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Revive Your 335: Get pro tone from your Gibson or Epiphone

Revive Your 335: Get pro tone from your Gibson or Epiphone Gibson’s thinline Electric Spanish guitars have been used to give the world some of...

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Effects Pedal

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Effects Pedal We’re living in a golden age of effects pedals, and that’s a fact borne out by some...

Josh Smith’s Guide To The Perfect Session

Josh Smith’s Guide To The Perfect Session 15 years on the LA studio scene turned a former child prodigy from Florida into a seasoned session...

The Money Shot: Prisma Guitars The Syndicate

The Money Shot: Prisma Guitars The Syndicate Now here’s something a little bit different. The brainchild of luthier Nick Pourfard, Prisma Guitars are handbuilt in...

Classic Combinations: Gibson 1952 Les Paul & 1954 GA-40

Classic Combinations: Gibson 1952 Les Paul & 1954 GA-40 This 1952 Gibson Les Paul is in such wonderful condition that, at a glance, you’d be...

Dawner Prince Electronics Boonar

Dawner Prince Electronics Boonar The Binson Echorec is one of the most revered vintage echo units and the Boonar promises to capture its magic in...

Fender ’64 Custom Deluxe Reverb

Fender ’64 Custom Deluxe Reverb A hand-wired Deluxe Reverb with blackface AB763 innards and a solid pine cabinet is the reissue many players have been...

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Acoustic Over £1,000

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Acoustic Over £1,000 There’s a simple joy in playing a fine acoustic guitar, and 2017 found us in no...

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Acoustic Guitar under £1,000

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Acoustic Guitar under £1,000 We’ve come a long way from the maligned budget boxes of days gone by –...

Warwick offers 8-string bass strings

Warwick offers 8-string bass strings Retailers asked for 8-string bass sets may be left scratching their heads but Germany’s Warwick has just announced one that...

Win a Pair of VIP Tickets to Jon Gomm’s Guitar Masterclass – Worth £120!

Win a Pair of VIP Tickets to Jon Gomm’s Guitar Masterclass – Worth £120! A disciple of American fingerstyle pioneer Michael Hedges and a fiercely independent artist, Jon...

Vintage Time Machines: 1963 Gibson ES-330TD

Vintage Time Machines: 1963 Gibson ES-330TD From Keef to BB, the 330 has charmed guitarists of all kinds – we take a look at a...

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Guitar Amp Over £1,000

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Guitar Amp Over £1,000 If money is no object in your pursuit of tonal nirvana, you’ve really never had...

Interview: Ed O’Brien – Anyone Can Play Guitar

Interview: Ed O’Brien – Anyone Can Play Guitar For over three decades, Ed O’Brien has been the guitar glue in Radiohead. His knack for unusual...

Win tickets to Darrel Higham Masterclass plus a subscription to The Guitar Magazine!

Win tickets to Darrel Higham Masterclass plus a subscription to The Guitar Magazine! We’re giving you the chance to win two VIP tickets to The...

Remo’s Manchester DrummerNight raises over £21,000

Remo’s Manchester DrummerNight raises over £21,000 DrummerNight presented by Remo has now raised in excess of £21,000 on behalf of Teenage Cancer Trust, Remo reports. Part...

G&L ASAT Classic

G&L ASAT Classic As Mr Fender’s ‘other’ single-cut solidbody powers on into its fourth decade, Richard Purvis finds out if it’s still got that George...

Satellite Neutron

Satellite Neutron Still slightly under the radar, Satellite amps offer great value in the hand-wired world, but does the Neutron live up to its promise...

All About… Cables

All About… Cables Guitar cables, speaker cables and interconnects are often overlooked in our quest for great tone so what’s on the wire? Huw Price...

Electro-Harmonix Announces Reissued Op-Amp Big Muff Pi

Electro-Harmonix Announces Reissued Op-Amp Big Muff Pi Electro-Harmonix has reissued their late-1970s era Op-Amp Big Muff Pi. Sometimes also referred to as the IC or V4...

Interview: The National – National Anthems

Interview: The National – National Anthems They’re the Firebird-wielding twins at the heart of one of the world’s biggest indie-rock bands, and on album seven...

Ashdown offers limited edition Norman Watt-Roy pre-amp

Ashdown offers limited edition Norman Watt-Roy pre-amp Ashdown is to produce just 50 specially tweaked versions of its valve powered OriginAL pre-amp, each one adjusted...

Fender EOB Sustainer Stratocaster

Fender EOB Sustainer Stratocaster Radiohead star Ed O’Brien’s collaboration with Fender is an intriguing mix of old and new. Chris Vinnicombe finds out if playing...

Gear Of The Year 2017: Electric Guitars under £1,000

Gear Of The Year 2017: Electric Guitars under £1,000 Despite the ongoing challenges presented by the weak pound, there are still plenty of affordable electric...

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Electric Guitar £1,000 – £2,000

Gear Of The Year 2017: Best Electric Guitar £1,000 – £2,000 The one to two grand price point is always a hugely competitive area of...