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Gretsch brings its iconic Falcon and Nashville hollowbodies to new-low price points with unveiling of the Synchromatic Collection
By Phil Weller published
The guitars feature an enhanced bracing style for authentic Gretsch tones on a more manageable budget

Jacob Collier’s new album is a love letter to the guitar – and alternate tunings
By Jonathan Horsley published
When tuned to DAEAD, the songs just fall out of the guitar for the musical super-genius – and his new album The Light For Days is a vehicle for showing what the instrument can do

Would you keep your loved one’s cremated remains in an acoustic guitar?
By Jonathan Horsley published
KapSoul has unveiled an urn that you mount inside an acoustic guitar and is backed by an “Eternal Warranty”

Joe Satriani pays tribute to Chris Cornell with instrumental cover of Audioslave’s Be Yourself
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The virtuoso features on the latest track from King Ultramega, a tribute project for the late Soundgarden frontman

Steve Morse has announced his first new album since leaving Deep Purple – and it’s set to feature Eric Johnson and John Petrucci
By Phil Weller published
Triangulation also features Morse's son on a tribute to the guitarist’s late wife

Guitar World deals of the week: Save $700 on an Ernie Ball Music Man, get $400 off a Strandberg, plus all the biggest sales on guitar gear
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![1991, a historic moment for electric guitar as Joe Satriani [pictured in a ball cap] jammed onstage with Spinal Tap, who are pictured here with Nigel Tufnel on the far left with a T-style, Derek Smalls in a yellow T-shirt with a headless bass, while a pouting David St. Hubbins cradles a Les Paul.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9jG3kJPyDZPNsUVv7e3CYP.jpg)
How Joe Satriani became Spinal Tap’s unofficial guitar supplier for the loudest movie of the year
By Jonathan Horsley published
Satch and the Tap are old friends. And if you look closely, you might just catch Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins playing his Ibanez signature models in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Charvel beckons a new era for its So-Cal Superstrat – and brings the classic Pro Mod model into the modern era
By Phil Weller published
Seymour Duncan Distortion humbuckers and Luminlay side dots deliver high-quality specs without crazy price tags
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