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Meet Fender’s latest Master Builder, who worked on its Game of Thrones guitars and some stunning signature models

Levi Perry joined the firm direct from high school and worked under the likes of Ron Thorn before his recent promotion

Guitar World

Was Eric Johnson's unreleased PRS prototype guitar the precursor to the Silver Sky?

It was on display at the Dallas International Guitar Festival

MusicRadar

"This is one of the best amps I've ever played" – new video investigates the Fender Twin Reverb Kurt Cobain used on Nirvana's Bleach

Jack Endino's modded Fender amp was Cobain's go-to for Nirvana's debut album

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Michael Landau recalls recording guitar in front of David Gilmour: “Playing for Pink Floyd was one of the most bizarre things ever”

The session heavyweight was once brought onboard to record a lead line that Gilmour “didn’t want to do”

Guitar World

Fender debuts the Steve Lacy “People Pleaser”, a signature Stratocaster with a built-in fuzz circuit

The pop/R&B guitarist and super-producer's Mexican-made signature model also boasts noiseless pickups and a host of striking visual appointments – including a unique Chaos Burst finish

Guitar World

Fender and Steve Lacy team up for the People Pleaser Stratocaster – a unique, hot-wired Strat with onboard fuzz

The People Pleaser is decked out in an all-new Chaos Burst finish and comes equipped with The Internet guitarist's Chaos Fuzz circuit, Noiseless pickups and vintage-style trem

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A Jimi Hendrix stage-used 1968 Fender Dual Showman cabinet is headed to the auction block

Acquired by Hendrix due to his need for more onstage firepower, the cab features a pair of 15-inch JBL 130 speakers, and was most prominently used for the guitar hero's performance at the 1969 Newport Pop Festival

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The must-have guitar accessories for 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: The essential extras you can look forward to for your guitar playing this year

MusicRadar

The hottest guitar amps and amp pedals for 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: Amps of all shapes and sizes that you can take anywhere and plug into

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Mike Dirnt: “Even Flea told me he wanted to play a P-Bass live”

Green Day’s Mike Dirnt reveals why so many top bass players switch back to Fender

Guitar World

What happened the night Stevie Ray Vaughan died - by those who were there

On August 27, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan played the gig of his life. Just hours later he was killed when his helicopter crashed in thick fog. This is the inside story of that tragic day

Louder

A Kurt Cobain stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster is going up for auction

Signed by all three members of Nirvana, the Strat also features a note from Cobain addressed to the Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan

Guitar World

Kemper reveals Liquid Profiling: "It's the perfect marriage between modelling and profiling"

Christoph Kemper lays out the next (free) update stage in his grand ambitions for guitar tones - and there's more too!

MusicRadar

Fender’s latest Tom DeLonge Starcaster features actual meteorite dust in its finish – a potential first for guitar building

A production-line version of the Blink-182 guitarist’s signature model is looking more likely than ever – minus the space dust

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How Jeff Beck passed the Telecaster torch to Jimmy Page and changed the course of rock history

A tale of Jeff Beck’s generosity, Jimmy Page’s enduring gratitude and a 1959 Fender Telecaster that helped define a whole generation of rock music

Newcastle Herald

Man stole $88,000 worth of guitars from Newcastle studio

Christopher Ralph Nash took a hoard of equipment ranging from a TV worth $2500 and a vacuum valued at $599 to 16 guitars worth a total of $88,000 - including a $22,000 Fender bass guitar.

Guitar World

11 ways to improve your tube amp tone

Under-the-hood improvements and careful speaker selection can secure that sound you’ve been searching for

MusicRadar

Johnny Marr has a new book coming out that documents his epic guitar collection and the most significant instruments from his career

Marr's Guitars available to pre-order in deluxe hardback, shipping October, and features the photography of Pat Graham and the stories behind the guitars from Marr himself

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Foo Fighter Chris Shiflett was using a Strymon Iridium pedal on his UK tour instead of an amp

It seems digital modelling is good enough for a Foo Fighter

Guitar World

We’re living in a new golden age for guitar pickups – here’s why

From multi-voice options to Bluetooth switching and a stream of signature sets – after decades of stagnant development, there has been a boom in pickup innovations

Guitar World

Meet UK ‘glock-rock’ collective Lakes: the triple-guitar band where the drummer writes most of the guitar parts

These three intrepid Midwest-by-way-of-Watford emo guitarists bend their sonic approaches around each other – and a glockenspiel – and avoid standard tuning (“the most awkward, horrible tuning imaginable”) at all costs

Guitar World

18 ways to improve your guitar tone

Tone is one of the most hotly debated aspects of guitar playing. Read on as we look at the best ways to optimize your setup and get more from your guitar rig

Guitar World

Johnny Marr’s new book documents the guitars he’s loved, lost and given away, including Nile Rodgers’ Strat, Bert Jansch’s acoustic and a Les Paul used by Ed O’Brien

The Smiths icon says his new tone tome ‘Marr’s Guitars’ has “been a long time coming and is a labour of love”

Guitar World

Rapier 22 and Saffire review

Rapier launched in 2022 with the well-received 33 model. Can the ’60s stylists hit the target again with these two new additions for 2023?

Guitar World

U2’s Adam Clayton: “The bass has to either be sexy or aggressive, or it shouldn’t be there as far as I’m concerned”

The bassist for one of biggest rock bands of all time on cramming a stadium-ready rig into Fender’s first-ever signature bass amp, what prompted him to play an Ibanez on one of the group’s most iconic songs, and why he’s only just started exploring five-strings four decades into his career

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