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Guitar Center is inviting players to test its new in-house guitar brand – but you’ll need to sign an NDA
By Matt Owen Published
The retail giant has been working on its own guitar line for over a year, and now it’s about to test the first prototype

The 21st century guitar innovations that never caught on
By Jonathan Horsley Published
Including robot tuners and the multi-effects pedals that invited us to stomp on iPads

What happened to Syd Barrett’s Mirror Disc Telecaster?
By Chris Gill Published
We investigate the many mysteries of the former Pink Floyd leader’s psychedelic guitar

My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – including Sleep Token’s debut signatures
By Jonathan Horsley Published
All the big new drops from PRS Guitars, Charvel, Jackson, Gibson, Friedman Amplification and much more

Charvel’s new, mid-price Pro Plus Dinky DK24 models are aimed straight at the metal market
By Jackson Maxwell Published
The new guitars are tailor-made for speed, but there’s more firepower than usual in the pickup department

Meet the 1968 Gibson Super 400 that was customized for Merle Travis – the ultimate artist’s guitar (even if the materials aren’t that great)
By Dave Davidson Published
With a thinner neck and P-90s instead of humbuckers, this is the kind of unicorn that pops up very rarely on the vintage guitar market

Harley Benton joins the relic bandwagon with $238 hand-aged guitars
By Matt Owen Published
The Thomann-owned guitar maker has released Light Aged and Heavy Aged versions of its S-type, T-type and offset electric guitars

The most difficult job in guitar maintenance? How to make and install an ES-335 wiring harness
By Huw Price Published
Upgrading pickups and controls on a Gibson thinline is not a job many techs enjoy, let alone amateurs. But with a little organisation you might be able to get it down in an hour
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