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“I’ve literally waited years for this to come out. It’s even nicer than I imagined it would be”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including another potentially game-changing AI practice amp

Featuring new drops from Jackson, PRS, Wylde Audio, Charvel, and more

“I want the guitar to play fast… to communicate a degree of aggression and forward-thinking”: Sterling By Music Man unveils affordable version of Tosin Abasi’s groundbreaking EBMM Kaizen signature model – and yes, there's a 7-string

“I want the guitar to play fast… to communicate a degree of aggression and forward-thinking”: Sterling By Music Man unveils affordable version of Tosin Abasi’s groundbreaking EBMM Kaizen signature model – and yes, there's a 7-string

A Kaizen for under $1,000? SBMM might have a smash hit on its hands with the Animals As Leaders' signature electric – available now in Firemist Purple Satin and Stealth Black

“Every time I put one of these guitars on it’s just a reminder of the relationship with my friends”: Ernie Ball Music Man shakes up Steve Lukather’s L4 signature series with new pickup options, finishes and a BFR HSS dream machine

“Every time I put one of these guitars on it’s just a reminder of the relationship with my friends”: Ernie Ball Music Man shakes up Steve Lukather’s L4 signature series with new pickup options, finishes and a BFR HSS dream machine

But if these high-end electrics are a bit out of your price range, Sterling By Music Man has you covered with its $649 Lukather signature model in all-new finishes

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“This is a bass that I fell in love with at a pawnshop and used to play the first Rage record”: Ernie Ball Music Man and Tim Commerford team up for a pair of limited run signature StingRay basses

Commerford's latest EBMM signature collab features a pair of doozies, one active, one passive, both with adjustable thumb ramps, ash bodies and roasted maple necks

“This finish uses real silver in the paint… before the final clear coat is applied, the silver oxidises naturally, allowing the finish to change over time”: Ernie Ball Music Man launches Tosin Abasi's Kaizen in Gallium and it is the coolest finish ever

Available as a six or seven-string, the Kaizen Gallium looks like an alien artefact, guitar design as a work of sci-fi, and we want one now. The bad news? They're only making 66 of them

“Tailored for today's guitar virtuosos”: Ernie Ball Music Man has given Jason Richardson’s signature Cutlass a serious upgrade, with some potentially game-changing pickups

The prog virtuoso's latest signatures make use of some newly innovated humbuckers that are said to be the result of “decades of guitar string research”

“With any luck we’ll be able to launch these at NAMM but I can’t promise anything yet”: Rabea Massaad says Sterling By Music Man is developing a more affordable version of his signature EBMM Sabre

Massaad says he has already submitted colour finish options and says new pickups are being developed specifically for the model

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“Here’s something special the geniuses at Ernie Ball Music Man have worked up”: Tosin Abasi teases incredible aged metal finish for the Kaizen that’s like nothing we have seen on a guitar before

“Here’s something special the geniuses at Ernie Ball Music Man have worked up”: Tosin Abasi teases incredible aged metal finish for the Kaizen that’s like nothing we have seen on a guitar before

What would you call this one? Industrial Terminator chrome?

Ernie Ball Music Man’s upgraded Steve Lukather Luke 4 SSS offers “supreme tonal firepower” thanks to its brand new HT pickup technology

An innovation decades in the making, the HT pickups headline the latest installment to the Lukather line of signature instruments, offering a dynamic and responsive playing experience

NAMM 2024: “Not only is it really comfortable but it looks awesome” – Ernie Ball Music Man officially unveils Rabea Massaad’s much anticipated (and heavily customised) signature Sabre

NAMM 2024: “Not only is it really comfortable but it looks awesome” – Ernie Ball Music Man officially unveils Rabea Massaad’s much anticipated (and heavily customised) signature Sabre

This is not your grandaddy's Sabre. Loaded with Massaad's Bare Knuckle Silo pickups, it has a forearm carve, custom neck, enhanced upper-fret access, a modified bridge, coil-splits, and of course Vileblood and Frenzied Flame finishes

NAMM 2023: Rabea Massaad joins Ernie Ball and is working an an EBMM signature model based on the Sabre

NAMM 2023: Rabea Massaad joins Ernie Ball and is working an an EBMM signature model based on the Sabre

Having left Chapman late last year, Massaad joins the likes of John Petrucci, St Vincent and Tosin Abasi on the Ernie Ball Music Man artist lineup

NAMM 2023: Ernie Ball Music Man unveils six-string version of Tosin Abasi’s groundbreaking Kaizen electric guitar

NAMM 2023: Ernie Ball Music Man unveils six-string version of Tosin Abasi’s groundbreaking Kaizen electric guitar

The future-forward multi-scale offset was designed with the Animals As Leaders guitar phenom, and is now available in six strings, with four very smart finish options

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