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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”
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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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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

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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

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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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Jackson American Series Soloist SL2 DLX: The latest US-made S-style from the high-performance guitar brand offers the Soloist with a Floyd Rose or Hipshot hardtail bridge, and [from left] in Porsche Grey, Black, Lemon Ice and Snow White finishes, with colour-matched headstocks.

Jackson expands American Series with the SL2 DX, a top-tier shredder with Floyd Rose or hardtail 

By Jonathan Horsley published

This US-made speed machine has a Seymour Duncan JB and ’59 humbucker pairing, a neck-through build, and that Lemon Ice finish is speaking to us

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Justin Hawkins [left] of the Darkness plays an open G on his offset electric and closes his eyes as he performs onstage; soul-reggae icon Johnny Nash [right] frets a chord on his acoustic and wears a patched denim jacket.

How Darkness’ Justin Hawkins learned diminished chords from a reggae-soul icon

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Darkness frontman says the late, great Johnny Nash dared to step outside of standard studio chord progressions and broadening a young Hawkins' musical vocabulary in the process

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Seymour Duncan Jazzmaster Silencer Pickups: these aftermarket pickups feature a patent-pending triple-coil design and are drop-in replacements for any standard Jazzmaster pickup.

Seymour Duncan unveils the Jazzmaster Silencer, drop-in pickups to soup-up your offset

By Jonathan Horsley published

Step on that fuzz pedal and fear not about the the noise thanks to Seymour Duncan's patent-pending triple-coil design. The Jazzmaster Silencer is offered in Vintage and high-output Hot editions

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Old Blood Noise Endeavors Black Fountain: an oil can delay simulator that comes with heaps of contemporary features – it's stereo, MIDI-compatible, and has presets.

Old Blood Noise Endeavors’ Black Fountain is a oil can delay emulation packed with modern features

By Jonathan Horsley published

Available in three different colourways, this expands the Black Fountain to stereo operation and offers presets, MIDI connectivity and every knob can be assigned to an expression pedal

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John McVie

Why Fleetwood Mac’s most iconic riff is one of music’s greatest ever moments

By Andy Price published

That thrilling and inspired John McVie bassline steered the band to create one of its most captivating songs

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Gibson Les Paul Standard Double Trouble: this limited edition single-cut features uncovered pickups and a vintage gloss nitro finish, and it's available in Vintage Cherry Sunburst and Vintage Tobacco Sunburst

Gibson’s Les Paul Standard Double Trouble is a limited edition run with that ’59/’60 Golden Era vibe

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Double Trouble Les Pauls arrive in '50s and '60s variations, have uncovered pickups with double-white bobbins and a faded nitro finish. And they are only making 500 of each

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J Rockett PXO

J Rockett PXO Review

By Pete Emery published

J Rockett teams up with the Bon Jovi ace to bring us a no-frills, but premium pedal that boasts something of an original tone whilst still serving classic sounds

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