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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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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

Guitar World

“Very few people in the history of the electric guitar have pushed the design forward more than Paul”: John Mayer to induct Paul Reed Smith into Guitar Center Rockwalk

The esteemed guitar builder’s dedication to craftsmanship and innovation has been recognized

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“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

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The Warning’s Dany Villarreal has launched her first PRS signature guitar – and she’s swapped out the Bird inlays for something else entirely

The Astryx is a stunning twist on the Custom 24 built for one of riff rock’s fastest rising guitar heroes

Guitar World

Top cop, minister sorry for botched gunpoint bus arrest of wrong boy

Family speaks out on 'demeaning' illegal search of Aboriginal teen.

The Canberra Times

Parliament sees growing trend of bills introduced, passed in same session: PRS data

More than half of bills in the 18th Lok Sabha passed quickly. This trend accelerated sharply over the past year, analysis shows. The Monsoon Session saw eleven of twelve bills passed before its end. Many bills were cleared without any MP speaking on them. Lok Sabha functioned for only fifteen…

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Lok Sabha's Monsoon Session productivity among lowest in 22 years: PRS data

Parliament's Lok Sabha saw very low productivity during its recent Monsoon session. This session's functioning level matches the Winter session of 2016. The Rajya Sabha performed better but still had limited operational time. Historical data shows significant variations in parliamentary business over years. Disruptions and political confrontations have often impacted…

The Economic Times

Why do PRS Guitars have a 25-inch scale length? Paul Reed Smith explains

The iconic guitar builder sought to differentiate himself from the likes of Fender and Gibson… and overhauled the specs of his early designs to do so

Guitar World

‘Playing around with your favourite artist’s song is an ultimate expression of fandom’: Spotify is taking another step into participatory music tools with its upcoming AI remix feature — but it signals red flags for industry professionals

Spotify's agreement with Merlin brings it one step closer to launching its AI-powered remix tool, but where do industry professionals stand on it?

TechRadar

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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“He’s been a leader with the company since the beginning”: PRS has appointed the first CEO in its history – what does that mean for the brand going forward?

The Maryland firm's first Chief Executive Officer has been with the company for 41 years

Guitar World

“There’s absolutely no doubt this is dream distortion pedal material. But at $415, it’d be hard to justify”: My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

An insanely affordable new Gretsch and a pedal called Jimothy headline the round-up this week

Guitar World

“I was really at the point where… nobody knows who I am and I don’t want my name on the guitar”: The unsung guitarist who shaped one of PRS’s most sought-after models

He's unassuming, a virtuoso player, and didn't want his name on the guitar out of respect to Ted McCarty – but David Grissom played a key role in designing it

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“Bob Ezrin was recording and I changed to a different guitar. Within five seconds, he stopped the tape and said, ‘There’s something wrong…’” Simon McBride on Deep Purple’s new golden age of heavy

The band's fleet-fingered, PRS-toting guitar-slinger tells GW how the rock legends nailed their ‘70s sound in the 21st century on their new album, and the pedal people would be surprised to hear is on his 'board...

Guitar World

“I was just playing an SE, and he said, ‘I want to support you. You're great. I think you deserve to be playing on a USA model’”: How a fan made Sophie Burrell's dream guitar a reality – and changed the course of her career

The virtuoso and online phenom reveals how she managed to get her prized PRS model – and why she doesn't name her guitars

MusicRadar

An EHX take on a cult Albini-approved fuzz-stortion, a single-pickup PRS, the triumphant return of Squier’s Paranormal series and more! It’s MusicRadar’s epic monthly guitar gear round-up, the June '26 edit

Guitar gear worth a pay day blow-out, ft. metal-friendly signature guitars from PRS and Jackson, the return of Squier's Paranormal series and more Inspired By Gibson Custom Epiphone models

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“No plausible basis for suggesting a more accurate, let alone fairer, distribution": Blur drummer loses legal action against PRS over distribution of royalties

Dave Rowntree brought case revolving around ‘black box’ royalties

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The Independent UK

Blur drummer loses court battle for £200 million in unpaid songwriter royalties

David Rowntree claims that PRS pays ‘black box’ royalties, also known as unidentified royalties, to producers, but not to songwriters

Evening Standard

Blur drummer loses bid to continue £200m royalty legal battle

David Rowntree claims that PRS pays ‘black box’ royalties, also known as unidentified royalties, to publishers, but not to songwriters.

Guitar World

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

Guitar World

“My guitar is a tool. I want it to do exactly what I need it to, so we took out all the ‘extra’ stuff”: Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth collaborator Jon Jourdan joins forces with PRS on a no-frills, single-pickup guitar

PRS rolls out rare specs for the brand – a single-pickup, single-volume-control model – for the Mammoth live guitarist's first signature guitar

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"There's no knife-in-the-back twist. When I read these lyrics back, I was like, 'Oh, that's weird.' All the other love songs I've written have a dark edge”: How Snow Patrol constructed one of the most enduring hits of the 21st century

Snow Patrol's 2006 monster became one of the biggest radio songs of all time, but why did it work so well?

Guitar World

“It’s like the wind is at your back when you’re playing it”: The difference between a PRS Silver Sky and Fender Stratocaster, according to a blues hero who plays both

The guitars have their own unique qualities in Philip Sayce's eyes – and both are welcome in his rig

Guitar World

“Weird, small, brilliant, respectful of pedalboard space. What more could you need?” This week’s hottest new guitar gear – including Alex Lifeson’s ES-355, Charvel’s US return and Ed Sheeran’s new Orange squeeze

We’ve got weird reverbs from EHX, super-cheap AI-enabled multi-effects units, high-end shredders, climate-controlled gig bags and more

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