
The Fender Backlash: Is the Guitar Giant’s PR Crisis Getting Expensive?
Fender's PR crisis escalates as retail discounts spike and competitors gain ground. Is anger turning into lost sales?

Fender's PR crisis escalates as retail discounts spike and competitors gain ground. Is anger turning into lost sales?

Washburn revives the Sonamaster with the affordable Elite SE2 & SE3 S-style guitars: roasted maple necks, flamed tops, coil-splitting, and $399 price.

Gretsch's Limited Edition G6134T-58 Penguin in Light Blue Pearl delivers late-50s authenticity with FilterTron tone and Bigsby vibrato. $3,799.99.

Death By Audio and Rainger FX debut the Amp Crash: a stompbox with a real 3-watt amp, 2" speaker, and mic inside. $395.

Charvel's Pro-Mod Plus Dinky DK24 lineup brings metal firepower with Seymour Duncan pickups, Floyd Rose hardware, and custom-shop playability

Sully Guitars announces the '71 Trella 24, a 24-fret singlecut evolution used by Smashing Pumpkins' Kiki Wong. Starting at $3,839.

John Page Guitars launches the Noah Levine Signature DL Baritone—a hand-built boutique baritone with Fishman or Lollar pickups, $5,995.

Ibanez Wes Hauch Signature Iceman ICWH727: Japanese Custom Shop 7-string with Seymour Duncan Jupiter Rails, flamed maple top, and Lo-Pro Edge tremolo

Read our in-depth report of the Epiphone Lzzy Hale Explorer Custom in Black Diamond Holographic Sparkle. Discover its features, specs, and performance score.

JAM Pedals x Stu Mackenzie's Tiny Amp Destroyer captures small-amp saturation with dual drive stages, MAGIC voicing, and treble boost. Out now.

Walrus Audio Canvas Expression Pedal: Multi-mode control unit with expression, switch, CV, and MIDI for $299.99. Deep customization, pedalboard-friendly.

Save $250 on the Epiphone Flying V Prophecy at Sweetwater—now $849. Metal-ready with Fishman Fluence active pickups and 24 jumbo frets.