto 2 has a redesigned magnetic footswitch, colour-coded LED display, a LoopSnap feature to correct timing mistakes and Bluetooth

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