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Gretsch just released the most vibey acoustic guitar of the year and it’s only $249

Here comes a Jim Dandy parlour-sixed acoustic in Olympic White and doesn't it look a treat? But hurry though, these go fast

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“There’s an almost played-in vintage feel to this new Offset that’s appealing: it doesn’t feel like a glossy new guitar”: Eastman FullerTone Offset '62 review

Having launched two very impressive FullerTone models last year, Eastman delivers another – the first with an offset vibrato and oh-so hipster style

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“Bowie’s literally three feet away, then the hairs on the back of my neck went up and I was like, this is insane – how does this happen?”: David Torn tells us about the time David Bowie's genius was on full display in the studio

Famed for his unconventional approach to guitar, film scoring and work with Bowie, David Torn returns with expansive new LP, Now I Imagine a Place Not the Same

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“It’s a unique Moog synth that looks nothing like the rest of their line-up – that’s where our name comes from!”: Jump Source on rare Moogs, closet studios and why the best gear “has to have character”

Both respected artists in their own right, Patrick Holland and Priori united to produce Fold, a thrillingly kinetic debut recorded with an eclectic cast of collaborators. We find out more about how the project was made

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It’s $92, weighs 4.5kg and is packed with features, and Harley Benton calls it “ultimate grab-and-go practice station” – meet the DNAfx AmP10 modelling combo

This compact 10-watter has four user definable presets, four amp models, onboard effects, Bluetooth, a full-range 6" speaker, an onboard tuner and more

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“It’s my favourite song on the album and one of my favourite songs I’ve ever made”: Olivia Rodrigo prepares to administer The Cure – but is it about Robert Smith or something else?

The second single from her upcoming third album lands on Friday

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“This is like the center of gravity for the bass world”: Geezer Butler, Tal Wilkenfeld and Nate Mendel hail the legacy of the P Bass, as Fender celebrates its 75th anniversary

Fender unveils the 75th Anniversary P Bass Collection featuring a a stunning American Professional PJ Bass, a Player II P Bass in Diamond Dust Sparkle, and a retro American Vintage II 1951 model

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“I'm a kid of the '80s, so The Smiths were right there for me. That might explain the Radiohead phenomenon – if we’re going to exorcise this darkness we’re going to go really dark”: Ed O’Brien explores the relationship between music and mental well-being

In a CALM-sponsored panel at this year’s Great Escape festival, Ed O’Brien, Nadine Shah and others discussed both music’s power to heal emotional wounds - and the alarming suicide rates in the music industry

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The only MIDI keyboard controller made specifically for FL Studio just got a major upgrade

Novation launches the FLkey 2 with deeper DAW integration, semi-weighted keys, redesigned pads and more

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“It’s our Stairway To Heaven, our Hotel California. It’s a song that we’re never going to able to duplicate”: The No 1 rock anthem inspired by a “nasty” breakup – written by a singer who dreamed of being in Metallica

“I’m being so sarcastic in that song, I can’t believe so many people don’t get it”

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“They said ‘That’s not the one. The one’s here’. And I was like ‘That’s not my one’”: Dave Grohl recalls the time Nine Inch Nails laughed at him

“They’re like ‘come in here’. I walk in the control room, and they’re like ‘tell me where you think the one is?’”

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“For all the guitar people out there who look at me as not an electric player, don’t let the person behind the guitar fool you”: PRS and Ed Sheeran just unveiled a hollowbody baritone for all occasions

The pop megastar's SE Hollowbody I Piezo Baritone officially joins the main PRS lineup, and it's joined by a regular scale sibling – and a refresh of the SE amp lineup's finish options

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“Put Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter back in the 1980s and they couldn’t have got arrested": Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley songwriter/producer Mike Stock says that modern pop stars would have struggled to make an impact back in the day

"They don’t have to worry about the song," he argues

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Misha Mansoor’s Evertune-equipped 8-string Juggernaut is here and it might be the heaviest signature guitar Jackson has ever made

“I think the Evertune was the final piece of the puzzle,” says the Periphery riff-master as this extended-range monster arrives in a Nardo Gray finish and Mansoor's signature humbuckers

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“Everyone's using the same plugins – if your stuff sounds unique, it’s going to give you an edge”: Carlos de la Garza on the new Death Cab For Cutie project and why drummers make the best producers

From punk drummer to multi-talented studio supremo, Carlos de la Garza has worked with everyone from Paramore to Ziggy Marley. We sit down with the in-demand producer/songwriter to talk about his varied career

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“This threatens not only our business, but also the future of S-style guitars for builders and players across the European Union”: Is this the beginning of the end for the S-style? Fender issues cease and desist letter to US builder

We are now seeing the downstream effects of Fender's legal victory in Germany as Strat EU legal protections bring lawyers' letters to the doors of US guitar makers

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“The Black Album, Sad But True – the really bright ‘90s large like a motorcycle metal kind of sound – that came from, or might have been inspired by, Livin’ on a Prayer”: Charlie Puth joins the dots between Metallica, Bon Jovi… and Phil Collins

“The cool thing about music is that you can trace everything back to something,” he says

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“We have a vision that’s going to take us through multiple albums”: Meet Saint Clair - the artful four-piece that sound like a collision of Radiohead and Pixies

Balancing expressive vocals and snarling guitar, Saint Clair might be the vital shot in the arm that British guitar rock has been waiting for

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“Chunky, organic, trashy and very characterful”: Zultan Raw 8” Mini Hi-Hat review

FX meets organic with Zultan’s hole-filled mini-hats

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“A barometer is if I wouldn’t say it out loud, then I probably wouldn’t use it as a lyric”: How Olivia Dean’s joyous breakthrough song was crafted

Setting out her stall as one of the greatest artists of the 2020s, Olivia Dean’s 2023 breakthrough cribbed from the past to evoke the euphoria of falling in love

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“Mutt definitely had a signature style of working. On my records, Mutt and I did all the background vocals together; with a band like Def Leppard, he was almost like the other member”: Shania Twain discusses producer Mutt Lange's unique hit-making prowess

"I used to do this song as part of my rock repertoire once I was a little older," she says of one particular Def Leppard hit. "I am a rock chick at heart”

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“Just the quirky 7/8 time reminds me of Roger. It’s not a song I would have written. It points itself at Roger”: The classic track from The Dark Side Of The Moon that gave Pink Floyd their first US hit

“We created a 4/4 progression for the guitar solo and made the poor saxophone player play in 7/4”

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"If you’re after a pedal that delivers classic Cry Baby attitude with plenty of versatility, this is the one": Dunlop Cry Baby BB535 Reissue review

Dunlop has crafted a wah-shaped love letter to the guitar gods that made this expressive effect popular in the '90s

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“Rick put me on the spot. He said, ‘So, this is a Les Paul.’ I was like, ‘I know.’ Then he went, ‘Okay, and this is a Marshall…’”: Why The Cult scrapped an entire album and re-recorded it with Rick Rubin

“It was the record we needed to make”

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“Having the right microphone is so important to me. It has that warm, crisp and classic sound that I love”: Olivia Dean sings the praises of the affordable live vocal mic that’s still going strong after 60 years

“We ended up going with a chrome finish for The Art of Loving Tour, which fits perfectly with the show design,” she says

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