NAMM 2022

Learn why Blackstar wants guitarists to think of the impressively-spec'd new model as a Formula 1 car of sorts

See the impressively spec'd six-string get put through its paces with a series of fretboard workouts

The headline news, hottest trends, and most curious oddities from this year's gear extravaganza

“Younger audiences, their main sources are TikTok and YouTube. And we either participate in that, or we don't at our own peril,” the Martin boss tells GW's Paul Riario

A wealth of double-cuts, single-cuts and semi-hollows, which take inspiration from a number of iconic body shapes, have been introduced

The line's four models – the Bowery, Tammany, Lexington and Gramercy – all sport spruce/mahogany builds and Fishman Sonitone electronics

The redesigned guitar features an all-new folding mechanism and updated aesthetics, and clocks in at over $1,000 cheaper than the original Ascender Custom

The meticulously styled offset arrives in three distinct variations, offering ornate aesthetics, two different pickup combinations, the brand’s first six-in-a-line headstock and flexible hardware options

The new-and-improved model swaps out Godin pickups for a pair of Lace Sensor Hot Gold single-coils and a Seymour Duncan bridge humbucker

It sports an HSS pickup configuration, with his custom Suhr Thornbucker II in the bridge position complemented by a pair of V63 single coils