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PJD Guitars founder Leigh Dovey on the evolution of the UK’s most exciting electric guitar brand
The return of one of our favourite PJD models and a decade and a half of UK guitar-making needs a bit of a celebration. We pop a cork with PJD’s founder, Leigh Dovey
The Metropolitan Museum of Art claims to have solved the mystery of the Rolling Stones' 1959 Gibson Les Paul – which Mick Taylor alleges has been missing for decades
The guitar, which was famously played by Keith Richards on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, was thought to have been stolen in 1971 – a rock 'n' roll legend which the Met refutes
Gibson brings some of its most sought-after vintage gems to Epiphone’s Inspired by Custom range for the first time
Rare vintage models get an accessible relaunch, with pre-war reissues and thermally aged tops making up the drop
Paul Reed Smith on a guitar's most crucial feature – and how it dictates your tone
Forget pickups and the weight of a guitar – this is where tone really starts, according to Smith
Gibson hires the investigative journalists who helped find Paul McCartney's lost Höfner violin bass to aid the hunt for the missing Back to the Future ES-345
The guitar has been missing since filming wrapped 40 years ago. This shrewd hire might just turn the tide
PRS and John Mayer unveil fresh finishes for the best-selling SE Silver Sky – and add new Maple models
The classic looks expand the Strat-inspired guitar’s empire, while previously rosewood-exclusive finishes make their way onto maple ’board models
Russian luthier builds Les Paul out of donuts (sort of)
Though sadly not edible, it takes the prize as the best confectionery-themed guitar we’ve ever seen
Met Museum refutes that former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor ever owned the ’59 Les Paul he claims was stolen and now appears in a new exhibit
Taylor's representatives are requesting that the museum make the guitar available for inspection – while the museum asserts that it was Keith Richards who held onto the guitar until 1971
Best Squier guitars 2025: Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jaguars and more for the budget-conscious player
From budget Teles, to vintage-spec’d Strats, I look at the best Squiers available today
How Ola Strandberg went from midlife crisis to revolutionizing headless guitars – and what he thinks could be next
When he burned out in the IT world, Strandberg rekindled his passion for guitar building via secret sessions in his employer’s workshop. The guitar industry hasn’t been the same since. He explains why it will keep changing
