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My pick of the best guitar gear launched this week: a new era of Gibson beckons and Squier makes history with a 12-string

By Matt Owen Published

Big new drops from Squier, Gibson, Positive Grid, Walrus Audio and more...

Guitar Gear
Epiphone Futura RD Custom
The rise of stainless steel frets: why players are making the switch, and what makes them better than traditional nickel

By Charlie Wilkins Published

Stainless steel fretwire has moved from boutique upgrade to mainstream selling point. Here’s what it changes and what it doesn’t

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Electric Guitars
Ernie Ball Music Man Kaizen Gallium
We’re in a golden era for new body shapes, but they still split opinion – we speak to the brands risking it all in a nostalgia-led market

By Phil Weller Published

The most established guitar body shapes are all over 70 years old. So why are more and more manufacturers turning their backs on tradition to boldly go where no-one has gone before?

Guitars
Squier Paranormal Series Troy Van Leeuwen Telecaster XII
Fender launches first Squier Paranormal signature guitar, the Troy Van Leeuwen Telecaster XII

By Matt Owen Published

The budget model is based on the Custom Shop 12-string Van Leeuwen used with Queens of the Stone Age, Iggy Pop and Michael Stipe

Electric Guitars
Roger Waters, Syd Barrett and Rick Wright of Pink Floyd perform at the UFO Club, London, December 1966.
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

Electric Guitars
Concert crowd cheering, concert audience arms raised. Live entertainment concept of music festival crowd cheering for live music performance
Fender needs your help for its new grassroots gig initiative with Music Venue Trust

By Phil Weller Published

Venues that receive the most votes will be kitted out with a new Fender backline

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Music Industry
USA Photo of Bruce SPRINGSTEEN, performing live onstage on Born In The USA tour, playing Fender Telecaster guitar
Bruce Springsteen shares the mods and mysteries of his Born to Run Fender Telecaster

By Matt Owen Published

Springsteen features in a new star-packed documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster

Guitarists
Bass Gear Roundup for August 2026
“Don’t play, or even look at, this bass if you’ve got a hangover”: The biggest bass guitar launches this month

By Nick Wells Published

From genre-defining signature basses to an unconventional take on a Fender classic, here’s the lowdown on August’s biggest new bass gear releases

Bass Guitars
Mike Campbell takes a solo on his Telecaster while Tom Petty looks on.
Mike Campbell on what makes the Telecaster magic (even if he thinks they’re kinda ugly)

By Andrew Daly Published

The former Heartbreaker and Dirty Knobs main man on his lifelong love affair with the world's first mass-produced electric guitar

Guitarists
Guitar Center Crossroads 2026 Collection
Guitar Center unveils Crossroads 2026 collection with limited-edition Eric Clapton and John Mayer models

By Matt Owen Published

An exclusive PRS Silver Sky that will see action at the festival and a recreation of Clapton's Blind Faith Telecaster headline the drop

Guitars
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