Prs archon classic head

Fender reaches into its archives to bring this lesser-known classic back to life. Let’s see if it captures the original magic

Long hidden in the shadows of Fender history, the early 60s brown-panel Super Amp has reemerged. Senior product manager, Rick Heins, talks us through its rebirth

ONE OF THE most inspiring guitar tones is the sound of a tube amp that’s just on the edge of breaking up. There’s something truly magical about a combo that hovers between clean and distorted, coaxing

Hot on the heels of the Les Paul Custom 70s, two more blasts from the past rejoin Gibson’s USA line-up. The DCs are back!

Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers a high degree of variation in your fuzz tone

NO SOONER HAD Oasis begun their Live ’25 reunion tour on July 4 when chatter started about a mystery guitar Noel Gallagher was wielding — a pretty cool-looking black Les Paul. Was it the fabled LP Cus