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“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

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“The gritty bark of a P-90 up front, and the roar of a humbucker to back it up down south”: Harley Benton’s new $195 single-cuts have got a touch of the Nik Huber boutique vibe about them

As budget electrics go, these smart new plain-top models from the German gear brand offer versatility and no shortage of style

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“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.

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“This is a difficult guitar to put a review score on”: Harley Benton Fusion-T II HH RW HT PM review

Harley Benton doubles down as one of the industry’s leading affordable brands with a well-appointed player

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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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“We are witnessing a digital guitar tone revolution in real time”: My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – from free Line 6 plugins to a game-changing modeler update

Big new drops from HeadRush, Epiphone, Line 6 and more

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"The only limiting factor here for any style of playing is technique": Harley Benton ST-62HA review

Harley Benton's budget relic S-type delivers supreme playability and classic tones, but what about that finish?

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"Relic’d or not, this is a great value instrument": Harley Benton TE-62LA review

With superb playability and an awesome neck pickup for under $250, the finish may be divisive, but Harley Benton's new Aged series is undeniably great value for money

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“Harley Benton might have outdone itself. This is custom shop-level detail for under $350”: My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

New drops from Orange, Kramer, Harley Benton and more

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Billie Joe Armstrong’s punk rock riff machine, Orange’s mighty micro-amp, and the $150 acoustic that gives us serious John Mayer vibes – it’s MusicRadar’s monthly guitar gear roundup, the July 2026 edit

Featuring hot new gear from Harley Benton, Epiphone, Bad Cat, Shergold, IK Multimedia, Mooer Audio, Gibson and more

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"This might just be our most ambitious series yet!”: Harley Benton is making hand-aged relic'd guitars for under 250 bucks

Hitherto the preserve of custom shop and boutique makers, the German budget gear company is bringing us vintage mojo on the cheap – and there are five models to choose from

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“A dream that’s been years in the making”: Harley Benton joins the relic bandwagon with $238 hand-aged guitars

The Thomann-owned guitar maker has released Light Aged and Heavy Aged versions of its S-type, T-type and offset electric guitars

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Harley Benton throws a big ol' T party and you are all invited, as the Fusion-T II series debuts 18 new models featuring high-end specs and a sub-$500 price tag

High-performance builds, roasted flame maple necks as standard, the choice of Tesla humbuckers or EMGs, and Babicz hardtail bridges or 2-point tremolos... It's all going on

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“It's an amp for when you feel the need to give the FOH sound engineer a nervous breakdown”: My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

New releases from Marshall, Harley Benton, Gibson and more…

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“Thomann isn’t a small independent guitar builder... It is one of the world’s largest instrument retailers and the owner of one of Europe’s largest guitar brands”: Fender fires back at Thomann and sues for copyright infringement – read the full statement

Fender has filed an infringement action against Thomann after the Harley Benton owner took legal action against the guitar maker last month

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My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

My personal highlights from a week that brought us a single-pickup PRS for Jon Jourdan, Eventide's next-gen H9, and more. Have a highlight of your own? Let us know in the comments

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Thomann vs Fender: World’s biggest music retailer pushes back at the Big F's cease-and-desist campaign

"The questions raised here go far beyond a mere legal dispute and affect the future of diversity, innovation and competition in our industry"

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“We urge Fender to stop issuing cease and desist demands against manufacturers, distributors and dealers and to return to a fair, cooperative partnership”: Thomann, the world’s largest music retailer, is suing Fender over cease-and-desists

Thomann, whose own brand Harley Benton is caught up in the Stratocaster cease-and-desist dispute, says it is engaging in legal action on behalf of the entire guitar industry

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“A clone of a clone of a clone? Sounds ridiculous. Take my money now”: This week's hottest new guitar gear – including an AI-powered amp that wants to change the way you create tones

Fresh new drops from Epiphone, JHS Pedals, Fender, Positive Grid and more...

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“Engineered to be loud, fast, and absolutely zero fun for your neighbours”: Harley Benton unleashes a $185 shred-ready hotrod with a roasted maple neck and dual-humbuckers

Harley Benton's latest drop includes the ST-Modern HH, a right-handed version of the ST-Modern Plus HSS in Dark Purple Sparkle, and a smart retro acoustic electric parlour for lefties

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“It won’t leave your tap water tasting of hot dogs. It won’t make your Hershey’s bar taste of starfish”: This week's hottest new guitar gear – featuring Wes Borland's Jackson and a Korn pedal

Jackson and Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland unveil the coolest metal guitar of the year, IK Multimedia go '60s Marshall mad, and someone put Korn's early sound in a pedal

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Roasted maple necks on a $185 S-style? Harley Benton’s refreshed and relaunched ST-Modern HH goes all-in on value

The ST-Modern HH returns in cool metallic finishes offering shred on a budget, and the ST-Modern Plus HSS in Dark Purple Sparkle gets a right-handed release

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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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A sub-$600 shred machine with active EMGs and roasted flame maple neck? Harley Benton expands its Pro Series with 41 hot-rodded but affordable S-styles

With EMG pickups, locking tuners, roasted figured maple necks and Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibratos, Harley Benton is offering Champagne specs at beer prices again

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Harley Benton drops a sub-$250 baritone that proves you can do low tunings at low prices – and stay fashionably offset

Once upon a time a baritone offset was exclusive, a super-niche instrument that'd cost you, but the entry level JA-Baritone HH BK changes all that

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