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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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Iron Maiden

“A story of an underdog beating the odds": New Iron Maiden doc is on the way

By Will Simpson published

There’s both a film and book to commemorate band’s 50 years

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Electro-Harmonix Morgan and Fender gear

“I have been in the process of trying to sell the company. It’s a difficult time”: Trump’s tariffs could be about to decimate the gear industry

By Daniel Griffiths published

Think that US-imposed Mexican and Chinese tariffs don’t affect you? Here's why your next gear purchase just got a whole lot more expensive

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Former Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson hits a note and feels it as he plays a red Gibson Les Paul onstage. He wears a grey blazer and a black T-shirt.

Alex Lifeson on the disguised guitars and soloing strategies behind Envy Of None’s Stygian Waves

By Jonathan Horsley published

Envy Of None's sophomore album, Stygian Waves, is the sound of Lifeson's post-Rush project stretching out with a sound you can really sink right into

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Crazy Tube Circuits Venus: the new overdrive pedal from the Greek stompbox brand features an actual tube under the hood, and it has a lot of tone-shaping features.

Crazy Tube Circuits cooks up a crazy tube circuit for real with Venus overdrive pedal

By Jonathan Horsley published

Inspired by the BK Butler Tube Driver, a favourite of Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson's, Venus has a heap of tone-shaping features, including tube bias control – and you can swap out the tube

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Benson Deep See Diver Fuzz-Echo: the Portland, Oregon amp and pedal brand has teamed up with Deep Sea Diver's Jessica Dobson for pedal to help you nail her signature indie sound – but it's a whole lot more than that.

Benson Amps teams up with Jessica Dobson for the awesome and unorthodox Deep Sea Diver Fuzz-Echo

By Jonathan Horsley published

Three years in the making, this pairs a vintage-inspired silicon fuzz circuit with echo and promises gated skronk, wooly fuzz, “gauzy My Bloody Valentine textures” and much more

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Harley Benton PowerPlants ISO-Li05 and ISO-Li09: these high-powered, budget-friendly pedalboard power supplies have an integrated lithium-ion battery

Pedal power to go? Harley Benton unveils two high-powered budget power bricks with onboard batteries

By Jonathan Horsley published

Available with five outputs or nine, these pedalboard power supplies can supply current-hungry digital and multi-effects, have a switchable 9V/12V/18V options, and are very budget-friendly

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Charvel Limited Edition Super-Stock So-Cal Style 1 in Aged Arctic: this high-performance S-style has a heavily weathered finish, an HSH DiMarzio pickup configuration and a Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibrato.

Charvel’s launches hotrodded S-style with one seriously distressed finish and DiMarzio HSH pickups

By Jonathan Horsley published

Charvel stacks the specs up high on a $1,599 shred machine that comes fresh with a super-distressed finish, DiMarzio HSH firepower and a Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibrato

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IK Multimedia Tonex Editor

IK Multimedia has just made its digital guitar tone ecosystem easier to manage with the Tonex Editor

By Jonathan Horsley published

The app is free and sure to be an essential tool for players with a Tonex pedal on their 'board, streamlining workflow and allowing for real-time edits of Tone Models, presets and IRs

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Gibson RD Custom: the cult-classic electric guitar returns in an Ebony finish, with the full Custom aesthetic of block inlays on an ebony fingerboard, multi-ply binding, and gold hardware and pickup coverings.

“One of my favourite forgotten Gibson designs of all time”: The cult RD Custom is officially back

By Jonathan Horsley published

Gibson president and CEO Cesar Gueikian loves them, so too the Nameless Ghouls of Ghost, and this oft-slept on model becomes the first core Gibson Custom electric with a 25.5" scale length

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Fender Player II Limited Edition 3-Color Sunburst Sparkle series: the Precision Bass, Stratocaster, Telecaster and Jazz Bass get a limited edition makeover for 2025.

Fender unveils Player II refresh with the Strat, Tele, P and Jazz Basses in Sparkle 3-Color Sunburst

By Jonathan Horsley published

The new-look models have all the same Player II features – rosewood fingerboards with rolled edges, Alnico V pickups, high-ratio Classic Gear tuners and a Modern C profile neck

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