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4 days ago | musicradar.com | Jonathan Horsley

Bring Me The Horizon were under no illusions that Sempiternal needed to be deliver the goods. Their profile was growing. Understandably there would be some nervous energy, what with this being the first album on a major label and all that – an artistic statement was required. As guitarist Lee Malia recalls, sitting down with MusicRadar at Jackson’s London HQ to launch his new signature guitar, the gnarly Pro Series LM-87 offset, there was no question that they were feeling a little heat.

6 days ago | musicradar.com | Ellie Rogers

Adding a 12-string acoustic guitar to your arsenal opens up a whole new world of tone. Whether you’re chasing that rich, choral shimmer for textural layering in the studio or looking to add a little extra dimension to your live sound, there’s no denying their allure. But for many players, a 12-stringcan feel like a luxury on top of your regular six-string acoustic guitar - nice to dabble with, but maybe not essential enough to justify a big-ticket purchase.

1 week ago | musicradar.com | Jonathan Horsley

We are accustomed to seeing something weird, unusual, something brilliant coming out of Gamechanger Audio. This is the company that housed a Bigbsy-inspired polyphonic pitch-shifter in a stompbox. But it has just launched a synth pedal that is up there among its most out-there designs. It is called the Motor Pedal, and it’s not so much a synth pedal as it is a synth-in-a-pedal. Just listen to the demo video below.

1 week ago | musicradar.com | Will Simpson

Peter Hook has poked at the long-standing, festering grudge between himself and hid ex-bandmates in New Order., telling the i paper that he gets messages from fans about his old band’s gigs and they’re not complimentary. “I don’t think they’re New Order. They don’t sound anything like them. I’ve watched them play songs (online) recently, and they’ve dropped the basslines and play it like some weird, bad cover version of a New Order track.

1 week ago | musicradar.com | Jonathan Horsley

PRS Guitars has updated its tube amp lineup with the all-new Archon Classic 50-watt head and a revised v2 of Mark Tremonti’s superlative MT 15 lunchbox head. Given just how popular the MT 15 has been, you might ask how this sensibly powered, super portable and keenly priced high-gain solution could be improved, but the Alter Bridge guitarist says the inspiration for the refresh could be found on his 100-watt MT 100.