Reviews:

Santa Crux RS

Looking for a change to the old OM and dreadnought? Santa Cruz’s tribute to the Gibson Nick Lucas is refreshingly different. Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Santa Cruz H13

Looking for a change to the old OM and dreadnought? Santa Cruz’s tribute to the Gibson Nick Lucas and Roy Smeck are classic and refreshingly different. Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Fylde Leonardo

The fertile mind of Roger Bucknall has been busy cooking up a new guitar combining the power of sitka spruce and the beauty of flamed maple. Jerry Uwins assesses the result ...

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 ...

Patrick James Eggle Kanuga 12-fret Dreadnought

The slope dread is one of the best-sounding models of all time. Add a 12-fret neck and Mr Eggle's superlative workmanship, and you’ve got a humdinger. Review: Jerry Uwins ...

Huss & Dalton 00-SP

Huss & Dalton are up there among the cream of the ‘small shop’ US makers, and revered by those in the know. Could the 00-SP be your dream fingerpicker? Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Warwick Corvette $$ LTD 2009 Five-String

Each year Warwick cooks up something special, and for 2009 they’ve taken the Corvette $$ and added luscious olive wood and lots of sound options. Review by Gareth Morgan ...

L'Arrivee L-10 Rosewood Deluxe Acoustic

Looking for top-notch solid woods, a high quality of build, a nice, wide, comfy neck and a sound that keeps on giving? A Larrivée could do the trick. Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Nick Huber Twangmeister

With a snowballing reputation for high-end guitars, can Germany’s Nik Huber strip back to basics and still impress with this vibey single-coil special? Review by Dave Walsh ...

D’Alegria Defender JB Deluxe Bass Guitar review

Bass guitar review: Defender JB Deluxe Bass guitar by D'Alegria. ...

Victoria Electro King

Something about Gibson amps reminds us of the Tommy Cooper gag about the Stradivarius and the Rembrandt. Does Victoria know something we don’t? Huw Price makes a discovery ...

Lines Londoner

D’Aquisto had the New Yorker, Guild had the Manhattan, and now British luthier Andrew Lines has the three-pickup Londoner archtop. Rick Batey decides it’s a capital idea. ...

Gibson Robby Krieger SG VOS

With every component and even the shape of the neck chosen by the Doors guitarist, is it a case of second time lucky for the signature Krieger SG? Dave Walsh finds out ...

65 Amps Stone Pony

Based in California, 65Amps founders Peter Stroud and Dan Boul set out to build the best valve amplifiers on the market. Huw Price finds out what the fuss is all about ...

65Amps Lil' Elvis

Surprisingly loud clean sounds, juicy overdrive and all points inbetween. Review by Huw Price. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dave King Katrina 000

Dave King’s latest models include a parlour, a slope dread and a 12-fret 000. How on earth has he managed to lop about two grand off the price? Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Martin - OMC Cherry Electro-Acoustic Guitar review

Review – The OMC Cherry Electro acoustic by Martin.has.Built in Anti Feedback facility and matrix pickups,built with the enviroment in mind. ...

Martin OMC Cherry Electro-Acoustic

Deforestation is real – but then so is the deep-seated human need for a great-sounding guitar. Can Martin help us go green without tonal compromise? Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Mayones Comodous 5-String bass

All the way from Gdansk in Poland, a weighty but handsome five-stringer. ...

Marleaux Consat Custom Bass

The name may sound French, but the Marleaux is custom-built in Germany and come with a choice of lush woods and the best hardware euros can buy. Review by Gareth Morgan ...

NS Design Bass Cello

Put off electric upright bass by the long scale and fretless fingerboard? Read on ...

Epiphone 1962 Wiltshire Reissue

The launch of the first in a series of high-end Epiphone solidbody reissues was one of the big talking points of NAMM 2009. Card-holding P90 fan Huw Price is feeling no pain ...

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. ...