
Empress Effects Warns of Price Hikes as 50% Canada Tariffs Hit Guitar Pedals
Empress Effects, the respected Ottawa-based boutique pedal maker, has announced it can no longer absorb the costs imposed by the 50 percent
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Empress Effects, the respected Ottawa-based boutique pedal maker, has announced it can no longer absorb the costs imposed by the 50 percent
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Gibson has announced that its third Garage experiential retail location will open in Miami on September 10, 2026. The 8,000-square-foot spac
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Guitarist Phil X, best known as the lead guitarist for Bon Jovi, has revealed that he is significantly overhauling his live rig for his upco
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Marshall has released the Billie Joe Armstrong Signature 1959BJA, a modified version of the iconic 100-watt plexi platform tuned specificall
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Wayne Charvel, the legendary luthier whose guitar repair shop in Azusa, California became the unlikely birthplace of the Superstrat era, die
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Canadian guitar manufacturer Godin stopped all other production for 38 consecutive days in 2026 to build a custom microtonal double-neck gui
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Marshall announced a new guitar amplifier as part of a wave of gear releases highlighted in Guitar World's July 17, 2026 weekly round-up, al
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Gibson has officially unveiled the Century Collection, a new lineup of acoustic guitars built around period-correct 12-fret designs that dre
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Fender has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Thomann, the German retail giant and parent company of the Harley Benton guitar br
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The Edge's mirror ball-tiled Les Paul, one of the most visually striking and experimentally significant guitars from U2's mid-1990s electron
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