Reviews:

Schecter C-1 Classic

With through-neck construction plus quality pickups, hardware and plenty of decoration to go, the C-1 Classic ticks a lot of boxes. Review by Martyn Casserly ...

Sterling AX40

One step down from the US-made Music Mans, two steps up from the OLP imports, the Sterling series are great working guitars at the right price. Review by Martyn Casserly ...

Barber Trifecta Fuzz

Barber pedals get high-end tone freaks excited – but they’re affordable, too. Huw Price puts the Trifecta Fuzz under the microscope. ...

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. ...

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 ...

Line 6 DT50 212 Combo

This Line 6 is much more than a digital modelling amp: the DT50 is a Bogner-designed valve 25W/50W combo with volume-dependent modelling. Review by Huw Price ...

Superdrive 30 Series II

For seekers of sweet cleans and filthy overdrives in one poky package, there’s an amp in Budda’s Superdrive family that’ll cope with every task from tiny clubs to enormous stages. Review by Dave ...

Gibson Melody Maker Special

Recent Melody Makers have been great, save for the skinny single coils. Now an uncool band are responsible, indirectly, for a very cool guitar. Would would have thought it? Review by Richard Purvis ...

Epiphone Swingster

Gretsches might be the archetypal rockabilly guitar, but back in the day Gibsons and Epiphones were much more common. The Swingster is designed to be a ‘go-to rockabilly, jazz and rock hollowbody’ ...

Orange Tube Sync VT-1000

Got a stash of preamp and power valves rolling around in the parts drawer? This unit can help you sort the good from the bad. Review by Will Nicholas ...

Peavey AT-200

When the term ‘autotune’ sends Spice Girl-sized shivers down your spine, then wait until you see Peavey’s offering. Review by Martin Wheeler ...

MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe

New from MXR for bassists this year are an overdrive – due out in March – and this subtle analogue chorus. Review by Gareth Morgan ...

Gibson Les Paul Standard 2008

The Standard isn’t standard any more. It’s lighter, has an all-new neck shape, and subtle additions that make it world-tour practical right out of the box. ...

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 ...

Marshall Lead & Bass 50 PW

Paul Weller’s 50th birthday, a 50W amp, a limited edition of 50. You can’t fool us: there’s a theme developing here. Dave Petersen finds out if Marshall hits the target. ...

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 ...

Tanglewood TRSJ-VS

‘Rosewood Reserve’ is a posh name for guitars in the affordable bracket, so do these new Tanglewoods really exude the sound of exotic timbers? Jerry Uwins finds out ...

St Blues Bluesmaster

Back in the ’80s, St Blues guitars appeared – and then vanished. Now this Memphis company is back, and has added a cheaper range built in Korea. Review by Dave Walsh ...

Danelectro Dead On '67

Danelectro’s reissue programme steps bravely from the ’50s into the ’60s with the curvaceous, vibrato-equipped Dead On ’67, aka the Hornet. Review by Huw Price ...

Fret-King Country Squire Yardbird

Never underestimate what a single pickup can do, not on a guitar as sweetly built as this toneful, lightweight, stripped-down Fret-King. Review by Marcus Leadley ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lakewood M-32G Grand Concert

Lakewood’s new, specially-selected UK range offers all solid woods and attractive designs together with a distinctive and very likeable European sound. Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Lakewood A-18CPG Electro

Lakewood’s new, specially-selected UK range offers all solid woods and attractive designs together with a distinctive and very likeable European sound. 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 ...