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Johnny Marr performs on Opening Night of his California Calling Tour at the Uptown Theatre on March 23, 2026 in Napa, California
Johnny Marr steps in to help after FedEx loses session player’s vintage guitar

By Phil Weller Published

The Smiths legend helped save the day when FedEx delivered the guitar to the wrong location

Guitarists
Gretsch Electromatic Premier Jet
Gretsch makes a play for the best bang-for-your-buck single-cut with the Premier Jet

By Phil Weller Published

Bolstered by new humbuckers, more refined playability and some serious electronic versatility, could this Electromatic be the new budget single-cut to beat?

Electric Guitars
Best short-scale basses 2023: the ultimate guide to the greatest pint-sized basses at all price points
Best short-scale basses 2026: the ultimate guide to the greatest pint-sized bass guitars at all price points

By Daryl Robertson Last updated

From Fender to Gibson, Gretsch to Spector, here are our top picks for the best short-scale basses on the market right now

Bass Guitars
Musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd, guitar detail of David Gilmour's 'Black Strat which was used to record the Pink Floyd album 'Wish You Were Here,' performs onstage during the Jim Irsay Collection Exhibit and Concert at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on January 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California
Details emerge of the historic guitars in the Jim Irsay Collection auction

By Janelle Borg Published

Compiled over decades by the late billionaire businessman and Indianapolis Colts owner/CEO, the Jim Irsay Collection has achieved a mythical status for its rich trove of historic guitars

Guitars
A Gretsch G5420TG-59 Electromatic Hollowbody guitar, set against an orange fade background
You'd be rocka-SILLY to miss this Cyber Monday deal on a sweet Gretsch hollowbody

By Jackson Maxwell Published

$150 off this Cyber Monday, the Gretsch G5420TG-59 Electromatic Hollowbody in Orange exudes pure rockabilly attitude, riffage, and twang – and it looks a lot like Brian Setzer's signature model (but is thousands of dollars cheaper)

Electric Guitars
Charvel guitar, Yamaha Revstar, Gretsch Synchromatic, PRS S2 Mira 591, Vola guitar, Mooer multi-effects
“I have long harbored a slight obsession with this hugely underrated guitar. The new finish doesn’t help with that one bit”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including... an urn that fits inside an acoustic?

By Matt Owen Published

A whole load of new Jacksons, Charvels, Yamahas and Gibsons headline the last seven days of guitar gear drops

Guitar Gear
Jimmy Page's 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120
A guitar once owned by Jimmy Page and given away in a magazine competition goes for over three times its estimate at auction

By Janelle Borg Published

The 1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 was originally bought by Page in 1972 and won by a New Music Express reader

Electric Guitars
Gretsch CVT Double-Cut
Gretsch reboots the Corvette as the all-new CVT – a sub-$500 build based on the guitar beloved by Rory Gallagher and Jimi Hendrix

By Matt Owen Published

The CVT Double-Cut formally arrives after a run of signature models teased the Corvette's return

Electric Guitars
Gretsch Professional Collection Hollow Body Tennessean
“Plays like a much more modern proposition”: Gretsch Professional Series Hollow Body Tennessean review

By Neville Marten Published

The working musician’s hollowbody designed to handle most popular styles but retaining that unmistakably cool Gretsch vibe

Electric Guitars
Gretsch 6130 Roundup
The history of the Gretsch 6130 Round-Up and 6121 – and how boozy lunches threatened quality control

By Dave Davidson Published

Introduced to compete with Gibson, these Gretsch solidbodies weren’t really solid at all – but they sure were cool

Electric Guitars
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