Reviews:

Squier Classic Vibe Stratocaster

Read the review of the Squier Classic Vibe Stratocaster. A more affordable than a Fender yet with vintage features.Compare the Squier to classic Highway One Strats, '57s and the like.. ...

Zoom G9.2TT FX pedal

Reviewed - Zooms latest multiFX pedalboard with a range of sound effects from Twin Amp settings to Bluesbreaker..With recording facilites too this is a real all in one treat for your guitar FX read m ...

DV Mark DV40 212 Combo

Don't look to this unusual Italian-made boutique amplifier for loud, shimmering cleans: it's all about rainbow shades of dirt at almost any volume you like. Review by Will Nicholas ...

Boss ST-2 Power Stack & PS-6 Harmonist

From the mighty roar of a big rig to crazed squeals and insane octave jumps, these two pedals from the faithful Boss are on the extreme side. Review by Martyn Casserly. ...

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 ...

Egnator Tweaker

Most low-wattage all-valve amps are one-sound wonders, but Egnater's new baby combo sets out the rewrite the rulebook with options galore. Review by Huw Price ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Marshall AFD100

The details of Slash's 'Appetite' amp are unknown, but an undaunted Marshall has released a 100W signature head with some eyebrow-raising features. Review by Richard Purvis ...

DigiTech BP355 Bass Multi-Effects Processor

More sounds, e ects, fl exibility and control for the money than any other unit around: that’s Digitech’s claim for its very latest bass multi-FX. Review by Gareth Morgan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...