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Harley Benton TE-62LA review
By Matt McCracken Published
With superb playability and an awesome neck pickup for under $250, the finish may be divisive, but Harley Benton's new Aged series is undeniably great value for money

Meet the 1968 Gibson Super 400 that was customized for Merle Travis – the ultimate artist’s guitar (even if the materials aren’t that great)
By Dave Davidson Published
With a thinner neck and P-90s instead of humbuckers, this is the kind of unicorn that pops up very rarely on the vintage guitar market

How George Harrison fell in and out of love with the Tele he played at the Beatles’ final performance
By Chris Gill Published
George Harrison’s heavyweight prototype Fender shaped the late-era Beatles sound, and later passed through the hands of Delaney Bramlett and, briefly, Jerry Garcia

"The build quality is superb, it plays like a dream": Sire Larry Carlton S7 Ash Top review
By Matt McCracken Published
With a raft of premium features, Sire's super value-for-money S-style makes a concrete case for dodging the big brands

Kramer and Malina Moye make history with the underrated modern guitar hero’s first signature model
By Matt Owen Published
The genre-hopping guitarist has become the company's first woman of color signature artist

Harley Benton joins the relic bandwagon with $238 hand-aged guitars
By Matt Owen Published
The Thomann-owned guitar maker has released Light Aged and Heavy Aged versions of its S-type, T-type and offset electric guitars

The hidden history of Eric Clapton’s 1960 Summersburst Les Paul Standard
By Jamie Dickson Published
When his ‘Beano’ ’Burst was stolen, Slowhand reached out to Andy Summers for a replacement – and the guitar became the sound of Cream

The most difficult job in guitar maintenance? How to make and install an ES-335 wiring harness
By Huw Price Published
Upgrading pickups and controls on a Gibson thinline is not a job many techs enjoy, let alone amateurs. But with a little organisation you might be able to get it down in an hour
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