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A stage-used and tour-worn Les Paul becomes the most expensive Slash guitar ever sold at auction
The Gibson Les Paul ’59 Custom Shop guitar, used during the band's blockbuster Not in This Lifetime… Tour, went under the hammer for $307,692
Harmony brings the Stella brand back from the dead with a $349 solid-topped parlor
These small-bodied stunners have slotted headstocks, bone nuts, and a voice that loves a recording mic
Why telling your guitar’s backstory could help it sell for more money
Reverb's Cyril Nigg offers some sage advice for selling your guitar, and it's just like Joe Bonamassa says: "I don't buy guitars, I buy stories"
The Damned frontman Brian James’ ‘New Rose’ Gibson SG sells for over $95,000
The Gibson SG that put UK punk on the map smashed its pre-auction estimates – as did James’ hand-written lyrics
How a Smashing Pumpkins superfan made the only amp Billy Corgan has ever truly loved
Brian Carstens spent 30 years obsessing over Corgan’s guitar tone. Then he ended up making amps for his hero – not to mention John Fogerty, Tool and Misha Mansoor
“The new vibrato only adds to the appeal – it’s easy to see how this guitar could do the business equally well for metal, jazz-fusion or function gigs”: Strandberg Boden Standard N2.6T review
A new vibrato design, on a guitar we loved already – will we be tickled pink?
Best ukuleles 2026: Acoustic and electric ukes for all budgets and playing styles
Get started or find your next upgrade with our pick of the best ukes from Mahalo, Martin and Cordoba, plus a cool Fender Jazzmaster ukulele
How to change strings faster – with rock solid tuning stability
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Rotosound’s Jack Dunwoody tells us how to speed up string changes and make tune-ups less painful in the process
Josh Scott of JHS Pedals interrogated AI on the pedal industry – and what he found should alarm us all
Misinformation, feedback loops, and a lack of detailed sources sit at the root of the problem, he says
"The AI-assisted future of guitar effects pedals? In its current form, not quite. But its ambition is massive": Polyend Endless review
NAMM 2026's Best in Show winner promises to provide an immersive insight into the future of guitar effects pedals – but is the potential of this stompbox well and truly endless?
