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Fender isn't going to make a Squier Acoustasonic, but it does have big plans

"We've taken a lot of input from artists who are really using it, so you're going to see us create signature products on the Acoustasonic range," says CEO Andy Mooney

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Fender CEO Andy Mooney: “I think the guitar today is in a better place than it’s ever been. I’m hugely optimistic about the future”

From a souped-up signature guitar strategy and the expansion of the Acoustasonic range to a digital amp development that will “blow peoples’ minds”, Mooney looks ahead to what could be a pivotal year for Fender

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Remembering Tom Verlaine, the cult hero who reconfigured guitar and inspired generations of alt-rock players

Inventive, wiry, elusive, genius, Tom Verlaine's guitar playing was a lightning rod for the artistically bold, and in partnership with Richard Lloyd, it gave Television a unique, thrilling sound

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Fender ’48 Dual Professional JB Edition review

Joe Bonamassa’s signature recreation of this ultra-rare Fender tweed combo has been three years in the making – was it worth the wait?

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NAMM 2023: Joe Bonamassa and Seymour Duncan release ‘63 Cradle Rock Strat signature pickup set, based on the blues-rocker's prized sunburst Fender

The three single coils, crafted in the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, were deemed by JoBo to be "spot on" recreations of those found in his original '63 Strat

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The Fender Squier Bullet guitar and bass range is now the Sonic series – and there's new models, specs and finishes

NAMM 2023: £149-£189 electric guitars and basses

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Joe Bonamassa’s high-end signature amp, the Fender ’48 Dual Professional JB Edition, has finally arrived

The blues-rocker’s new (old) combo is based on one of the rarest amps from the Big F’s back catalog

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Fender CEO Andy Mooney explains why Fender isn’t at this year’s NAMM – and what needs to change before it returns

The company's head honcho said he'll “never say never” about returning to the trade show, but it doesn't look likely any time soon

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Looks like Slipknot's Mick Thomson has signed with ESP and Fishman, seemingly leaving Jackson and Seymour Duncan

Thomson's wife and guitar tech both published telling posts on social media, after the Slipknot maestro was spotted playing ESPs live during the band's recent shows in Japan

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"If you roll your guitar volume back and have a pedal on, it’ll buffer it and you’ll still have the high end" – Michael Landau talks Strats and shares his top 5 tips for guitarists

We discuss tone and the 'Coma' Strat with a session giant

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You’ve never heard Fender Strats and Gretsch Jets sound so devastatingly heavy as in this new Loathe session

They may be responsible for the insane Squier Baritone Jazzmaster price hikes, but the Liverpool metalcore bruisers used nothing but ultra-low-tuned classics for their ferocious Audiotree performance

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NAMM 2023 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions

The biggest launches from the world’s largest guitar gear show

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Wobbler keyboard player Lars Frederik Frøislie shares brand new single

Lars Frederik Frøislie will release his debut solo album Fire Fortellinger in June

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Fender Japan doubles down on its vintage hot streak with racing stripe-equipped Traditional ‘60s Competition Stripe collection

Olympic White Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jazzmasters, Mustangs and Precision Basses make up the drop, which pairs 1960s aesthetics with modern Japanese craftsmanship – and a neat Competition-style body stripe

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Watch Jimmy Page demo his most iconic guitar gear, including his Les Paul, the Telecaster that “built Led Zeppelin I,” and the Gibson double-neck behind Stairway

Led Zeppelin fans have been enjoying newly surfaced footage of Page playing through the most significant guitars and amplifiers from his playing career

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Fender CEO Andy Mooney teases the possibility of Acoustasonic models inspired by classic acoustic body shapes

With Mooney voicing Fender's commitment to the Acoustasonic platform and its plans “to look at different body shapes," a dreadnought-shaped Acoustasonic now looks like a genuine possibility

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Joe Bonamassa names the guitar pedal he’s used the most throughout his career

The blues ace picks an iconic pedal that he says “is usable in almost any situation with almost any amp” and both Fender and Gibson guitars – and is still in production today

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Watch Jimmy Page demo some of the most iconic guitars and amps in Led Zeppelin history

Shot in 2019 for The Met’s Play It Loud exhibition, Page gets some DADGAD Kashmir action going on his Danelectro, gets the Led out with the ‘Burst he got from Joe Walsh, and more

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Wes Borland is selling off a huge gear haul, including the Mesa/Boogie head used on Three Dollar Bill, Y'all and a host of custom and prototype guitars

The Limp Bizkit guitarist has announced an enormous gear sale – and you might be able to afford some of it

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Deryck Whibley is selling off a “treasure trove” of gear used across two decades with Sum 41

The new Reverb haul includes a custom-built Fender Thinline Tele, a 1962 Gibson SG and his first Marshall cabinet

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Morgan Amps has teamed up with legendary luthier Grover Jackson (yes, that one) on a new high-end guitar line

The Tennesseean boutique amp-maker now has a boutique guitar line, Morgan Electrics

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Fender and session ace Michael Landau team up for the Coma Stratocaster – a bespoke electric guitar for all occasions

With a CuNiFe Wide Range humbucker and a pair of Custom-designed ML Ultra Noiseless single-coils, a vintage Strat vibrato and routing for a Floyd, this is no off-the-shelf Strat

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Fender honors one of the most heard electric guitars of all time with two new Michael Landau signature "Coma" Stratocasters

Boasting an HSS layout and faded red satin lacquer finish, the new signature model replicates a legendary '59 Strat that's been used on albums by Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and hundreds of others

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Watch Bono and the Edge perform reworked U2 classics using just an acoustic guitar and an Orange practice amp

U2 might have redefined the spectacle of a live rock show but the Edge and Bono were in their element playing stripped back acoustic tracks for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series

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Fender Japan trades wild builds for classy vibes with stylish reverse headstock-equipped Traditional Stratocaster

The latest limited-edition run from the Big F's Japanese factory will be available in the flagship Fender store in Japan, and features a narrower nut which “makes it easy for Japanese players to play”

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