Ovation Viper Returns: 120 Guitars, Two Bridges, and Almost Nothing Left of 1977
Ovation is bringing back the Viper for its 60th anniversary as two 60-piece limited runs: a basswood hardtail and an alder trem, both with coil-split Lace Sensor Hot Gold Dually pickups at an SRP of...
PRS Tekton: Four New Guitars That Drop Almost Everything PRS Is Known For, From $2,899
PRS's new Tekton family swaps the 25-inch scale, set neck, birds and hot pickups for a bolt-on, 25.5-inch, stainless-fretted metal platform with lower-output Stylus humbuckers built for modelers.
JHS put its NOTAKLÖN and Morning Glory V4 in one vertical $299 enclosure. The circuits are familiar; the Order toggle and split I/O are what make the Wanderer worth a look.
Jackson Legend Series: Randy Rhoads Moved Past the Concorde V. Jackson Just Brought It Back.
Jackson's Legend Series recreates four real instruments: Randy Rhoads' Concorde V, Scott Ian's NOT Rhoads, Marty Friedman's KE-1 and David Ellefson's first five-string Concert Bass. Here's the story...
Fender just dropped three new John 5 Telecaster models. Here's why the Phantom, Ghost, and $6,000 Custom Shop mark the most metal the J5 line has ever been.
Dumble Amps Are Back: You Can Now Order a New Overdrive Special for $25,000
Howard Dumble built about 300 amps in his lifetime and died in 2022. As of October 2026 the Dumble Preservation Society is taking orders again: a new Overdrive Special at $25,000, plus the MegaPLX,...
