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Used Gibsons hold their value better than Fenders on the second-hand market – but there’s good news for Player Tele and Strat owners

A new study compares new asking prices to Reverb used sales figures for the top 40 best-selling guitars in the US

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“It doesn’t take a million dollars. You take this to any studio or venue, and you’re Band of Gypsys”: Joe Bonamassa attempts to recreate Jimi Hendrix’s iconic live rig on a budget – with a $319 Squier Strat and Peavey Classic

The gear guru is challenged to capture Hendrix’s legendary live tones with two vastly different budgets – and reveals some Hendrix tricks along the way

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“It’s noisy, it’s wild, and I’m by no means Jimi Hendrix, but we’ll get the gist”: Can Joe Bonamassa make a $1000 Band Of Gypsys rig sound like its vintage equivalent?

Watch JoBo pit two Hendrix-inspired rigs against each other from the comfort of his living room, one with a Squier Strat, a Peavey Classic and Dunlop pedals, the other all megabucks vintage gear

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“I couldn't imagine they would even be using the guitar”: Kurt Russell says he couldn’t care less about that 145-year-old Martin he smashed on The Hateful Eight – and the tale of the “priceless” guitar has been blown out of proportion

The actor revealed he only felt bad for how the guitar smash made his co-star feel, and suggested the story had veered into urban legend territory with its valuation

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"This isn't just a piece of equipment; it connects me with my dad”: Universal Audio’s Bill Putnam Jr confirms that he’s bought the classic Caesars Palace console that was built by his father and used to mix Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland

Start spreading the news - it’s coming home to UA

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"It sounded completely out of place in the chart it was in, and the year it was released": 5 Prophet-5-powered tracks by Radiohead, Gary Numan, Japan and more

We're in Prophet-5 mode, as we celebrate five decades of the first 'proper' polysynth with five – ok six – glorious tracks

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“I don’t know why everybody doesn’t make poly aftertouch synths - it’s pretty stupid. In the ‘70s they did it right”: Beyoncé, The Weeknd and Kanye West collaborator Mike Dean cuts loose on his CS-80, Jupiter-8 and Oberheim Four Voice

He won’t tell you how he creates his signature guitar sound, though - you’ll have to work that out for yourself

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"Immaculate condition for its age": There’s an original Linn LM-1 drum machine for sale on Reverb, but if you want it, you might have to pay around $35,000

On the plus side, the delivery might be free…

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NAMM 2024: “It has been my hope for a while to make an affordable pedal for beginning musicians”: Jack White’s hotly anticipated collaboration with budget brand Donner has been revealed – and it's a $99 3-in-1 multi-effects pedal

Standard-run and Reverb-exclusive versions of the stompbox have been released, and both offer Echo, Phaser and Distortion effects. Could this pave the way for more affordable pedals from Jack White in the future?

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“When that first one came off the line, I grabbed it… and it was terrible”: The first Fender Stratocaster builds had to be junked due to their horrendous tremolos

Guitar historian Tony Bacon has told Reverb the story of the ill-fated first Strats to come off Fender’s production line

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The world’s biggest amp brands are not who you think they are: these are Reverb’s best-selling guitar amps of 2023

The used and new retailer's shared its top-selling amps this year – and it asks some serious questions of legacy names

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What’s the biggest selling electronic music gear of 2023, we hear you ask? Reverb has the answer and it might not surprise you…

Teenage Engineering dominates, with the OP-1 topping the overall and used charts once again

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The Strymon Cloudburst is the top-selling new pedal on Reverb in 2023, but overall Boss is still… the boss!

An old-timer distortion pedal comes out fighting this year

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There’s no beating the Boss: Reverb reveals its best-selling guitar pedals of 2023

From an orange classic to Josh Scott’s fake-it-til-they-make-it hit, here are the stompboxes that shifted over the last year

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“The Silver Sky reigns supreme”: Reverb reveals its best-selling guitars of 2023 – including the most popular used models, with some surprising results

PRS continues to take a chunk out of the Strat sales and Gibson flourishes in the used market: here's a breakdown of Reverb's annual sales stats

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Jack Antonoff on vintage gear, analogue synths and Taylor Swift’s Midnights: "The Oberheim OB-8 was the star of that album"

We sit down with the world's biggest producer to talk Taylor Swift, his deep love of vintage gear, and why he can’t stop scrolling through Reverb at 4AM

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SBC takes “sci-fi and ergonomics” to new extremes on the headless Thrace II – an eco-friendly multi-scale baritone electric that is a one-off in every sense

We're getting a Mad Max meets BC Rich meets Strandberg vibe from this custom build featuring reclaimed African mahogany, Mitsel hardware, and a Bare Knuckle Warpig

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The surprising secret behind Kurt Cobain’s guitar tone on Nirvana’s In Utero has been discovered, 30 years on from its release

And it’s not a magic pedal, magic amp or a magic guitar...

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“An incredible piece of history”: Peter Green’s 1962 Silvertone Speed Demon has just been listed on Reverb

The semi-hollow single-cut was first snapped up by Chris Tapp of The Cold Stares – whose impressive Peter Green guitar haul also included a very notable National resonator

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Bernie Marsden’s vintage guitar gear is officially now up for sale via ATB Guitars’ Reverb store

The Beast might be staying at the Marsden residence but his ’52 Gold Top, ’61 Telecaster Custom and ’64 ES-345 TDSV are stunning and available now

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Muse are opening an online store on Reverb and selling a ton of stage-played gear – including Kemper Profilers loaded with Matt Bellamy’s tones

Care for a Kawai MP8-2 stage piano? One not-so-careful owner, who once stood on it onstage. Or how does Chris Wolstenholme’s vintage EHX Russian Big Muff grab you?

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Muse are selling Kempers loaded with their guitar and bass tones, plus a revered Russian Big Muff and much more

Nearly 100 pieces of stage-played and studio-used gear spanning multiple tours and albums will go up for sale when the Reverb store goes live

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Gibson offers guitarists outside the US the chance to buy prototypes, pre-played artist models and demo guitars for the first time

The Gibson/Reverb Demo Shop has been opened up to UK players, and its first wave arrives with a suite of drool-worthy examples

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Gibson is now selling Demo Shop guitars in the UK for the first time

Check out the Gibson UK Demo Shop on Reverb now

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Fender unearths a shoegaze fuzz holy grail for My Bloody Valentine fans with the Kevin Shields Blender

The Kevin Shields Blender has two channels, an octave-up fuzz and sag controls, is limited to 700 units worldwide, and available exclusively through Fender, Reverb and Andertons

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