Guitars

Some minor tonewood and pickup tweaks help reduce the cost, but there’s still shredability aplenty, alongside push-push controls for coil splits and volume boosting

Gibson's budget-friendly sister company is bringing bigger and better specs to lower price ranges for the first time

From ‘50s and ‘60s-inspired reissues to signature models for Mick Ronson, Michael Schenker, and Gary Clark Jr., it promises to be a big year for the historic firm

Now boasting Fishman undersaddle pickups and looking as sharp as ever, Ibanez is continuing its nylon-string guitar revolution

There’s also the return of its short-scale OSO models, and T-types aplenty

We sat down with the unlikely retro-futuristic concept guitar and brand-new body shape

The Abasi Concepts meets Córdoba link-up resulted in the inventive Abasi Stage 7, a model that the Animals as Leaders guitarist himself described as “for guys who maybe aren't traditional classical players, but want a nylon-string guitar for recording and specifically for stage”

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The company has also celebrated the 60th anniversary of guitar innovations with a pair of special-edition models

While the premium model is inspired by her treasured 1943 D-18, she's also bringing the 1940s neck profile to the X-Series for the first time

An ergonomic-focused Strandberg at its core, it comes loaded with a high-performance MIDI pickup for a new world of sounds