Electric Guitar Reviews
Latest Electric Guitar Reviews

“If you’re looking for unique tones paired with modern build and playability, it’s an amazing guitar”: Fender Player II Jaguar review
By Matt McCracken published
Getting to grips with what could be the highlight of Fender’s Player II Series

“One of the best legitimately new guitars Fender has produced in decades”: Fender American Ultra II Meteora review
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Meteora is that rarest of things: a new body shape from one of the oldest electric guitar manufacturers. As this “sports car version” of the Fender Jazzmaster joins the Big F’s most high-performance range, is it a match made in offset heaven?

“An almost timeless design from the hands and ears of one of the greats”: Lowden GL-J review
By Dave Burrluck published
A Lowden electric? The GL-10 – originally introduced in 2018, and recreated for Ed Sheeran – now gets a semi-solid sibling

“We’re not hearing $1,750 difference”: Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1955 Les Paul Standard and Gibson Les Paul Standard ’50s Mahogany Top review
By Dave Burrluck published
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

“Everything a great beginner guitar should be”: Sterling By Music Man Intro Series Cutlass
By Jonathan Horsley published
The refreshed Cutlass is a sweet-looking vintage-ish S-style, but could this be the next apex predator in the market for entry-level electrics?

“Plays like something several times the price”: Shergold Masquerader SM11 Standard review
By Neville Marten published
An original British guitar model – beloved of leftfielders like Bernard Sumner and Julian Cope – updated, modernized, and punching well above its new, lowly price point

"Gibson is currently producing some of the finest guitars in its history": Gibson Les Paul Studio Session review
By Daryl Robertson published
Flame top, neck binding, and classic mother-of-pearl logo – when does a Studio stop being a Studio?

“I’m floored by its harmonically rich voice”: Xotic XSS Super S-Style review
By Paul Riario published
With its dreamy flip-flop metallic finish and a super-serious humbucker, this might be the '80s-inspired S-style you've been dreaming of
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