Guitarist Reviews

It’s been a long time coming, but Seth Baccus’s Argonaut is finally here and sets a new level for offset design. Guitar‑making rarely gets better than this!

Following the success of Fender’s Acoustasonic series come two somewhat more traditional-looking electros. Packed with Fender/Fishman innovation, could they be even cooler?

British builder Jason Snelling aims to turn reclaimed wood, parts and pickups into viable and vibey Strat-style guitars

The new 2023 Joe Doe by Vintage range boasts a totally fictitious history but some refreshingly different takes on the classics

The latest in the Axe I/O family is a compact and portable recording solution with dedicated features for electric guitars

The modding world has gone pickup crazy, and now Gibson has joined the fray with its Pickup Shop. We put two of its flagship humbuckers under the microscope

This fresh take on the classic offset outline teams humbucker and P-90 pickups with top-name hardware and stunning looks

Cream T’s fledging guitar line-up was upended earlier this year, but now its core model, the Aurora, is back, and with it, its radical pickup swapping feature

A small but mighty fuzzstortion for all your metal needs, but this has an appeal beyond the denim and leather cohort

At £12,240 (nearly $15,000), this premium-level model from the renowned UK-based acoustic builder is the most expensive guitar we have reviewed, but it might also be one of the best. Want to know what a high-end acoustic plays like? Read on…

Origin Effects takes on the infamous golden overdrive and makes it more versatile than ever

The Nano range offers classic EHX tones in a more compact format, but this downsized version of the Pulsar tremolo manages to add more controls to the format

The original 2019 Fender Vintera models offered a fine and affordable snapshot of Fenders from a particular ‘vintage era’. So, what do the Mk II class of 2023 Vinteras bring to the table?

EHX has been doing some Nano-sizing of its most popular pedal designs and has duly shrunk the Q-Tron envelope filter – but is it still a big deal for your sound?

With its latest HRM V2 pedal, J. Rockett refines the Hot Rubber Monkey-modded Dumble sound

The modernist pickup maker turns its attention to the wild and wacky Fender Jazzmaster to give it an active pickup makeover

Beetronics presents a vintage octave fuzz with all the modern benefits of convenient switching technology

Originally designed by Trev Wilkinson, the Eclat single-cut gets a makeover for 2023, and a signature tie-up with Brit guitarist Paul Rose

PJD is back doing what it always did: making great guitars. Let’s welcome the York, a celebration of where this story started

One of the most talked-about pickups of 2023, Rabea Massaad’s new signature set could be just what you need to cover all bases without losing those quintessential Strat sounds