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Magnum guitarist and founder Tony Clarkin dies aged 77
By Matt Parker published
The songwriter wrote and performed on an astonishing 22 albums with the British hard rock band

NAMM 2024: Ibanez gives one of 2023’s best-selling acoustics – the Tim Henson-inspired FRH10N – a sleek new makeover
By Matt Owen published
The Japanese brand shows its commitment to growing the progressive nylon-string platform first developed by the Polyphia virtuoso with some eye-popping finishes

“[We want] to recover the guitars and sell them to people who actually want to play them”: $80,000 worth of vintage guitars have been stolen from Guitar House of Tulsa. Now the owner – and Joe Bonamassa – are appealing for your help
By Matt Parker published
15 vintage guitars – including ’50s/’60s Gibsons, PRS Private Stock models, and a ’61 Rickenbacker – have been taken

NAMM 2024: “Sustainably taking the art of guitar manufacturing to new heights and new sounds”: Martin ushers in a new era of acoustic guitar innovation with the GPCE Inception – and the results could be game-changing
By Matt Owen published
Martin's latest sustainable model is a uniquely engineered instrument with an all-new skeletonized bracing design that debuts “a new innovative approach to building acoustic guitars”

“Fully equipped to maximize the acoustic potential of the instrument”: Ibanez joins the secondary soundhole movement with the AE Performer series – which debuts innovative new A.I.R. Port system
By Matt Owen published
Two all-new instruments for NAMM 2024 head up the latest AE range, which heralds a major acoustic development for Ibanez

“NGL I thought this was a Chibson post at first”: Schecter’s utterly wild Machine Gun Kelly signature guitar, the Razor Blade, channels some familiar marketing – and the comedy brand is not taking it lying down
By Matt Parker published
The pop-punk signature model comes across like a blend of the Tom DeLonge Strat and Gene Simmons’ axe bass. We’ll leave you to add your own sharp tuning gags, though...

“Significant upgrades” designed for “a completely new group of players”: Ibanez revamps its RG and S collections for NAMM 2024
By Matt Owen published
Feast your eyes on Ibanez's latest electric guitar expansion pack. Highlights include an uber-exotic S Premium and updated RG GIOs – and Edge-Zero II tremolos on sub-$500 models for the first time

“Open the gate of your reservoir of inspiration”: Ibanez adds 3 eye-catching new finishes – and reintroduces an upgraded Seymour Duncan HSS configuration – to its AZ Premium family for NAMM 2024
By Matt Owen published
DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan pickups, Ibanez's versatile switching systems and new eye-popping colorways headline the drop

“It's fun, it's loud, it's tricky in a few spots”: Guthrie Govan’s virtuosic trio the Aristocrats have just debuted their first new song in five years – and it’s about a duck going drinking
By Matt Parker published
Listen to Hey, Where’s MY Drink Package? – the first taster from new concept album DUCK
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