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A Martin D-28 sits atop a bench, with a blue-colored wall behind it
Get $200 off the best acoustic guitar you can buy this Black Friday

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Built with impeccable precision, adaptable to virtually any genre, and loaded with more history than just about any other acoustic guitar model, the D-28 remains the acoustic king. Save big on one this Black Friday

Acoustic Guitars
Fender Ultra II Precision Bass and Stratocaster in Aurora and Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Bats in Flight in Dark Orange Burst on a yellow background
Guitar Center is looking different this Black Friday with exclusive new finishes on Fender, Gibson, Martin and Schecter models

By Matt Parker Published

Fancy an Aurora finish on your Fender, or a taking a Bat to your Les Paul? Guitar Center has you covered...

Guitars
A crimson red Fender Noventa Strat body against a blue background, with a "Guitar World Black Friday Deals" logo on the top left side
Been waiting to buy your dream guitar? Guitar Center has just introduced a 15% off coupon for Black Friday – for a limited time only

By Janelle Borg Published

The musical instrument retail giant is one-upping itself by offering a coupon that's eligible to use on over 13,000 products

Guitars
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MAY 07: Rory Block performs during the 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 07, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage)
Rory Block left home as a teenager then met and impressed her blues heroes

By Andrew Daly Published

She refined her skills with help from Skip James, John Hurt and Fred McDowell, wound up with a signature Martin guitar, and with advice from Maria Maulder, fought self-doubt to deliver new album Heavy on the Blues

Guitarists
Epiphone Gem Archer, Manson Supermassive Black Fuzz, Gibson Kirk Hammett Raven, Ibanez GF1, Gibson Noel Gallagher Les Paul
All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the Hummingbird’s evil twin

By Matt Owen Published

A host of highly anticipated signatures, some surprising company-firsts, and the evil twin of the classic Hummingbird all landed this week

Guitar Gear
Martin x Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell’s new Martin signatures revive his prized pre-war acoustic – and it wasn’t an easy task

By Phil Weller Published

Two takes on Isbell’s prized acoustic have been joined by a signature string set

Acoustic Guitars
James Hetfield of Metallica during K-Rock DFP-7-Tarium at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, New Jersey, United States.
Meet Dino Muradian, the pyrographer who makes a living burning artwork into stars’ guitars

By Phil Weller Published

Defecting from his home country by flying himself over the border, the Romanian pilot wound up making guitar art for Metallica, B.B. King and the ESP Custom Shop

Guitars
Jeff Tweedy with his signature Martin guitars
Martin teams up with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy for a new signature model – and reintroduces an old favorite

By Janelle Borg Published

Martin is reissuing Tweedy's popular 2012 signature acoustic, and rolling out a 000 Junior model that guarantees a “warm, balanced voice”

Acoustic Guitars
Mikael Åkerfeldt plays his new signature Martin acoustic guitar, with lush greenery behind him
Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt teams up with Martin for a new signature model that blends tradition with a key, ultra-modern twist

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Mixing the old and the new, the front porch and campfire with devil's horns, the limited-edition model is luxurious from top to bottom

Acoustic Guitars
Martin OM-28E with L.R. Baggs Anthem is a stunning update on a classic acoustic, with top-class electronics. Here it is photographed in close-up and against a door with a distressed blue paint-job.
“Everything one could want in a top-grade electro-acoustic”: Why we’ve fallen for Martin OM-28E

By Neville Marten Published

Vintage ‘breathy’ tone, L.R. Baggs’ top-class Anthem electronics, this upgraded Standard Series acoustic electric is mind-blowing

Acoustic-electric Guitars
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