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Musician's Friend has slashed up to 40% off big-name brands in this Black Friday-worthy sale – here's what we'd buy
By Daryl Robertson published
Save big this Fall with hearty discounts on popular models from Fender, PRS, Jackson, Epiphone and more

EarthQuaker Devices’ new Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder is the brand’s “most tweakable distortion device ever” and promises “dozens of mind-blowing sounds”
By Matt Owen published
Don't be fooled by its streamlined control layout. According to EQD, it's enough to harness everything from “jangly on-the-verge of break up to blowing-the-walls-out heavy saturation”

“A backline in your gigbag and a macrocosm of next-level tonal excellence”: Could the Two Notes Opus be the only guitar amp your pedalboard needs?
By Matt Owen published
The feature-packed unit takes the Torpedo CAB design to new heights, with an expanded preamp and power amp simulation section and greater connectivity options

Sweetwater’s massive early Black Friday sale just launched with up to 70% off guitar gear – these are our top picks
By Chris Corfield published
With big reductions on PRS SE electrics, 25% off selected Mesa/Boogie amps and rare reductions on this year’s UAFX pedals, why wait until Black Friday itself?

“There it was, John’s voice, crystal clear. It’s quite emotional. And we all play on it – it’s a genuine Beatles recording”: The final Beatles song, Now and Then, has been released at last – but is it any good?
By Jackson Maxwell published
Built from a John Lennon demo, Now and Then features newly recorded contributions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, with additional guitar work from the late George Harrison

“The perfect meld of versatility and precision”: Walrus Audio’s ultra-accurate Canvas Tuner lets you upload your own photos for ultimate personalization – and we want one
By Matt Owen published
A screenshot of your setlist? How about some positive affirmations? Walrus Audio's new tuner has a screensaver mode that lets you get mighty creative

Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell does his best Hendrix impression with a grungy, wah-driven Star-Spangled Banner at a Seattle Seahawks game
By Jackson Maxwell published
Signature single-pickup G&L Rampage model in hand, one Seattle guitar god tips his cap to another

Why Jimi Hendrix matters now more than ever – only in the new Guitar World
By Damian Fanelli published
Plus! The Rolling Stones, the amazing Mr. Jimmy, Baroness, Trevor Rabin, Steve Lukather, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Mateus Asato, the Velvet Underground's John Cale & more

Mooer’s pocket-sized Prime P2 unit is an effects pedal, amp modeler and audio interface all in one that has apparently “refined the concept of a digital effects device”
By Matt Owen published
Is this touchscreen-equipped Swiss army effects interface the future of multi-function guitar units?

“It’s a lower price point, but it’s not cheap and there’s no apologies with this guitar”: Gibson’s Les Paul Modern Lite offers a slimline take on the iconic LP – and the lowest priced all-mahogany, two-pickup build in the USA line
By Matt Parker published
A new Gibson USA Les Paul (with two humbuckers) for under $1,500? We’re interested…
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