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Best electric guitars 2026: our top picks for every playing style, ability and budget
By Daryl Robertson last updated
Useful buying advice and our expert pick of the best electric guitars for newcomers to pro players

"Easily one of the most desirable electric guitars under $1,000 that I've played": Eastman FullerTone Offset '62 review
By Rob Laing published
The latest FullerTone design might just be the best yet, and a big statement from Eastman

“Surely the most vicious artist series model in the Gibson catalog”: Gibson Mark Morton Les Paul Modern Quilt review
By Jonathan Horsley published
Lamb of God riff-master Mark Morton's Les Paul has been years in the making, subject to brutal road-testing, featuring a hot custom-wound humbucker pairing, but it's finally here

T-Bone Walker’s Gibson ES-5N helped give rise to electric blues – and it’s been listed for $2 million
By Phil Weller published
The workhorse guitar from the blues pioneer was thought to be lost forever until its recent re-emergence

Phil Manzanera finally finds out the real story behind his iconic Firebird – 50 years after he bought it
By Phil Weller published
The guitar’s previous owner has explained his side of the story

Gibson honors Mick Ronson with limited-edition recreation of his iconic David Bowie Les Paul
By Phil Weller published
The release is limited to just 100 copies, celebrating that guitarist that helped immortalize a rock ’n’ roll icon

Why Leo Fender’s favorite custom color finish still drives guitarists wild
By Huw Price published
As this small selection from a very large vintage collection proves, Candy Apple Red looks fantastic on any Fender guitar – but the process of applying it changed over the years

Is Slash's no. 1 Les Paul – which isn’t a Gibson – set for a Gibson reboot?
By Phil Weller published
Slash’s Kris Derrig ’59 Les Paul has been his go-to recording guitar since Appetite for Destruction. And it sure looks like a Murphy Lab replica is on the cards

Swannell Guitars makes an electric like an acoustic with tones that will blow your mind
By Dave Burrluck published
Jamie Swannell makes some seriously high-end acoustics and has applied that knowhow to the IA, a super-versatile, vibey electric that might just be the boutique slide machine of your dreams
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