This top-of-the-range signature model was at the frontline of the British Invasion

It did not take long before Fender’s iconic solidbody reached the heights of success

We plug into the expert knowledge of analog gear guru, valve expert and Raw State founder Neil Perry

Short of the $70k original, is this hand-built reincarnation the ultimate pedal for Hendrix fans?

Terry Foster, co-author of Fender: The Golden Age 1946-1970, imparts his expert knowledge on Fender’s earliest amps

With its Florentine cutaway, this hollowbody electric archtop was a Gibson first

The classic '60s fuzz that hasn’t stopped smiling since the Summer of Love

Andy Babiuk – musician and author of The Story Of Paul Bigsby: The Father Of The Modern Electric Solid Body Guitar – uncovers the origins of Paul Bigsby’s masterpieces

The history of the revolutionary thinline hollowbody that became a leading voice in rock ’n’ roll

Eilon Paz and Dweezil Zappa unpacks the relationship between guitar's most maverick player and the ultimate phaser

The Roots guitarist's new signature Gibson might just be the most versatile SG yet. He walks us through its many features...

From Bartók to bossa nova, Burns talks about the diverse styles that keep him interested and inspired

Tone Bender builder David Main of D*A*M cleans up the fuzzy picture of these classic British stompboxes

The “chief mad scientist” at Curtis Novak Classic Pickups shares his findings on Epiphone‘s lesser-known Spectrum single coils

The story behind every '60s studio's not-so-secret weapon – an electric 12-string that played well and sounded even better

The definitive tweed tone that still sounds “as modern as tomorrow”…

Gibson's head of product development, Mat Koehler, recants the story of a pivotal moment in Epiphone history

We shed light on some of the key differences between Gibson’s early flagship models…

This cutaway electric flat-top set a template for modern acoustic design

Three classic student models demystified by Fender historian, collector and co-author of Fender: The Golden Age 1946–1970, Terry Foster

Brian McDonald tells the story of how Fender built the ultimate EVH tribute – the original tone monster

Marshall’s archivist and technical specialist Phil Wells on the amps that put power into flower power

The history of the stereo guitar that promised “new magic to your music”

We decipher some of the mumbo jumbo surrounding Gibson’s most popular flat-top acoustics