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November 29
- Buy a Hughes & Kettner GrandMeister Deluxe 40 and get a free footswitch worth $219 in this killer deal
- Save 15% on a huge range of guitar gear at Guitar Center with this unmissable deal
November 28
- Musician’s Friend channel the surf rock with almost 30% off this striking Fender Player Jaguar
- Sound like Mastodon for less with an almighty $300 off the Orange Brent Hinds Terror guitar amp - for a limited time only!
- Save a whopping $600(!) off this hand-wired Vox AC15HW1G12C Tube Combo at Sweetwater
- Fall into infinity with $100 off this Sterling by Music Man John Petrucci JP70
- Get Fender craftsmanship at a Squier price with $50 off the FA-135CE acoustic-electric from Guitar Center
- Save up to 50% on these essential guitar accessories with these killer Guitar Center deals
- Get the ultimate beginner's rig for less with $40 off Squier's Stratocaster Pack from Guitar Center
November 27
- Mesa/Boogie rolls out the Mark Five: 25 as a super-compact, super-deluxe 1x10 combo
- Jazzmasters “were not particularly good guitars when they were first introduced,” Fender CEO admits
November 26
- 10 guitar gifts under $100
- J. Rockett Audio wants to give your delay a vintage makeover with the APE delay preamp
- Neo Instruments will make your tone spin with its micro Vent 122 and micro Vent 16 rotary effects pedals
- Get up to $200 off these awesome Marshall Origin guitar amps at Musician’s Friend
- Animals as Leaders' Tosin Abasi partners with Neural DSP for signature plugin
- Keeley Electronics to launch the Eccos delay/looper on the first day of Winter NAMM 2020
- Send your tone through space and time with Minim, the new reverse reverb/delay from Old Blood Noise Endeavors
November 25
- Get total control with Electro-Harmonix's new Triple Foot Controller pedal
- Are your favorite Instagram guitarists faking their incredible technique?
- Mesa/Boogie may have just perfected the direct amp box with its new CabClone IR and IR+ cab sims
November 23
- Save 15% on effects from Keeley, Wampler, JHS, Diezel, Bognor, Friedman, J. Rockett and more
November 22
- Godin’s offers a different look for the single-cut with its new Radiator reissue
- Listen to Slash tear it up on new Ozzy Osbourne song Straight to Hell
- One of Gibson's most valuable Custom Shop models - the one-of-a-kind China Dragon - has gone up for sale
- This guitar made of actual nails is the most metal electric ever
- Orange squeezes into the acoustic amp market with the Crush Acoustic 30
- David Lee Roth: I "structured" the guitar solos on Van Halen’s debut album - and EVH's guitar stripes were my idea
November 21
- Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Jimmy Page and many more sign guitar for charity auction
- Show your enthusiasm for the electoral process with this David Crosby-emblazoned Martin guitar
- Noel Gallagher: I want to play guitar if The Smiths reunite
- Joe Bonamassa unveils his 7th (!) Epiphone signature model, the 1960 Les Paul Standard 'Norm Burst'
- Covet’s Yvette Young discusses the journey that led her to guitar, and her unique technical approach and tone in new “Portrait Series” video
- 17 top pedal makers join forces for limited-edition black stompbox releases at Reverb
- Nile’s Karl Sanders talks new guitar partnerships, the key to heaviness and what all tech-metal bands can learn from The Beatles
November 20
- Get this striking D’Angelico Grateful Dead DC semi-hollow half-price at Sweetwater
- Kerry King plays his new $8,666 Dean USA V Limited Edition onstage, messes up song intro
- Carvin just crammed a 100W power amp into a pedal
- Steve Vai recalls Whitesnake’s Slip of the Tongue, dubs it the first rock record to have “seven-string guitar throughout the whole thing”
- Ernie Ball announces Brian Ball as new CEO
- Kirk Hammett recalls the first time he ever heard a wah pedal: “When that sound came out of the speakers, it startled me”
- What is #blackedxout and why are so many guitar gear companies posting about it?
- Purchase an Amazon Echo speaker right now and you’ll get 4 months of Amazon Music Unlimited absolutely free
November 19
- Save 25% on Epiphone's gorgeous Les Paul Traditional PRO-III from Guitar Center for a very limited time
- NAMM 2020: ESP announces a slew of new LTD models with eye-popping finishes and premium features
- Morley extends its 20/20 vision with 4 tricked-out wah pedals
- The first Gibson-authorized non-Gibson guitars are now available from Banker Custom
November 18
- Paoletti and Guns N' Roses' Richard Fortus announce the Richard Fortus Signature #2
- Fender Japan is reissuing the very rare - and very odd - Swinger electric guitar
- Tech 21’s SansAmp PSA 2.0 updates the company’s legendary rackmount unit with pedal power and "dizzying versatility"
November 15
- Zakk Wylde reveals the one song he was never able to nail on guitar
- Explore a whole world of modulation with Wampler’s 11-effect-strong Terraform pedal
- This bonkers guitarist buried his Les Paul in the desert just to see if it would survive
- Joyo's Preamp House pedal packs 9 amps under one roof
- Get $300 off this stylish Yamaha Revstar electric guitar at Sweetwater
November 14
- Start playing for less with $70 off this Squier Bullet Telecaster at Musician's Friend
- Dean’s first Kerry King signature model is here, and you'll need to rain down a lot of cash - $8,666 - to pick one up
- Save $300 on this rosewood-topped PRS SE Custom 24 for a limited time only at Sweetwater
- Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt: “I love Joe Bonamassa's playing, but I wouldn’t be able to pick him out of a hundred players”
- ESP just put out an impossibly heavy Babymetal 9-string
- Seymour Duncan shoots for hot-rodded hard-rock and metal tones with the Diamondhead Multistage Distortion + Boost pedal
- Fender has debuted the first of its 2020 female-artist signature guitars - for J-pop band Silent Siren
- Double your tonal possibilities with the Mad Hatter Terminator-TEN pickup system
November 13
- Joe Bonamassa finally reveals how many guitars and amps are in his mammoth collection
- Watch Dave Grohl rock a taped-up Gibson with Elmo and Big Bird on Sesame Street
- What guitar changed John Mayer forever? Hint: it’s not his signature PRS
- Save 20% on this Fender acoustic guitar ideal for beginners at Guitar Center
- Learn to play guitar for less with 25% off Fender Play
- The secrets behind Gary Moore's tone on Still Got the Blues
November 12
- This is the guy who bought all of Dave Mustaine’s guitars from his massive Reverb sale
- Davie504 built a bass out of his YouTube Gold Play Button
- 'Ethereal tuning' is officially A Thing, and it sounds amazing
- Gibson shows its support for US military veterans by partnering with non-profit organization Guitars For Vets
November 11
- The Black Crowes will reunite for Shake Your Money Maker 30th anniversary tour
- Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi’s iconic green Telecaster is hitting the auction block
- John Mayer: “I'm not a Zeppelin guy; everyone I love comes from the Strat side”
- Pete Townshend would smash a guitar again - but only for charity
- Faith Guitars unveils the striking all-mango Neptune Blue Moon
- 90% of new guitarists abandon the instrument within a year, according to Fender
November 8
- Solar Guitars debuts Ola Englund's outrageously well-spec'd Artist Limited Edition range
- Lollar sharpens its focus with new Jazzmaster replacement pickup, the Blademaster
November 7
- Could Mr Black's OD-503 be your new go-to transparent overdrive?
- Left-handers rejoice: these gorgeous Fender offsets bring Japanese build quality to southpaws
- Hagerman Amplification launches pedal line with tube-loaded Overdrive and Boost units
- Single-cut meets bolt-on with Asken's Intercooler Drop Top Series
- Tosin Abasi's 2019 pedalboard has just been revealed in glorious detail
November 6
- MasterTint aims to fix up your guitar with flying colors
- Four of DigiTech’s best pedals are up to $80 off at Sweetwater right now
- Doyle Coils promises "Les Paul's dream guitar sound" with its Tru-Clones PAF pickups
- Show your six-string love for all eternity with this guitar-themed cremation urn
- Jerry Garcia’s 'Alligator' Fender Strat is hitting the auction block
November 5
- Cort's flagship electric acoustic line gets bigger with a new smaller-bodied model
- Knaggs’ new Kenai-J is a highly customizable single-cut
- Put some sting into your practice sessions with Mooer’s new Hornet White desktop amp
- Frank Stallone - Sylvester's brother - launches online guitar company with the Tiger double-cut
- Fender unveils the “electric guitar design of the future” with fast-playing American Ultra Series
November 4
- Modern love: Paul Riario takes Gibson's innovative new Les Paul for a spin
- Recycled guitar picks are finally here - and they look awesome
- Could this scientifically advanced cream be the fastest route to learning guitar?
- This guitar constructed from 800 pieces of paper is a real, um, shred machine
- Here comes the sunburst: Chicago Music Exchange is selling three highly sought-after vintage Les Pauls
November 1
- Watch Simon Kramer put the Kemper Profiler Stage through its paces
- Turns heads with the Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro Koa electric guitar, currently $120 off
- Rage Against The Machine announce 2020 reunion shows
- Harness the delicate sound of thunder with Rawson Sparfield’s painstakingly accurate David Gilmour Hiwatt tribute amp
- You’ll “never play a Fender the same way again”, according to the guitar giant’s mysterious new teaser
- Crazy Tube Circuits' new Cyclone whips up a storm of classic phaser tones
- Van Halen's The Japanese Singles 1978 - 1984 is available now
- Bare Knuckle and Rabea Massaad team up for Silo humbucker
- Kirk Hammett: my ideas get shot down by Metallica’s “tone police”