Reviews:

Vigier Excaliber Supra

No vibrato, no truss rod, no frills, no messing: this Excalibur Supra is a French-built speed machine that should provide tons of adaptability plus rock-solid reliability. Review by Martyn Casserly ...

Danelectro Wild Thing

Even by Danelectro’s famously out-there standards, the new Wild Thing model looks extreme. Can this latest crazed number from the reissue specialists make everything… groovy? Review by David Greev ...

Fender 60th Anniversary Telecaster

It may be the Telecaster’s Big Sixty, but it wouldn’t thank you for the gift of a bus pass and a pair of comfy slippers. Do the right thing, suggests Richard Purvis, and celebrate with an amp turn ...

Fender Road Worn Player Stratocaster HSS

Like the ready-trashed Road Worns but need a touch of modernity with hotter pickups and a flatter fingerboard? Review by Alex Lees ...

Hagstrom Viking Bass

With semi-acoustic basses like Gibsons, Epiphones and Guilds enjoying a spell of popularity after years in the desert, it's a fine time for the Viking to return. Review by Gareth Morgan ...

Danelectro 56 Single Cutaway electric guitar

The recently revamped Danelectro guitar range now includes four variations of this brand’s first reissue, with one boasting a lot more bling than ever before. Review by Roger Cooper ...

Gibson Billy Morrison Signature Les Paul

Billy Morrison is a UK-born actor, musician and LA scenester who plays with Dave Navarro 
in ‘supergroup’ Camp Freddy. Oh, and he really likes cream. Review by Richard Purvis ...

Lodestone Pulse

Just released at NAMM in January, the super-affordable Lodestone Pulse breathes new life into a familiar format and adds lashings of metallic gold. Review by Martyn Casserly. ...

Fret King

An automatic self-tuning guitar from the fertile brain of Trevor Wilkinson, finally here after over a decade of work? Surely that's cause for celebration. Review by Huw Price ...

Yamaha SG1802

The righteous new P90 version of Yamaha's smooth and time-tested Les Paul challenger is not a low-price option. Is it worth the wedge? Martyn Casserly seeks to find out ...

Fender La Cabronita Especial

Translating approximately to Little Bastard Special, La Cabronita Especial is Fender's Custom Shop brawler, a Tele with extra Gretsch horsepower. Review by Rick Batey ...

Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH

Charvel doesn't do futuristic or faux-'50s, but if you're looking to shred with the crowd at a hip club down on Sunset then they have the tool for the job. Review by Richard Purvis. ...

Charvel Pro-Mod Wild Card

The Wild Card's humbucker is articulate and the single coils have a classic Stratty tone. It's more versatile than the So-Cal, but is it as much fun? ...

Vigier Excalibur Kaos

Available in black only, the Kaos is a special no-frills dragstrip version of the normally luxurious Excalibur, with Vigier's first-ever reverse headstock. ...

Hofner Contemporary Series Shorty

Originally launched in 1982 and lasting just four years, the Shorty was perhaps the least Hofner-like Hofner ever made. Has its time come at last? ...

PRS 25th Anniversary Custom 24 SE

A praiseworthy additional to the trad PRS line. ...

PRS Nick Catanese

As a rock lead instrument the PRS Nick Catanese really sings – but it’s a phenomenal-sounding blues guitar, too ...

PRS Torero

Offshore Paul Reed Smith that expands the family ...

Gibson USA Slash Appetite Les Paul

Lightweight, devilishly handsome and loaded with fire-breathing pickups and TonePros hardware, the USA Slash Appetite offers more than a signature. ...

Duesenberg 52 Senior

Elevating the single-pickup Junior concept to fully carved-top status and adding clever switching for extra adaptability – it’s a stroke of rock genius. ...

Kramer Striker 211

The brand synonymous with large-haired names like Van Halen, Sambora, Batten, Morello, Schon and more is back with a well-priced range of rockers. Review by Martyn Casserly ...

Kramer Assault 220R

The brand synonymous with large-haired names like Van Halen, Sambora, Batten, Morello, Schon and more is back with a well-priced range of rockers. Review by Martyn Casserly ...

Burns Cobra

This is no copy guitar with Burns trimmings: it comes with redesigned Tri-Sonic pickups, as beloved by Brian May, but in miniature form. ...

Electric Babes Layla 07

Underwear-loving Austrians Norbert Lechner and Helmut Frank launched their Electric Babes guitars at NAMM 2007. A brave Huw Price takes a trip into the basque region ...

Electric Babes Ella 07 Lace

Underwear-loving Austrians Norbert Lechner and Helmut Frank launched their Electric Babes guitars at NAMM 2007. A brave Huw Price takes a trip into the basque region ...