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The Guitar.com staff picks: this is the best new gear of 2025

Guitar.com 23 Dec 2025
The guitar also delivers a stunningly balanced and earthy tone, with satisfying low end projection plus gorgeous sparkly highs, making everything from simple chord strumming to intricate fingerstyle playing an utter delight.
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‘The Devil Is in It’ Review: The Song of the Guitar

Wall Street Journal 19 Dec 2025
An ancient string instrument evolved into the flat-top acoustic guitar—an essential element in American folk, blues and rock ... .
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“She made the guitar specifically designed for women”: Olivia Rodrigo on her love of St. ...

Guitar.com 18 Dec 2025
We awarded the guitar we awarded a strong 9/10, and Rodrigo is equally as enthusiastic about it ... What really excites her about the guitar is Clark’s consideration of women when designing the axe.
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The Guitar Influences of Eddie Van Halen

Guitar.com 11 Dec 2025
The lessons Eddie would learn on piano would have a direct influence on his understanding of music composition in general and when he picked up the guitar, his classical background would have informed his early development in learning guitar as well.
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“He came up with the guitar parts we all studied. He produced the records we ...

Guitar.com 04 Dec 2025
Tributes have poured in from across the guitar and music community following news of the musician’s passing ... He came up with the guitar parts we all studied ... “The guitar got stolen and the lyrics were sanded off.
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The guitar Metallica’s Kirk Hammett used at Black Sabbath’s final gig just sold for a ...

NME 28 Nov 2025
Following the gig, the axe was signed by Hammett. The guitar was later listed for sale via Julien’s Auctions as part of its annual Played, Worn & Torn auction, which featured over 800 guitars and rare pieces of music memorabilia.
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The guitar gear used by Neil Young on the classic Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere

Guitar.com 20 Nov 2025
The guitar gear used by Neil Young on his Harvest album ... When Neil Young got the guitar, the neck allegedly had a Grestch DynaSonic single-coil pickup ... Old Black was certainly the main guitar used for the EKTIN sessions.
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Ed Sheeran is inspiring more people to play the guitar than The Beatles, according to ...

Guitar.com 19 Nov 2025
Whether you’re a Beatle fanatic or dedicated Swiftie, there’s one thing that we can surely all agree on – it’s great that people still want to pick up the guitar and learn something new, no matter the genre.
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Does Lindsay Lohan Actually Play The Guitar In Freakier Friday? The Story Behind Pink Slip Reuniting

Cinema Blend 13 Nov 2025
And then Lindsay, I was like, ‘Please learn this guitar solo.’ And she was like, ‘I got it.’ And I was like, ‘Are you sure you've got it?’ And then she picks up the guitar and just shreds out this solo.
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Ken Parker, Who Sought to Reinvent the Guitar, Dies at 73

New York Times 09 Nov 2025
An inveterate tinkerer, he built groundbreaking guitars that were displayed in art galleries and played by Joni Mitchell, Trent Reznor and many others ... .
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Ernie Ball rechargeable batteries: The end of the guitar world’s infatuation with 9V batteries?

Guitar.com 06 Nov 2025
Metallica guitar tech thinks ditching real amps helped the band improve spectacle of their live shows ... “I think rechargeable batteries are the only way forward in this industry,” says Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jerry Cantrell guitar tech Henry Trejo.
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The Guitar Gear Used on The Foo Fighters landmark The Colour and the Shape

Guitar.com 06 Nov 2025
The EssentialsGuitars ... The guitars present at the Bear Creek sessions included some oddities, but we are unsure if they were used on the final tracks ... Dave Grohl played the bulk of his guitar tracks ...
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