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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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Has Kramer ever looked better? The shred brand's golden era arrives as it celebrates 50th Anniversary with metallic gold makeover for its high-performance lineup

Six shreddable S-styles, with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibrato as standard – all in Anniversary Gold for a limited time only

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“Every detail of this series reflects Kramer at its best”: Kramer goes for gold with its 50th Anniversary collection

The ’80s shred classics are back – as streamlined as ever – and sporting golden limited-edition colorways.

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Extreme and Red Hot Chili Peppers classics among first tracks confirmed for Guitar Hero's spiritual successor, Stage Tour

The game seems to be taking a page from Guitar Hero's playbook by featuring both old-school legends and more contemporary powerhouses

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“I did 40 tours with it, and never had a problem. It’s my favorite guitar on the planet”: The underrated metal guitar that Nervosa’s Prika Amaral swears by

The pointed axe solves her biggest issues with Flying Vs, and it’s been her trusted globetrotting companion for years

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“We bounced around the idea of having everyone from Joe Cocker to Phil Collins to Mike Rutherford sing”: Out went David Lee Roth and Frankenstein, in came Sammy Hagar and Kramer –the story of Van Halen’s rebirth

It was the end of an era. Roth’s exit, Frankenstein's last hurrah. But it was the start of a new one as Eddie Van Halen got experimental on 1986's blockbuster, 5150

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There's a Krämer Racing Kit Now Available for Your KTM Super Duke

Krämer, the German race bike builder, has launched a limited-edition fairing kit for KTM Super Duke models.

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“Watching Tony Iommi play Iron Man to demo his signature pickup in person was a borderline biblical experience”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – and is that a new Epiphone double-neck?

New launches from Boss, PRS, Fender and Third Man Hardware headline the biggest guitar gear drops this week

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“Infused with contemporary upgrades while retaining classic Kramer DNA”: Can Kramer reclaim its place as world’s number one Superstrat brand? Enter the Pacer Deluxe Collection

Introducing three fresh twists on the high-performance HSS S-style, featuring Kramer's KeyLock necks, HSS pickups, some exclusive finishes and the promise of speed and comfort as standard

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Eddie Van Halen's 1982 iconic Kramer guitar to be auctioned

The instrument is based on Van Halen’s original “Frankenstrat” guitar from 1975. Five years after Van Halen's death, this is the first of his guitars with this trademark design to ever be auctioned. It is expected to fetch more than $2million during an October auction led by Sotheby's.

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“Back of headstock reveals:#1 Edward Van Halen Model”: Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Kramer – also owned by Mick Mars – heads to the auction block. Is this the next multi-million dollar guitar?

Dressed up to look like Frankie, a precursor to the 5150, this transitional Kramer was stage-played by Eddie Van Halen and appeared on Mötley Crüe's Dr Feelgood

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“He called me and said, ‘Paul! Paul! I need your help. Eddie’s coming up”: Paul Reed Smith on the time Kramer asked him to build a guitar for Eddie Van Halen

Smith was asked what he would have made if Van Halen had ever asked for a PRS guitar – but it turned out to be something of a trick question

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“The boys and I had just gotten off tour. We got a call from our booking agent…” How a “fluke accident” led to Lzzy Hale playing at Dio’s last-ever show

Halestorm saved the day when they were unexpectedly called upon to open for Heaven & Hell

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“Can you imagine Kramer being more successful than Fender and Gibson? It sounds crazy, but Eddie Van Halen made that happen”: H.E.A.T’s Dave Dalone on taking rock back to the future, learning from Gary Moore, and why he's a Kramer man through and through

They may have titled their latest album Welcome To The Future, but make no mistake, Swedish rockers H.E.A.T are paying homage to the past, with Dalone's scorching riffs and solos leading the way

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KTM's Mess Is Causing a Headache in Racing, CEO of Kramer Leaves Position

Kramer Motorcycles, the folks who supply amateur and up and coming racers with race-spec motorcycles across the US, is feeling the heat of KTM's issues and it's CEO is taking the fall for it.

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“The kind of instrument that inspires you to take in-the-moment risks instead of feeling like you’ve got to play it safe”: Kramer Volante HSGT Triburst review

Meet the new line-up of fast and furious high-performance machines from Kramer

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“Transcends nostalgia”: Kramer draws inspiration from its 1980s shredder heydays for the Volante – an all-new modern-minded Superstrat

Kramer hopes its newly devised shred machines will help reposition the firm as “the progressive choice for high-performance guitarists”

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“This is the guitar you’ll pick up once – and never want to put down”: Kramer ups the ante with the Volante – a tricked-out S-style with Gibson-designed US pickups, AAAA quilt maple veneer and a re-engineered neck joint to enhance sustain

Kramer's high-performance range expands with a super-versatile double-cut with dual-humbucker or humbucker/single-coil configurations, Floyd Rose vibratos and speedy necks as standard

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“A lot of them need to be played. They have souls”: One of California’s top music entrepreneurs has left behind one of the finest vintage guitar collections we’ve ever seen

The astonishing collection includes guitars signed by Van Halen and Gene Simmons – and some extremely rare 1950s Fender Strats

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“Updated electronics feature a pair of Kramer USA-made Eruption pickups designed by Gibson Master Luthier Jim DeCola”: Kramer’s 84 HH S-style doubles down on the humbuckers, adds coil-splitting and a killswitch for maximum shred appeal

These high-speed bolt-ons nail the mid '80s aesthetic and offer feature-packed retro thrills for around a grand

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Kenny Roberts To Manage MotoAmerica Talent Cup Team, Flat Track’s Not Dead

Wayne Rainey, John Kocinski, Eddie Lawson, and Kenny Roberts Jr.: what did they all have in common? Yes, they were all world championship-winning motorcyclists. Yes, they were all from the US. But something that ties these names together even more closely is that they were all directly influenced or mentored…

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Does Krämer Even Know What Its GP2-890 XX Track-Only Bike Is For?

Anyone who knows me or reads my work understands how much I love naked bikes. The MT-09 had me giggling like a schoolgirl, and the MT-09 SP made me consider selling my Street Triple. With that said, I can't work out who or what exactly the 2025 Krämer GP2-890 XX is…

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“Shred-ready guitars begging to be played fast and mean”: Kramer revives a cult classic “vault find” from the 1980s – and issues a “modern and sleeker” LP-style design – as part of extensive range overhaul

Five new speed-shredding six-strings balance ’80s revivalism with modern touches via the Kramer 84, Pacer Carrera, Jersey Star, Assault Figured, and Nite-V models

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“For players who want more – more pickups, more speed, and more in-your-face Kramer attitude”: Kramer delivers the face-melting shred candy with six refreshed electrics, complete with US-made pickups

Meet the newly upgraded Kramer 84, Assault, Assault Figured, Pacer Carrera, Jersey Star and Nite-V, available in loud and louder finishes – with some eye-popping online exclusives

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Pro AV Newsmakers: Sony Joins PSNI Global Alliance and Kramer's Big Week

Pro AV around the globe, new hires at ASG, and more from the week that was.

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