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“Charles Manson actually stole one of my Martins years ago and I never, ever got it back”: The Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine on his musical regrets, favorite guitars, and the acoustic that got away

Jardine on his custom-made Fender Strat, love of Super Reverbs and the joy of playing the late Carl Wilson’s solos on tour

Guitar World

“The Silver Sky reigns supreme”: Reverb reveals its best-selling guitars of 2023 – including the most popular used models, with some surprising results

PRS continues to take a chunk out of the Strat sales and Gibson flourishes in the used market: here's a breakdown of Reverb's annual sales stats

Guitar World

Without a truss rod, your guitar would be a lot harder to play – here's everything you need to know, from the history of the truss rod to how to adjust it safely

We have Gibson's Thaddeus "Ted" McHugh to thank for truss rods, and a lot to be thankful for. They made the instrument ready for the steel-string era, more playable and more durable – and adjusting them isn't as scary as you might think

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The 22 most expensive guitars of all time

Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable guitars sold at auction

Guitar World

Country icon Dolly Parton has written over 3,000 songs, but her trademark ‘thumb and flick’ playing style is essential learning for acoustic players

Develop your alternating bassline picking and bluegrass soloing techniques with this country rhythm workout

Guitar World

“Sick”: In 1985, Kurt Cobain carved one word into this Teisco Del-Ray guitar. Now it has sold at auction for $153,000

The instrument recently sold at auction for a price that far exceeded the $10,000 minimum bid

Guitar World

“They didn’t know they were making the greatest guitars in the history of the world”: This super-rare Martin OM-45 Deluxe from 1930 is insured for $1,000,000

Only nine are believed to currently exist following an initial run of as many as 14. As collector Matt Swanson notes, “These are the Stradivari of guitar collecting”

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“It suddenly made me feel so mature. I remember getting the shivers! It was not death metal”: How Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Grand Theft Auto III and Steven Wilson helped Opeth become modern-day prog icons

20 years on, Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back at Opeth’s evolution from death metal heavyweights to prog mainstays on landmark 2003 album Damnation

Guitar World

“John, I’ve got this insured for a million dollars. These are the Stradivari of guitar collecting”: Watch Matt Swanson introduce Blackbird Studios’ John McBride to his 1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe

Made famous by Roy Rogers, with perhaps fewer than 10 known to still exist in the real world, the 1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe is a true six-string unicorn

MusicRadar

LEA Professional Hits the (Maker's) Mark with Reinvented Audio Experiences

Connect Series amplifiers drive Martin amplifiers for a non-stop music experience.

AVNetwork

Guitar owned by Tony Sheridan when he played with The Beatles goes to auction

The 1959 Martin D-28E electro acoustic guitar is expected to fetch £25,000.

The Independent UK

Martin Lewis' MSE 'danger debt' warning to anyone with a bank account

The Money Saving Expert website explained how 'almost every bank' charges overdraft rates of 40 per cent, which are far higher than typical credit cards

Chronicle Live

Alan Kohler: The confusing, ridiculous state of economic forecasting

There was a time when we were sure that interest rates wouldn’t change for three years. That illusion was cruelly dashed a year ago.

The New Daily

The world's first carbon-neutral battery: Martin Guitars expands its greener strategy with Better Battery Co partnership

The acoustic giant will fit BBCo's 9-volt batteries in preamps for a wide range of its guitars

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The freshest new acoustic guitars for 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: Acoustics for every budget – small and (very) large – as we reveal the best arrivals of the year

AVNetwork

'Out-of-This-World Sights and Sounds' Amaze Guests at Space-Themed Hotel

Audio, video, lighting, and control systems from HARMAN Professional Solutions power the Thailand hotel.

MusicRadar

Eddie Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher Kramer sells at auction for just under $4 million

The red-white-and-black S-style electric guitar that Paul Unkert built Eddie becomes one of the most expensive guitars of all time

Guitar World

NAMM 2023: Martin unveils cutaway, Fishman-equipped StreetMaster model and its first-ever downsized Jr acoustic basses

The acoustic giant unveils a raft of “slightly smaller” guitars and basses

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NAMM 2023: Martin debuts spotlight-stealing StreetLegend series, recreating historic models from the brand’s museum

Check out the new series, plus a wealth of D-18s and D-28s in new Satin, Amberburst and Authentic finishes – all on the way from the acoustic giant this year

Glasgow Live

Anyone earning under £40,000 urged to check if they are missing out on benefit boost

People across the country may be missing out on a financial boost worth up to £500, with Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert team urging millions to use a benefit calculator to find out.

Chronicle Live

Martin Lewis fan reveals how she saved £1,200 a year through handy money-saving hacks - 800,000 missing out

The mother wrote to the Money Saving Expert founder and his team to thank them for some amazing advice, which has helped her save around £100 each month.

Motorsport

Aston Martin F1 reveals real reason behind unique scrubbed tyre tactics

Aston Martin has revealed that its unique scrubbed tyre tactics in Formula 1 this year were prompted more by improving its pitstops than trying to be clever in curing compounds.

Autosport

Aston Martin explains the unique F1 tyre scrubbing tactic it used in 2022

Aston Martin has revealed why it elected to deploy a unique tyre scrubbing tactic for the 2022 Formula 1 season, which was necessary due to the change in wheel size.

Edinburgh Live

Iconic Edinburgh bakers that dominated city before Greggs came along

With dozens of shops, tearooms and delivery vans, the much-missed signage of Martin's the bakers was once a common sight throughout the capital for generations of locals.

Nottingham Post

Martin Lewis' urgent advice to anyone with uncleared credit card and loan balances

Rate rises could hit the highest figure for fourteen years

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