Latest articles by Dave Burrluck
The York, UK-based guitar maker delivers the latest version of its Les Paul Junior/Tele mashup – with remarkable results
One of PRS Guitars’ 40th Anniversary special editions, limited to 150 units, this is the one Paul himself plays, and it’s perched at the summit of our wishlist
With a nod to Bowie style, this latest Knaggs Hollowbody creates one of the finest Kenais we’ve played over the past 15 years. The Genie is truly out of the bottle!
Last year’s D’Ambrosio series guitars signified numerous firsts for Eastman, not least that they were US-made with boutique prices to match. These new FullerTones capture the magic at a fraction of the price
A new month, a new PRS. This time the USA NF 53 gets the affordable SE treatment
It started with a five-string, now the UK-made Newman range has a fully formed six-string with dual swappable pickups and oh-so-’70s credentials
Another fabled Les Paul joins ‘Greeny’ in Epiphone’s top-end lineup
We speak to Juha Ruokangas about why his company took pickup design into its own hands – and then retrofitted an old PRS Custom 24 with his humbuckers to see how they sounded
Epiphone chases the flame of the world’s most coveted electric guitar
We take Paul Reed Smith back to the start of his 40-year-old company to discuss the new Standard 24 and quite a bit more
The big-bodied archtop is a notorious powerhouse but its return – even at a hair under eight grand – has us tempted. Here's what the fuss is about...
It’s not an official 40th Anniversary model, but the new Standard 24 Satin takes us right back to where this unique story started. It’s also the most affordable Core model that PRS has released for nearly a decade
The UK builder brings quick and easy pickup swapping to an offset platform – and it might just convince you to take the plunge…
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Few, if any, major guitar manufacturers offer Godin’s extensive range of guitar styles. We catch up with a couple of new additions that couldn’t be more different
No, it’s not a device that instantly removes gunk from your guitar, but the Mars-Tronic Perfecto Clean Switch could prove handy once we can work out exactly what it does…
A Lowden electric? The GL-10 – originally introduced in 2018, and recreated for Ed Sheeran – now gets a semi-solid sibling
Two recent Les Paul launches from Gibson and Epiphone take a nod back to the ’50s in style. But not only are they made on different continents, they’re very different in price. Which is best? Let’s find out
Josh Stopford wanted to make a more player-friendly offset, a more feminine guitar – and finished in Tahitian Coral, this might be the coolest boutique offset we've played in a while
Debuting PRS’s “throaty” new McCarty III humbuckers, the Private Stock 40th Anniversary McCarty Dragon is a work of art and a triumph of engineering – and, says Smith, it’s built to play
Based in Slovenia and made in China, Jet Guitars’ impressively wide range of mainly lookalikes is now heading upmarket. The seatbelt sign is on…
Gibson and B.B. King have had many Lucilles over the years but it is this one commemorating the King of the Blues' legendary Zaire the heavy-hitter we've been waiting for?
The Astra ‘Decades’ aims to stand apart from the generic Tele-style guitar. So if you want more sounds, not to mention pickup swapping, you just might fall for its charms – Dumbucker included…
Final quality control on new instruments can vary. Do we all need to learn to do a little DIY?
