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Now Fender hits Yamaha with a cease-and-desist as it widens legal campaign over Stratocaster copyright

By Jonathan Horsley Published 15 July 26

The legal battle over the design of S-style guitars takes a Goliath vs Goliath turn...

Producer Ian Kirkpatrick on how AutoTune enabled him to use a Dua Lipa demo vocal on a finished track

By Ben Rogerson Published 15 July 26

“The vocal on it is the vocal we recorded on the day on an SM7, realtime AutoTune, on the couch. I just left it on the track and that was it”

Baby Audio's SubCulture is a pitch-tracking bass enhancer designed for "massive low-end"

By Matt Mullen Published 15 July 26

Baby Audio says SubCulture combines three bass enhancement engines with saturation and compression for "powerful low-end that translates across any speaker setup"

Gibson unveils Custom Shop reissue of a Michael Schenker and Kirk Hammett favourite

By Jonathan Horsley Published 15 July 26

They only made 350 of them back in the day but the 1971 Flying Medallion takes flight once more with a stunning VOS reissue

Behringer's AKS Mini is a £99 mini-synth inspired by the EMS Synthi AKS, a classic synth used by Pink Floyd and Brian Eno

By Matt Mullen Published 15 July 26

Now available for pre-order, Behringer says the AKS Mini inherits the original synth's two-axis joystick and boasts a "faithful reproduction" of its VCOs and VCF

“I didn’t even want to put it on the album. Linda Ronstadt goes, ‘Are you out of your mind?’”

By Paul Elliott Published 15 July 26

Plus: the song Joel wrote in memory of John Lennon

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By Chris Barnes Published 15 July 26

And if you’re a beginner, the bundled beginner’s guide will get you off on the right foot

“The most idiotic idea ever”: Mike D talks about the Beasties’ fall out with Russell Simmons and that hydraulic penis

By Beth Simpson Published 15 July 26

It was featured on the Licensed To Ill show

Queens Of The Stone Age drop a brand new single out of nowhere and it features Nikki Lane on vocals

By Jonathan Horsley Published 14 July 26

Easy Street is the band's first new track since 2023's Times New Roman

"We are devastated”: L7 bassist Jennifer Finch diagnosed with brain cancer

By Beth Simpson Published 14 July 26

Band have set up a GoFundMe page for her care