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“It’s more important than ever that the music-making community has access to affordable musical instruments”: Fender has launched its first-ever Certified Pre-Owned program on Reverb – and it will sell pro-inspected, Fender-backed used gear at a discount

New second-hand instruments will be added to the online store every week, and each item will be professionally checked, refurbished if necessary, and sold with a one-year warranty

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“Get the character and the affordability of pre-owned gear, plus Fender’s seal of approval”: Fender is now selling officially certified second-hand guitars and basses on Reverb

Professionally inspected, backed by a one-year warranty, cheaper than buying brand new, the Fender Certified Pre-Owned presents players with the chance of a bargain

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“We've played around with this idea, which people don't do very often”: Martin has teamed up with Reverb for a unique limited-edition Custom GP Blonde – priced at $7,999 apiece

The premium Martin guitar, available only on Reverb, offers a new twist on one of Martin's signature body shapes

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“There’s only maybe a half-dozen of those on the planet, if that”: Jason Newsted is selling dozens of stage-played basses and vintage guitars in his official Reverb shop – including a 3-string Music Man StingRay and a one-of-one 10-string Alembic

Newsted's garage sale re-revisited will be officially open online on 24 July

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“Just like anyone who plays, you find your favourites and the others need to go!” Metallica legend Jason Newsted is selling 60 of his guitars and basses

Newsted’s instruments, including the bass that recorded classic Metallica track Until It Sleeps, will be available from July 24

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“You'll have to be a straight badass just to carry it let alone play it – I want to see what someone can do with it”: Jason Newsted is selling the 10-string Alembic bass used on Metallica’s Black Album tour – and more than 60 other instruments

The musician has collected some rare, weird, and wonderful instruments over his 40-year career, now he’s teamed-up with Reverb to get them into the hands of new players

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“Some of the greatest sounds were created on junk!” Joe Bonamassa reveals the secret to getting great tones from affordable gear

Bonamassa is one of the world's highest-profile vintage guitar collectors but here the blues maestro assures us that affordable options from today's market past the taste test

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“I'm auctioning these for some wonderful charities”: Two of Steve Vai’s Ibanez JEMs found their way back to him after auction – so he’s selling them again to raise even more money for charity

The two guitars were originally auctioned off in 2022, but have been put up for sale once more to help raise funds for two charities

Guitar World

“I know what I’m holding at this stage in my life, that I could tank that market”: Joe Bonamassa says it is not scarcity but the perception of scarcity that drives up prices for vintage gear

The blues superstar says he could see someone spending more than a million on a '59 Les Paul, but argues a guitar is only worth what you are willing to pay for it

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“I get a call at 2am from my neighbor saying, ‘The fire department’s here.’ It could’ve swept right up the side and took the whole thing out”: Joe Bonamassa’s mythical Nerdville gear haul was almost completely destroyed in a fire

Bonamassa opened the doors to Nerdville to Reverb for a 40-minute mini-documentary, in which he shows off some of the most valuable guitars in his world-renowned collection

Guitar World

"This is where the ideas become physical things": Get a glimpse inside Korg Berlin's experimental synth-building workshop with Reverb

Watch Korg instrument designer Tatsuya "Tats" Takahashi demo the brand's Acoustic Synthesis phase_8 prototype

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“An insane synth buzz bazooka sound on the EarthQuaker side and a remorphinator of cosmic waves on the Death By Audio side”: EQD and Death By Audio revive their cult collaboration pedal, Time Shadows

The two firms’ original collaboration sold-out almost immediately in 2020, now it’s back as a full production run

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Reverb review – summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in a concrete basement!

This pounding show explores the magic of collaborations – between musicians and between the worlds of art and music. Our writer gets so deep in the groove he can’t get out

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“This is where my kids play sometimes after school”: Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock built a studio that is like Willy Wonka’s very own guitar gear emporium – and it even has a walk-in pedal closet

Ice Cream Party Studios is a converted warehouse with living spaces, fishing lure chandeliers and is a trove of weird custom gear. Join Isaac Brock as he gives Reverb a guided tour

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“A cache of beautiful gear used in the studio and on tour”: Gilby Clarke is selling his Guns N’ Roses, Slash’s Snakepit and Heart gear on Reverb

Clarke is clearing out his inventory, with everything from a guitar that featured in Slash’s Snakepit videos to amps and pedals all up for grabs

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"Like one of those novice chefs who puts steak, fries and spaghetti bolognese all on the same plate": Is Casio's 'recording studio in a boombox' the most bizarre music-making product of all time?

Synth workstation? Karaoke machine? Recording studio in a ghetto blaster? Answer: all - and none - of the above…

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“I didn’t want them to be traditional”: Martin's Satin Black M/0000 is the first of a Reverb-exclusive line of experimental builds – and a glimpse at the future of one of America’s oldest guitar brands

The acoustic giant’s stealthy new design is limited to just 24 units

Guitar World

“You can find all the guitars I was using with Megadeth. All the tours, and also the recording of The Sick, The Dying… and the Dead!” Kiko Loureiro is selling his Megadeth gear on Reverb

The former Megadeth guitarist has hit a hard reset on his gear collection, and parting ways with a host of Ibanez, Gibson and Godin gear he used over the past few years

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“He preferred what was readily available – and affordable. And when he measured responses, he didn’t really see differences between woods”: Leo Fender didn’t think tonewoods made much difference to solidbody guitar tone

The electric guitar pioneer used pine, alder, ash, poplar, mahogany and more, but apparently deemed the tonal differences negligible

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“In the flesh, he was earth-shattering. His style on every level was fantastic… playing with his teeth, his feet, and behind his head": When Buddy Guy rewrote the blues rulebook with a Strat and blew the collective minds of Clapton, Beck and Page

The inspirational playing of the last living American blues legend: "I was bringing it up to Eric and Jimmy – ‘Have you heard this stuff!?'"

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“My introduction to fuzz was before I had any on my face”: Alex Lifeson takes his pedalboard journey back to the start with Lerxst’s The Snow Dog – a limited edition octave fuzz with bark and bite

Who wouldn't want to take this Snow Dog for a walk? But be warned: “It can produce the most horrific fuzz in the Universe!”

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“I think there were actually two paths. One was the wild pointy-shape things. The other was what I believe led to the 335”: The 1955 ‘missing link’ guitar designs that offer intriguing clues to Gibson’s Golden Era developments

The images inspired the recent production of the Theodore solidbody, but could also fill some crucial gaps when it comes to our knowledge of Gibson’s 1950s R&D process

Guitar World

Used Gibsons hold their value better than Fenders on the second-hand market – but there’s good news for Player Tele and Strat owners

A new study compares new asking prices to Reverb used sales figures for the top 40 best-selling guitars in the US

Guitar World

“It doesn’t take a million dollars. You take this to any studio or venue, and you’re Band of Gypsys”: Joe Bonamassa attempts to recreate Jimi Hendrix’s iconic live rig on a budget – with a $319 Squier Strat and Peavey Classic

The gear guru is challenged to capture Hendrix’s legendary live tones with two vastly different budgets – and reveals some Hendrix tricks along the way

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“It’s noisy, it’s wild, and I’m by no means Jimi Hendrix, but we’ll get the gist”: Can Joe Bonamassa make a $1000 Band Of Gypsys rig sound like its vintage equivalent?

Watch JoBo pit two Hendrix-inspired rigs against each other from the comfort of his living room, one with a Squier Strat, a Peavey Classic and Dunlop pedals, the other all megabucks vintage gear

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