Guitar World Staff
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Beginner deal alert: These Fender FA-135CE acoustic-electrics are now only $149 in this crazy post-Black Friday deal
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Bag one of these extremely wallet-friendly strummers at a cool $50 off over at Guitar Center
Donner’s Seeker Series guitars pair high-end tones with high-end looks on New York Fashion Show runway
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The affordable entry-level instruments shone in the spotlight as they played a starring role for Private Policy’s showcase
Meet Donner’s Hush-I Silent guitar, the “ultimate portable, travel and gig-ready instrument”
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Weighing only as much as a laptop, the acoustic-electric is ideal for everything from silent practice to onstage use – anytime, anywhere
Vola’s new OZ RV TNC electric guitar is built for “speed, comfort, efficiency and classic and high-output tones”
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Made-in-Japan six-string sports a trio of Vola-designed pickups in a unique fanned pickup layout, innovative ‘blower’ switch, fast-playing roasted maple neck and much more
Donner’s innovative Rising-G Pro is a carbon-fiber acoustic that sounds great and is built to last
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Compact, travel-friendly guitar boasts carbon fiber panels, HPL fingerboard, parametric soundhole design and more
Gear up with great new guitars, amps and pedals from Gibson, Epiphone, Kramer, Maestro and Mesa Boogie
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We take a look at some of the hottest – and coolest – products coming out of the Gibson stable in 2022
Reverend’s futuristic-looking Billy Corgan Z-One model is a “smashing” signature axe
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Designed to handle the heavier end of the Smashing Pumpkins catalog, the model boasts an alder body, roasted maple neck and custom Railhammer pickups
Take a sonic tour of PRS’ first-ever range of innovative, flexible and superior-sounding stomp boxes
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“Expect the unexpected” with the Horsemeat Transparent Overdrive, Wind Through the Trees Dual Analog Flanger and Mary Cries Optical Compressor
Transform your guitar from ordinary to extraordinary with FU-Tone’s hardware upgrades
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From brass blocks and claws to titanium posts, saddle inserts and screws, FU-Tone will make your six-string roar
Improve your acoustic accessory arsenal and harness high-end tones with Kyser's Low-Tension Quick-Change Acoustic Guitar Capo
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The perfect companion for acoustic aficionados who favor lower actions – or those with a lighter touch – Kyser’s Low-Tension Quick-Change Acoustic Guitar Capo utilizes 25 percent less spring tension for dependably robust tuning and intonation
15 scale patterns for guitar that will fire up your solos
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These hot scale sequences will ignite your guitar leads with a new intensity
Baldacci returns with the “wildly cool” Bighorn ECO, a vintage-inspired electric built with 100-percent American grown lumber
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Handcrafted model boasts red alder body, hard maple neck, Sissoo rosewood fretboard and new Darkmoon humbuckers
Ensure accurate tuning and explore the world of compensated tuning with Cherub’s rechargeable clip-on tuner, the Flow Tune Clip
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The latest offering from Cherub – a tuner manufacturer owned by the same company behind Nux – boasts a rechargeable lithium battery, the Flow Tune Clip offers four display modes and five tuning modes for guitar, bass and ukulele
Nail the tones of the most iconic vintage amps, and more, with Universal Audio’s “extraordinary” UAFX Guitar Amp Emulator pedals
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Dream '65, Ruby '63 and Woodrow '55 pedals offers a range of classic U.S. and U.K. tones, with modern modeling technology and flexibility
Hear the ferocious tones of ESP’s smartly spec’d LTD Deluxe SN-1000HT Fire Blast guitar
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The gnarly creation boasts a sandblasted swamp ash body and a pair of Fishman humbuckers, and “defies any limitations in speed and sound” a guitar might face
Open up worlds of alternate-tuned awesomeness with Kyser’s new Quick-Change Short-Cut and Quick-Change Drop D capos
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Put your guitar in DADGAD, drop D or any number of non-standard tunings in seconds
Take a tone tour of Guild’s new Starfire I-12, the company’s most affordable 12-string electric guitar
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Impressive semi-hollow boasts arched mahogany body, super-comfy neck and HB-2 humbuckers with individual coil taps for wide range of 12-string tones
Explore the wide range of tones offered by Donner’s versatile and affordable DST-400 electric guitar
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New model boasts alder body, maple neck, HSS pickup configuration with coil tap and much more
Achieve ultimate phase tones with the groundbreaking Strymon Multidimensional Phaser
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Two-in-one modulation pedal boasts a four-stage and six-stage phaser side-by-side, for everything from vintage-style effects to sounds you’ve never heard before
Epiphone debuts downsized Les Paul and SG models in new learner-friendly Power Players range
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Available in Lava Red and Ice Blue, the guitars feature legendary body shapes in a 3/4+ size, 22.73” scale lengths and slimmer necks for younger players, while delivering robust tuning and impressive tones
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