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“There’s absolutely no doubt this is dream distortion pedal material. But at $415, it’d be hard to justify”: My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

An insanely affordable new Gretsch and a pedal called Jimothy headline the round-up this week

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Martin caves to player demand and revives its smallest guitar body shape – but it’s not tuned like your regular acoustic

The 5-28 Terz is a tiny 12-fret acoustic that promises a distinct voice of its own

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“It was kind of a wild idea in 1960 to call a guitar a Hummingbird. As wild as calling your band TheBeatles”: How Gibson became an icon of acoustic guitar – 100 years on from its first flat-top

Gibson’s Mat Koehler charts a century of flat-tops – and how the J-45, SJ-200, Dove and Hummingbird took over the world

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“A fine, gig-ready instrument with a very good array of sounds on tap as well as premium build quality”: Taylor Gold Label 710E review

As part of an ongoing revision to its esteemed catalog, Taylor has introduced a deep-bodied dreadnought into the fold. Let’s take it out for a spin

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“You could scrape that guitar, smoke the residue and get strung out”: Walter Trout’s life in three guitars

The Strat-addicted bluesman describes the three guitars he couldn’t, can’t or won’t live without

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"There’s a clear midrange presence here, but it never tips into that boxy territory that smaller-bodied acoustics can sometimes fall into": Martin LX1E Little Martin review

A three-quarter size acoustic that sounds bigger than most of its competition

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“We were high with it, and after just a few takes, we had one of our best ever songs – something that felt like pop music and beyond”: The making of the Smiths’ 1986 classic The Queen Is Dead

It was a square peg amid the shred scene and almost sank Johnny Marr, but the Smiths’ majestic third album ended up as the jewel in their crown

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“The letter read, ‘This was our mom’s guitar. It’s worth a lot of money. We want you to have it’”: How actor turned musician Morgan Nagler got her 1977 Martin acoustic, wrote with neighbor Phoebe Bridgers, and finally made a solo album

A TV star from the age of 5, she abandoned one art for another, and wound up learning from Gillian Welch, and being asked to work with Kim Deal

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“That song ended up being my homage to Jimmy Page... There’s this Celtic thing that we were tapping into. Like the Bert Jansch recording of Blackwaterside”: Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes’ triumphant second act

“It's the season of brotherly love,” says Robinson, as the once volatile Atlanta, Georgia rock legends return – but the ’Crowes are still flying by the seat of their pants

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“It’s a little bit of an odd duck, but it is cool and I would love to use it for recording. It would be a monster in the studio”: Decoding the mysteries of the 1967 Martin D-35S with the slotted headstock

Martin’s slope-shouldered dread style meets innovative three-piece rosewood backs in this slept-on design from an undervalued period in the acoustic brand's storied history

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“He had a knife to my groin. I was petrified. He went for my guitar”: Mikael Åkerfeldt on nearly losing his prized PRS on the way to record a landmark Opeth album – and why he doesn’t deserve a signature model (even though he’s got one)

The Opeth mastermind on being robbed as they made Blackwater Park, what he hated about Kurt Cobain’s ’53 Martin D-18 and loved about Hank Williams’ ’40s D-18, the ’90s band he still adores and the ’70s guitarist he still worships

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“I was amazed that my hard work might come back to help me”: Jim Gustafson and Poobah endured decades in the dark, but now their early albums are selling for $1,000 a copy

Even though his band was produced by Billy Cox and opened for Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, and countless others, industry issues held him back. And yet, powered by his original Marshalls and pedals, Jim Gustafson's determination means he’s still out there today

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Colombian military Hercules plane with 110 soldiers on board erupts in flames after crash — watch

A Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130 aircraft carrying approximately 110 soldiers crashed in southern Colombia near the Peruvian border. The accident occurred during takeoff from Puerto Leguizamo, with video footage showing the plane engulfed in flames. The exact number of victims and the cause of the crash are still under investigation.

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“The wood was underwater for thousands of years. It’s shocking it works as well as it does”: Jason Isbell on the acoustic that was eons in the making and how a stolen guitar brought him into the Martin lineup

Country star Jason Isbell has played Martins ever since he was bailed out by the company after his van was looted… And now he presents new signature models based on his rare pre-war 0-17

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“Lot after lot we felt like we were making history”: World record for most expensive guitar shattered three times in one night as Jim Irsay auction sees David Gilmour's Black Strat fetch $14.5m

On any other night, $6,907,000 for Kurt Cobain's Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang and $11,560,000 for Jerry Garcia's “Tiger” would have been world records. But this wasn’t any other night...

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WEC 2025 BoP analysis: Aston Martin

What the Hypercar Balance of Performance numbers reveal about performance in the 2025 World Endurance Championship. Today, concluding our series: The Aston Martin Valkyrie.

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All the key numbers from the F1 Bahrain pre-season tests

After the two F1 Bahrain pre-season tests, here are the key figures behind the action

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“You do feel violated, and it was really sad and disturbing to watch the video”: Police in search of robbers who stole $15,000 vintage Martin D-28 from Maryland music store

The four suspects allegedly walked into the local family-owned business, concealed the acoustic guitar, and nonchalantly walked off

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“Honoring a century of music, storytelling, and unforgettable moments on country’s most iconic stage”: Martin teams up with the Grand Ole Opry on a one-of-a-kind, limited-edition acoustic

The Nashville institution celebrated its 100th anniversary last November

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“If old-school country or fingerstyle blues is your thing, you’ll like this, a lot”: Martin 0-10E Retro Jason Isbell review

Characterful Americana workhorse at a sensible price – with a vibey artist tie-in

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“An inspiring entry point into the Martin lineup and a pathway for players ready to take the next step”: Martin overhauls its affordable Road Series – and splits it into Retro and Modern builds

It's introducing 20 new models, 18 of which are either new or newly updated, as it seeks to make window shopping easier than ever before

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“To see my name on this Martin guitar, it was just a huge moment for me”: It’s a dream come true as Molly Tuttle gets two signature Martin guitars – and they're based on her 83-year-old model

While the premium model is inspired by her treasured 1943 D-18, she's also bringing the 1940s neck profile to the X-Series for the first time

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“At first, I didn’t have high hopes. But then I saw that one picture and thought, ‘Bingo’”: This vintage Martin once belonged to Johnny Cash – and its current owner has spent decades trying to prove it

The Linseman family heirloom was purchased back in the 1950s, and is believed to be the same D-18 that Cash used to track some early hits

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“I thought, ‘Oh, it’s just a fellow musician, that’s fine,’ and he walked out with the case. When I went to get my guitar, it was gone”: Roger McGuinn on the Ovation 12-string that fell apart and the infamous Rickenbacker theft of ’65

The Byrds’ 12-string-toting folk hero talks Rickys, Roland JC-120s, JangleBoxes and more

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Aston Martin ‘outperformed its expectations’ in first season with Valkyrie hypercar

By the final rounds of 2025, the Valkyrie was outperforming the internal expectations Aston Martin had set for its first LMH campaign

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