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“My guitar is like my best friend. My guitar can get me through anything”: As she enters a new era by dropping the Cyrus name and rocking out in a white jumpsuit with a black Fender Strat, here’s what Miley has said about playing guitar

Her new album, Bass Persuades, will be released on 18 September

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Bruce Springsteen shares the mods and mysteries of his Born to Run Fender Telecaster: “It was hanging on the wall, it cost $185. It’s a mutt”

Springsteen features in a new star-packed documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster

Guitar World

Timex and Fender have turned the Telecaster and Stratocaster into watches and they look better than they have any right to

The three-watch collection celebrates Fender’s 80th anniversary with wood-grain dials, guitar-inspired crowns and even tiny headstocks

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“His effects are bonkers in the best way possible”: The pedal with the onboard amp, speaker and microphone, Gibson baritones, the Fender Custom Shop George Harrison Bass VI and more – this is MusicRadar's guitar gear roundup, the August 2026 edit

We take a look back at the gear highlights from August, featuring new signature models from Epiphone and PRS, Death By Audio and Grainger FX's wild collab and more

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“Undoubtedly the first popular, commercially successful guitar amp with reverb”: Is this humble Ampeg the vintage tube combo to rival golden-era Fender amps?

We trace the history and influence of two cult classic amps from Ampeg, the R-12R Reverberocket and 1965-67 GS-12R Reverberocket II

Guitar World

“Don’t play, or even look at, this bass if you’ve got a hangover”: The biggest bass guitar launches this month

From genre-defining signature basses to an unconventional take on a Fender classic, here’s the lowdown on August’s biggest new bass gear releases

Guitar World

My pick of the best guitar gear launched this week: holy grail tube tones, Sleep Token’s debut signature collab and a guitar that might be a bass

All the big new drops from PRS Guitars, Charvel, Jackson, Gibson, Friedman Amplification and much more

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“It’s staggering that a $329 bass can play like this – I can’t rule out witchcraft being involved”: Sire Marcus Miller V1 review

Marcus Miller-approved bass range gets a new baby sibling – is it worthy of the name?

Guitar World

“I’m a big fan of Thin Lizzy, so when Midge Ure came into the shop, that was pretty surreal”: On the shop floor at legendary Asbury Park guitar store Russo Music – where no day is a bad day

We visit Russo Music, where for over 60 years it has served Asbury Park, NJ, and now has stores in Hamilton Township and Philly

Guitar World

“These guitars are sacred things to me”: Guitar Center unveils its latest Eric Clapton charity collab, with the 2026 Exclusive Crossroads Guitar Collection featuring stunning Martin acoustics and the return of the Blind Faith Tele

Martin unveils a Brazilian rosewood $24,999 Custom 000-42, PRS paints the Silver Sky blue and more – all exclusive to Guitar Center with a portion of sales going to the Crossroads Centre

MusicRadar

Want to make music like Sleep Token? Bassist III and guitarist IV show off new signature instruments with vocal-free version of Vore

Jackson and Charvel announce guitar and bass models based on the pop-metal superstars’ specs, starting at £1,399

Metal Hammer

Jackson and Charvel’s Sleep Token signature models are officially here – and are officially kind of insane: “We’re always looking for artists who redefine what a signature instrument can be”

Okay, so guitarist IV's monster 30” scale baritone arrives tuned a whole octave down – while bassist III has a heavily customised Charvel 5-string multi-scale. Fishman pickups for everyone

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Fender honors George Harrison’s legendary Beatles Bass VI with Custom Shop reissue: “It played a defining role in some of the most influential recordings ever made”

Harrison famously wielded the 1967 Bass VI in the promotional video for Hey Jude

Guitar World

How did The Last Dinner Party become one of the UK’s biggest bands? Bassist Georgia Davies reflects on their sudden success and whirlwind tours: “Suddenly we were getting emails from managers, labels… and, weirdly, lawyers”

From a Wayne’s World-inspired Fender to “Roadie Friday”, Georgia Davies reveals the chaos, camaraderie, and curveballs of life on the road with The Last Dinner Party

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“Vintage guitars that are too nice repel me – I have a 1945 Martin, and it sounded good, but it was like sunlight to a vampire”: Brian Fallon on what makes for guitar greatness, and the most fundamental lick

With new solo album Not Bad For New Jersey out next month, the Gaslight Anthem frontman checks in and discusses his love for the Telecaster, and Keith Richards

Guitar World

“From a distance, the Light Aged aesthetic isn’t unconvincing. Up close, things are a little different”: Harley Benton PB-62LA review

Thomann’s in-house guitar and bass brand takes on a tough challenge – relic finishes.

Guitar World

“There’d be a 20-foot fire going, and my bass and Tré’s kit are burning while Billie’s playing Time of Your Life”: Green Day's Mike Dirnt is selling iconic gear – from Dookie era and beyond – on Reverb

Collectibles include several basses that were burned on stage, American Idiot-era Fender Mike Dirnt signature Precisions, a smashed Gibson Grabber, and tour-worn Mesa/Boogie amps

Guitar World

Baritone Telecasters are back on the menu as Fender unveils new 75th Anniversary models

The Nocaster is also making a return in the American Vintage II lineup while the Player II Telecaster gets four limited-edition colorways

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“It starts out polite but then gets loud, dirty and nasty enough to pick a fight with fuzz”: Warm Audio Dirty Boy Jr. Booster review

Warm Audio revives the Dirty Boy Ball Buster circuit but without the boutique price tag.

Guitar World

How a Fender Strat anniversary event led to Queen’s first world tour since Freddie Mercury’s death: “Brian May got on the phone to me and said, ‘You have to look at what we just did’”

May shared the Strat Pack stage with a singer whose performance convinced him to get the Queen machine up and running again

Guitar World

"A superbly built, affordable reverb pedal that rivals pricier competitors": Klowra Limbo reverb review

This fully loaded reverb proves that affordable pedals can more than hold their own against the big guns

Guitar World

“They’re so scarce. Fender only made 200 and the majority of them have been monkeyed with”: The Stratocaster was in constant flux during its first year of production – and these two 1954 models prove it

We take a closer look at a pair of Strats that might share a birthday but have quite different sounds and specs, as Fender was evolving the design in real-time when it launched in ’54

Guitar World

“He couldn’t resist the offer to trade it for the car of his dreams”: The story of Danny Gatton’s strange, magical ’53 Telecaster – and where it is today

With a Willie Nelson autograph carved into the finish and a mount for a “Magic Dingus Box” controller, “The Telemaster”’s #1 was truly one-of-a-kind

Guitar World

“Ever since seeing Kiki Wong play it at Lollapalooza we want one bad”: My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – featuring a Dimebag-approved classic, Bonamassa signature acoustics and quite possibly the future of the S-style

Big new drops from Martin, MXR, Fender and more

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“Makes you realise just how good budget guitars have become”: Harley Benton ST-62LA review

Hand-relic'd with a spec sheet that doesn't get old, Harley Benton's Aged Series brings vintage feel on a budget

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