Vintage:

Private Guitar Collection: That's Snow Business

Hauling 60 guitars out into the freezing cold is worth it when it's Nigel Pickering's fine collection. Fuelled by biscuits and hot chocolate, Lars Mullen sets to work ...

Private Collection - Reflex Action

From Duran Duran to the Sugababes and many projects besides, Dom Brown is a player who needs the right guitar for every occasion. Lars Mullen visits his studio ...

Private Collection: Golden Greats

Try as he might, Peter Holyman just can't break his all-consuming addiction to the great, time-honoured big-name guitar models and why on earth should he? Lars Mullen meets a man who knows what he lik ...

Private Guitar Collection: London Chording

The third album from the capital's Bluesmix combo is a canny blend of soulful funk, jazz and, yes, blues - and guitarist Robert Fleming knows exactly what he needs to get a righteous sound. ...

Hooked On Classics: All Hands On Neck

You can switch your strings, buy new pedals, tweak the settings on your amp and change your sound in many ways, but one thing you can't easily escape is the feel of a guitar's neck. Phil Harris ponder ...

Hooked On Classics: Hurry Up And Weight

The pro musician's life in the 1970s was both toneful and shatteringly loud but as Phil Harris recalls, there was a high price to pay in pain and sweat ...

Hooked On Classics - Moving To The Country

He may be a south London boy born and bred, but Phil Harris is developing a worrying taste for the downhome via the modern resonator makers who combine that old-time twang with a whole new approach ...

Old Fashioned Values - The Vintage Guitar Market

Those waiting for a slab-board Strat to fall back into their grasp or wondering what to do with the classic guitar bought five years ago, then follow us as we take the temperature of the vintage marke ...

Have Guitar Will Travel

World-hopping Aussie-bred bluesman Gwyn Ashton is back with a new album, Radiogram, and for the recording sessions he dug deep into his impressive stash of classic electrics, acoustics and resonators. ...

Questions & Answers

Often, when Doug Wilkes makes one of his amazing custom guitars, he also builds one for himself. Lars Mullen reckons he's got the right idea ...

Vintage Pedals - Stomp & Circumstance

Tinnily-made, battery-sucking Electro-Harmonix pedals are the secret weapons of the hippest pickers. Phil Harris knows why ...

Vintage Guitars - Going Deutsch

Everyone from Hank to Macca has strummed a Hofner. Phil Harris reckons you should, too ...

Quiet Riot - The PAF Humbucker

If it wasn't for one man and his work, our licks would still be rudely interrupted by buzzing, humming and general audio detritus. Rik Flynn discovers why Seth Lover, the inventor of the humbucker, de ...

The Vintage Electric Guitar Bible is on sale now!

The Vintage Electric Guitar Bible is the first in a series of standalone specials, Guitar Classics, and is available now for just 7.99. ...

Strat Overhaul

1970s fender strats are famous for all the wrong reasons, but with a spot of tender tweaking they can sing again. top Luthier Dave King has all the information you need. ...