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This metal fan ordered a new guitar from Sweetwater – but it ended up with the Slipknot guitarist
By Matt Owen published
Root randomly received a new Jackson that was destined for another player, after it went missing for a number of weeks

The guitar gear releases you might have missed this week, from Martin and Fender to Tone King and D'Angelico
By Matt Owen published
A double dose of signature guitars, a highly anticipated pedal amp from Tone King and a comprehensive Martin Junior series overhaul headline this week's drops

Bring Me the Horizon’s Lee Malia is no stranger to signature offsets – but he wasn’t too fond of his first
By Matt Owen published
Years before launching one of 2025's most desirable builds with Jackson, Malia partnered with Epiphone for a range of signature guitars back in 2014

Jackson and Bring Me the Horizon’s Lee Malia champion the rise of the metal offset with new signature Surfcaster
By Phil Weller published
Featuring old looks, modern features, and pickups voiced to Malia’s aggressive-but-open specifications, the LM-87 is one of 2025’s finest new signature guitars

A labor of love, Wes Borland's beloved custom Jackson King V began life as a factory floor reject
By Jackson Maxwell published
Rather than a top-of-the-line custom job involving the best of the company's best luthiers, Borland's favored King V was brought to his attention by Jackson because, not in spite of, the quirks that led to its initial rejection

Adrian Smith reveals what convinced him to ditch Les Pauls for Jacksons
By Phil Weller published
The Iron Maiden guitarist is one of the luthier’s longest-serving artists – he explains how its founder’s diligence inspired him to make the jump

Jackson stealth-launches the Pure Metal range – a trio of limited edition single-pickup shred machines
By Jonathan Horsley published
Finished in Black with Creme binding, this Kelly, Rhoads and Soloist are packing a Fishman Fluence Modern humbucker, a Floyd, and that iconic six-in-line headstock

Jeff Beck's guitar collection has sold for an astounding $10.7 million at auction – complete with a record-breaking Les Paul sale
By Janelle Borg published
The mega-auction, which included over 130 guitars, amps, and ‘tools-of-the-trade,’ saw some of Beck's most noteworthy guitars – including his ‘Oxblood’ Gibson Les Paul and ‘Anoushka’ Strat – go under the hammer

Tetrarch’s Diamond Rowe on her signature Jackson, and why she loves guitar players with a presence
By Richard Bienstock published
A single-cut with a 25.5-inch scale length, EMG pickups rather than popular-in-metal Fishmans, and a brand-new headstock shape, Rowe's signature Jackson is as striking as her all-powerful playing
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