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Fender Japan continues its adventures in flamed-top guitars with new Hybrid Series II finishes
The firm continues to push the aesthetic boundaries of some of its most iconic guitar templates with Twilight and Sunset Orange Metallic colorways
Scott Gorham nearly lost his 'Holy Grail' 1957 Gibson Les Paul to a customs officer just after he bought it – and he had to go to court to get it back
The Thin Lizzy guitarist bought the vintage guitar while in Boston with the band, but ran into a few issues when trying to take it overseas
Tom Morello on the throwaway club show that changed his guitar playing forever
Morello pinpointed the moment that encouraged him to adopt a new approach to the guitar, which would influence his trailblazing work in Rage Against the Machine and beyond
Nobody expected Fender to return to NAMM – but it will return to the gear trade show in 2025
Fender last attended NAMM in 2020, and as recently as 2023 the firm's CEO Andy Mooney said a return looked unlikely
Seymour Duncan might have just changed P-90 pickups forever with its noiseless Phat Cat Silencers
The humbucker-sized pickups offer all the tonal qualities of P-90s without extraneous noise at high-gain settings
Junior Marvin saw Jimi Hendrix blow away the Beatles – but says the guitar hero was too shy to speak to him
The Bob Marley and The Wailers guitarist says Hendrix was “like two different people” on and offstage
Dawner Prince’s Boonar Tube Deluxe was crafted for David Gilmour – and it’s a high-end replica of a legendary echo unit
Gilmour got his hands on the flagship Boonar pedal, then began working with Dawner Prince on a new-and-improved unit that could better integrate with his stage and studio rig
Steve Vai is selling two of his personal Ibanez guitars for charity – and one is a rare experimental prototype
The two guitars were originally auctioned off in 2022, but have been put up for sale once more to help raise funds for two charities
