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AxLabs Releases String Surfer Brass Roller Saddles

Precision machined from solid brass, these saddles offer enhanced density and tonal qualities, delivering a sharper attack, extended sustain, and a warmer tone compared to stock thin pressed-steel or zinc block-style saddles.

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Fender Player Series Stratocaster Giveaway!

You could WIN an all-new Player Series Stratocaster from Fender in Candy Apple Red in this new giveaway! Enter before August 13, 2023 for your chance to win.

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Squier 40th Anniversary Stratocaster Review

Luxe looks and a sweet playing feel make this Squier an anniversary edition worth celebrating.

Slinky playability. Very nice construction quality. An attractive, celebratory mash-up of Fender style elements.

Neck feels slightly generic.

$599

Squier 40th Anniversary Stratocaster
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Premier Guitar doesn’t often review anniversary edition instruments—most of them being marketing exercises in disguise. But the Squier 40th Anniversary Stratocaster genuinely seems to embody much about where Squier has been and the reliable source for quality, affordable, and, yes, beautiful guitars they have become.

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