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Ibanez RG Series
Looking to start your metal guitar journey? The Ibanez GIO RG range will get you set up and shredding in no time

By Guitar World Staff Published

Entry level electrics and basses from Ibanez’s affordable GIO RG lineup offers a range of colorways and tonal options

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RKS Design is the guitar brand co-founded by the late Dave Mason and industrial designer Ravi Sawhney.
RKS Guitars’ Ravi Sawhney on the late Dave Mason’s musical legacy – and how it lives on in the guitar brand they founded

By Amit Sharma Published

RKS Guitars co-founder Ravi Sawhney reflects on working with the late Traffic guitar legend who played with George Harrison and Jimi Hendrix

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Cort Pale Moon K500
“I’m so happy that the playability has escaped any sense of compromise”: Cort KX500 Pale Moon review

By Phil Weller Published

Cort's $900 S-type is packing heat and some standout looks, and it might just throw a cat among the pigeons of the sub-$1K metal guitar market

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Gretsch G6134T-58 Limited Edition Penguin with String-Thru Bigsby
Gretsch G6134T-58 Limited Edition Penguin with String-Thru Bigsby review

By Ed Oleszko Published

The mythical Penguin, one of the rarest vintage guitars of all, gets reissued in an eye-catching Light Blue Pearl finish with plenty of bling and exciting pickups – it can only be a Gretsch

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Andy Powers of Powers Electric – and Taylor Guitars – tries on the new A-Type for size and likes what he hears.
Andy Powers revolutionized high-end acoustic guitars with Taylor – can he do the same for the electric?

By Paul Riaro Published

President, CEO and chief guitar designer at Taylor Guitars, Andy Powers is branching out with Powers Electric, and a guitar that's been 30 years in the making

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Richie Kotzen with a custom-made baby blue Fender Strat
Richie Kotzen all-but-confirms he has a new signature Strat on the way – and it might be his best yet

By Phil Weller Published

Kotzen tells players to “stay tuned” in a teasing Instagram post

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Mike Adams and Rick Nielsen
I examined Rick Nielsen’s 500-strong guitar collection – and met a larger-than-life guitar hero

By Matt Parker Published

Julien’s Auctions appraiser and guitar tech Mike Adams recalls spending five days among the Cheap Trick icon’s 500-instrument wonderland to select the 69 lots up for sale

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Jackson Minion JS1X review
"A compact guitar with genuine shred appeal": Jackson Minion JS1X Dinky review

By Ross Holder Published

Jackson shrinks its iconic Dinky design, letting young metalheads and travel guitarists shred on a diminutive scale at an affordable price

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Strandberg
Ola Strandberg on the fight to change the public perception of headless guitars

By Matt Owen Published

Headless guitars are on the up, but they are still shunned by a large portion of guitar players

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Squier Paranormal Troy Van Leeuwen Telecaster XII
“An unusually exceptional budget electric guitar”: Squier Paranormal Troy Van Leeuwen Telecaster XII review

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The QOTSA guitarist's new signature Fender collab is a weird-ass Squier 12-string with Custom Shop provenance

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