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Fender American Vintage II Series 2025 new models: a still from Fender's promo video pictures the '51 Tele in Prototype White, the '57 Strat in Black, P-Bass in Olympic White, the exquisite all-new '65 Stratocaster in Candy Apple Red (one of three finish options) and the '66 Jazzmaster in Sherwood Green Metallic.
Affordable retro mojo: Fender expands American Vintage II series with fresh finishes and new models Described as “a near 1:1 comparison” of the original models that inspired them, these box-fresh new electrics and bass guitars give you that old-school tone and feel without the vintage price tag
Freddie Mercury on stage in 1978
“I played lots of guitar on it, and Freddie said, ‘No, no, no!’”: How Brian May fought to be heard on a Queen classic May calls it “a massive Queen song”
Best electric guitars: PRS McCarty 594
Best electric guitars 2025: Our pick of guitars to suit all budgets Find the top electric guitar for your budget and playing style, whether you play rock, metal, blues or beyond

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Fender Player II Modified Active Precision Bass

"A versatile jack-of-all-trades, with some excellent displays of mastery at times": Fender Player II Modified Precision Bass review

By Stuart Williams published

Fender’s workhorse-series P-Bass gets some performance-enhancing additions, as well as a tone control that works in passive mode

Bass Guitars
MusicNomad fret tuition

Can you fix your guitar's frets yourself? We try three innovative approaches from MusicNomad to investigate how they might conquer a major cause of fret buzz

By Rob Laing published

Uneven frets are a common issue with our guitars, but MusicNomad has come up with different ways to empower players to deal with it themselves

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Joe Satriani and Steve Vai fistbump onstage during their show at the Valley Center, California in May 2024. They have their signature Ibanez guitars. Satch has the Chrome Boy JS1. Vai is playing his Daphne Blue PIA in Powder Blue

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai get their teenage kicks in video for new single featuring Glenn Hughes

By Jonathan Horsley published

I Wanna Play My Guitar is a love-letter to the instrument from two maestros on top of their game

Artists
EVH Gear Wolfgang Special TOM: featuring an EVH compensated bridge and tailpeice w/ fine tuners – and gold hardware – this Special offers a fuss-free and stable twist on Eddie Van Halen's electric guitar design

An EVH electric with fixed bridge and fine tuners? The Wolfgang Special TOM is one classy speedster

By Jonathan Horsley published

EVH Gear just made your hardware choices a lot more interesting with the new Wolfgang Special TOM, available in Oxblood, Husk White and Gloss Black

Guitars
Jackson Pro Plus Pure Metal Series: the new limited range strips the Soloist, Rhoads and Kelly down with a single Fishman bridge humbucker, Floyd Rose and black finishes as standard

Jackson unveils stripped down single-pickup shred classics in ltd edition Pro Plus Pure Metal range

By Jonathan Horsley published

Pure Metal or no metal at all, wimps and posers leave the hall...

Guitars
Victory The Deputy Lunchbox Head: the British amp company has made its portable 25W head even more portable/

Victory Amps has reimagined Pete Honore’s Deputy tube amp as a super-portable lunchbox head

By Jonathan Horsley published

If you're like Danish Pete and looking for a compact single-channel head for '60s British-style cleans and overdriven '70s rock tones, you'll find all that and more inside this lunchbox

Guitars
Polyend Mess

“Not another multi-effect for your dentist": Polyend’s Mess looks like an FX sequencing powerhouse

By Ben Rogerson published

Superbooth 25: It promises to be “built for adventurers in sound design”

Guitar Pedals
ThorpyFX Hanami

ThorpyFX’s Hanami fuzz pedal is packed with NOS germanium, dynamic, and looks blooming lovely

By Jonathan Horsley published

Unleash some flower power upon your 'board with the all-new fuzz from ThorpyFX

Guitars
A still from Rick Beato's video with Giacomo Turra – the video was ultimately not published.

“I realised he couldn’t play well enough to put the video out”: Rick Beato on Giacomo Turra scandal

By Jonathan Horsley published

Turra has been accusations of using other guitar player's arrangements and passing them off as his own. Beato remains unconvinced of Turra's playing – and his apology

Artists
Harley Benton Vintage Series PB-62: the entry-level bass guitars draw inspiration from vintage Fender and feature a single split-coil pickup.

Vintage mojo from a $180 beginner bass guitar? Meet the Harley Benton PB-62

By Jonathan Horsley published

There's no denying the inspiration behind this budget-friendly four-string but the classics never go out of style

Bass Guitars
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