Can the Ibanez AZ2204-SCR Prestige capture a slice of the boutique market?

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Ibanez began work on its AZ series in 2014. Over the next four years, it consulted artists and researched markets. The brief for Ibanez designers was to produce guitars that were cross-genre and – no joke – cover everything from A to Z. So at NAMM 2018, the new series was officially launched. In 2019, Ibanez […]

Summer NAMM 2019: Charvel gives us shred nirvana with Limited Edition Super Stock SC1

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The new Charvel Limited Edition Super Stock SC1 is a So Cal body with a relic paint job and retro ’80s styling, loaded with EVH and Seymour Duncan pickups – it’s shred nirvana! Charvel Limited Edition Super Stock SC1 Everyone loves a classic Charvel So Cal body shape, with Netflix’s Stranger Things making us all nostalgic for the […]

Ernie Ball Music Man Jason Richardson Artist Series 7-String Cutlass

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The new Ernie Ball Music Man Jason Richardson Artist Series 7-String Cutlass model looks like a guitar that can handle some serious low end and high performance playing. Jason Richardson Artist Series 7-String Cutlass The new Jason Richardson Artist Series 7-String Cutlass has a lightweight alder body and exclusive Buckeye Burl top, which was an important part of […]

Fender Rarities Flame Ash Top Stratocaster: A Plasma Red Burst tones down the bling

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Every month, Fender releases a new guitar with a high-end finish that you would not normally associate with a Fender instrument. The new Fender Rarities Flame Ash Top Stratocaster is the guitar of the month for June, and it’s quite the eye-catcher. Fender Rarities Flame Ash Top Stratocaster Last month Fender released the slick, blingy Red Mahogany Telecaster. […]

Fender Meteora HH: A new Alternate Reality model has landed!

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Fender announced at Winter NAMM 2019 that it was launching a new Alternate Reality Meteora HH model – and now it’s finally available and ready to rock! Fender Alternate Reality Meteora HH The guitar looks a bit like a modern day interpretation of the classic Fender Jazzmaster. A bit edgier, but just as special. The characteristic pickups and […]

A Styrofoam Telecaster! Is this the lightest guitar ever?

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Burls Art, the YouTuber that gave us the River Guitar and the coloured pencil Stratocaster, has built a Telecaster out of two layers of Styrofoam. Could this be the lightest guitar ever? The final guitar build including neck, hardware and pickups weighs just 3.5 lbs – around half that of an average Fender Telecaster. A regular […]

Fender officially unveils the new Alternate Reality Powercaster

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Fender has now officially unveiled its new Powercaster, an offset model that’s part of its Alternate Reality series. We saw it during Winter NAMM and it divided opinions, but will it help take over from where last year’s Parallel Universe left off? Alternate Reality Powercaster The new Fender Powercaster comes loaded with an Atomic humbucking pickup […]

Washburn launches Nuno Bettencourt 4N signature model for 2019

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The Nuno Bettencourt N4 signature guitar series by Washburn gets a new variation for 2019! This new, more refined model is due out later this year. It has a few enhanced features and modifications over the original Stephens designs of the 1990s. Washburn Nuno Bettencourt 4N The new Washburn 4N is based on Nuno Bettencourt’s […]

Solar Guitars issues two signature guitars for Dan Vadim Von of Morbid Angel

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Morbid Angel’s Dan Vadim Von has joined Solar Guitars’ ever-growing roster of artists. The resulting cooperation has spawned two new signature models, the Solar A1.7DVV and V1.6DVV. It’s always nice to get your own signature model guitar – but to get two at once must be splendid. This is exactly what has happened for Morbid Angel’s Dan Vadim […]

NAMM 2019: Line 6 show off new Shuriken Variax finishes

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Line 6 was showing off new Shuriken Variax finishes for 2019 during Winter NAMM and these new models are a limited run in the UK during 2019. Shuriken Variax Line 6 has just announced three new finishes for their Shuriken Variax models, which will now come in Charcoal Burst, Trans Black Burst and Metallic Silver during 2019. […]