Reviews:

Orange OPC

Beneath its chirpy citrus tolex the Orange OPC is no valve-powered air-pusher but a personal computer for the recording guitarist with AmpliTube III and a pair of DAWs. Review by Richard Purvis ...

Music Man Stingray 4 Classic

Simple, stylish and faultlessly practical, this authentic reissue of an all-time great –complete with two-band EQ and string mutes – will take you straight back to the ’70s, at a price. Review b ...

Warwick Hellborg Preamp

Reassuringly loud, sophisticated and pricey, this top-of-the-line Warwick rig will cope with your world tour just fine. Review by Gareth Morgan ...

Hayden HGT-A20

A mere four hundred drinking vouchers sounds like a good deal for an all-valve combo with three channels and reverb, especially as the first ones will be put together in the UK. 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 ...

Electro-Harmonix Stereo Talking Machine

Electro Harmonix's new stomp box is a demented tool of the very devil. ...

Charvel Wild Card

Charvel's Production-Mod San Dimas and So-Cal series now has a new chameleon member in the form of the Wild Card, a guitar which changes its specifications every three months. ...

Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster

Squier's Vintage Modified Series lives up to its name by updating and increasing the appeal of two more old Fender favourites. ...

Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar HH

Squier’s Vintage Modified Series lives up to its name by updating and increasing the appeal of two more old Fender favourites - the Jaguar and the Jazzmaster ...

Orange Dark Terror Head

With yet more delicious valve-driven filth and a Shape control that bestrides the Atlantic ocean like an electronic colossus, this latest Orange sets out to rule the world of rock. Review by Richard P ...

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 ...

Epiphone Dave Navarro Signature

No hummingbirds or butterflies for Dave Navarro but a darker aura with crows, hexagrams and a moody all-black finish. Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler

Line 6 are making the brave move of providing a sound-crammed multi-FX unit that you can’t use for multi-FX. Do the modelling specialists know something that we don’t? Review by Richard Purvis ...

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 ...

Martin WCE XII D-28 Deluxe

Martin’s UK distributor Westside offers a number of special-run models, including this version of the classic D-28 dreadnought. Review by Rick Batey ...

Digitech Hardwire SP-7

The heyday of the sweepy, whooshy-sounding phaser pedal came with Brian May and Eddie Van Halen, but luckily today’s makers aren’t about to let a great noise fall into disuse. Review by Hayden Hew ...

Farida Sandhi Thom Electro-Acoustic

With Sandi Thom’s move from pop to blues comes a collaboration with Farida for a new signature stage electro-acoustic with a very distinctive look. Review by Jerry Uwins ...

Fryette Memphis 30/Eighteen

The latest combo from the man behind VHT packs a ton of modern switchability into a toneful, all-valve package that’s built for the loud stuff. Review by Dave Petersen ...

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 ...

Patrick James Eggle Saluda C Madagascar Celtic acoustic guitar

One of the UK’s finest luthiers aims to make the most of his last stocks of an incredible 
but endangered hardwood by going all-out for the ultimate. Review by Jerry Uwins ...

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 ...

Fender Roger Waters Precision Bass

Roger Waters has toted his black Precision from tiny psychedelic club gigs to the world’s biggest stages. Will Fender meddle with a winning formula? Review by Gareth Morgan ...