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‘When they cleared the wreckage, it was all that survived’: 10 of history’s most irreplaceable guitars

As Paul McCartney is reunited with his violin-shaped Hofner bass, we look at equally iconic guitars, from Prince’s phallic symbol to Jimmy Page’s double-necked beast

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Fender issues major Tone Master Pro firmware update, including new features, enhancements, and bug fixes

The modeler’s first major – and free – firmware update issues 12 enhancements and a host of fixes as it continues to sharpen its elbows in the competitive modeller market

Guitar World

“It is a tribute to the enduring legacy of tube amplifier culture”: Would you buy a $40,000 guitar amp? Because Jens Ritter has just made one and the Encore is a Fender/Dumble inspired work of art

The Encore is Jens Ritter’s love letter to vintage tube amps and is a meticulously hand-wired 2x12 combo with mismatched speakers, and sapphire-encrusted control knobs ‘cos why not!?

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“A groundbreaking electric guitar amplifier that sets a new standard”: Ritter’s new Encore might just be the most luxurious guitar amp ever made – but it’s going to cost you $40,000

18-karat white gold-covered tubes, sapphire-topped control knobs and laser engravings of famous guitar players can be found throughout the Encore, which takes sonic inspiration from the Fender Bassman and Dumble Classic

Guitar World

“I’d always borrow guitars, but after we signed to this asshole label, one of the guys gave me the Jazzmaster. I’ve never had a reason to get another guitar”: Jason Lytle on Grandaddy’s emotional return and his ’70s Fender devotion

The Grandaddy band leader always preferred “keeping things pure” to achieving greatness – and he’s done almost all of it with the one and only guitar he’s ever needed

Guitar World

“I used to not bend strings at all, but I started doing it as a joke to make my friends laugh when I played classic rock riffs – it became this massive part of my playing”: Omni’s Frankie Broyles on his unlikely journey to post-punk transcendence

Post-punk trio Omni are masters of minimalism, but guitarist Frankie Broyles is having fun with classic rock moves and ZZ Top-inspired tones

Guitar World

“I strived to get an electric guitar to respond like a fingerpicked, open-tuned acoustic for decades. I went about it wrong”: Ex-Black Crowes guitarist Luther Dickinson on why he never dug his first signature Gibson – and how its followup went MIA

The North Mississippi Allstars man has led a storied career. He discusses his surprising jams with Rich Robinson and co, recording with The Replacements at the age of 13, and how his dad (via Bo Diddley) set him on a lifelong open-tuned path

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“I imagined a chrome red, I love a good texture”: Fender reveals specs and more details of H.E.R’s custom Super Bowl Stratocaster – and we officially want one

The transparent red over Chrome Glow is a finish all right. But will Fender release this during the Strat's big 70th Anniversary?

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“I have that Eddie Van Halen mentality of ‘it doesn’t really matter what it looks like – I wish someone would teach me, because it’s just been me destroying stuff!” David Pajo on modding guitars, Gang of Four and the launch of his lost folk-rock album

The Fender fan, who plays bass and drums on a new ‘lost album’ by Children’s Hour, didn’t realize what an influence Andy Gill had been until he filled the late guitarist’s space

Guitar World

“It was the greatest ever”: H.E.R. and Alicia Keys take Usher’s Super Bowl Halftime Show into the red with show-stopping performances on a signature Fender Strat and custom grand piano

Both stars brought scarlet instruments to the stage

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“Can’t spell Usher without H.E.R.”: Armed with a newly-customised Fender signature Stratocaster, H.E.R. performs a scene-stealing guest guitar solo – amid a rollerskating Usher – at Super Bowl LVIII

The guitarist dropped in to offer the six-string centerpiece of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show

Guitar World

“I think someone should – or I hope someone will – take a genre of music that isn’t known for guitar and apply guitar to it”: Andy Partridge thinks you can be a great player or a great writer, but not both

The XTC icon, who believes he owns the very best Japanese Telecaster ever built, is comfortable with coming from the “school of adequate” as a guitarist

Guitar World

On sale now! Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: Queen's Greatest Songs Track By Track – By Brian May

Also in issue 381! Interviews: Yard Act, Sleater-Kinney, Ihsahn and more. Reviews: New gear from Gibson, Fender, Shergold and more. Learn songs by Queen, Bring Me The Horizon and U2

Guitar World

“Cheap instruments can be amazing and expensive ones can be totally wrong. Don't let the price tag fool you.” London bassist Dave Edwards on the beauty of his Aria Pro-II Precise Bass

Dave Edwards on the merits of his late ‘70s “old-school Fender copy”, and the Peter Gabriel bassline he wished he’d written

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“It just has this resonance to it that I saw someone describe as an angry piano”: Watch Idles’ Mark Bowen give a guided tour of his top three electric guitars

Featuring an acrylic super heavyweight with an metal neck, and the “twangy” baritone Strat that just rocked The Tonight Show and is all over Idles' forthcoming studio LP, Tangk

Guitar World

“I didn’t play with a Big Muff for a long time and felt like a fraud”: Mudhoney’s Steve Turner and Mark Arm like to lose control, but without straying too far from their comfort zone

What’s hardcore? What’s grunge? Why have a huge pedalboard? What’s happening with the Melvins? The legendary alt-rock guitar duo ponder all of this and more as they go deep on Mudhoney's new album, Plastic Eternity, and their past and future

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Aaron Rash has taken his Nirvana gear journey to a whole new level: he's built the 'Frankenamp' Kurt Cobain used that's the final part in the In Utero tone puzzle

Nirvana's tech Earnie Bailey has helped the YouTuber reach the final destination of his quest

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“These guitars represent the pinnacle of excellence, blending innovation with the rich heritage of Fender”: The 2024 Custom Collection is a tour de force of high-end guitar design from the Big F Custom Shop

It's that time of year again when the Fender Custom Shop starts showing off with premium tonewoods, top-tier pickups, and epic relic jobs, and finish options to die for

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“This year’s collection will set a new standard for excellence in the world of custom guitar”: Fender pays homage to golden era guitars and pushes the boundaries of contemporary design with 2024 Custom Shop collections

The Big F goes big on Bigsbys, serves up an assortment of wild finishes and opts for exotic tonewoods across its 6 new catalogs, which each serve a specific design purpose

Guitar World

Two years on from their landmark battle over body shapes, Gibson and Armadillo are back in court as the Dean producer seeks to appeal 2022 jury decision

The initial decision ruled in Gibson’s favor and prevented Armadillo from producing any more V or Z-style builds based on the classic outlines

Guitar World

“A limited-edition collection showcasing the rich heritage and legacy of this incredible instrument”: Fender continues its 70th Anniversary Stratocaster celebrations with ultra-luxurious Custom Shop drop

2024 is set to be a year of celebratory releases for the Big F, which has continued to mark the Strat's milestone with five new Custom Shop creations

Guitar World

“This is the Super Bowl of trips for the lifelong Dead Heads”: John Mayer and Dead & Company are officially returning for a 6-week residency at the MSG Sphere

Mayer help will lead a Grateful Dead-honoring residency at the world's most futuristic venue in Las Vegas this summer, months after the supergroup's farewell tour

Guitar World

“Effortlessly stylish”: Rapier’s latest madcap model blends elements of Les Paul and Strat builds into a single-cut, set-neck hybrid beast

The Alan Entwistle designs feature his signature mad-scientist wiring on okoume wood builds that nod to the past without breaking the bank

Guitar World

“We were all delusional enough as kids to think this might happen to us”: boygenius, Metallica, Paramore, Larkin Poe, Jason Isbell and Joni Mitchell win big at the Grammys 2024

Molly Tuttle, Chris Stapleton and newly anointed Fender signature artist Juanes also took home awards during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony

Guitar World

NAMM 2024: the 10 biggest things we discovered at this year's show

From a new wave of star-studded semi-hollow signature guitars, to the AI invasion, these are the things we saw, heard, and thought at the music-making event of the year

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