Eastman E20OOSS/v and E20SS/v review By David Mead published 9 August 22 Two models that hark back to the glory days of acoustic guitar making – but there’s a very subtle twist to the tale...
Spector NS Dimension 4SFB review By Kevin Sanders published 5 August 22 Multi-scale, super-playable, with a build quality to match, the NS Dimension has it all going on...
Boss RE-2 Space Echo review By Alex Lynham published 4 August 22 The long-rumoured and much-anticipated compact Space Echo arrives, but is it worth the wait?
Epiphone Jerry Cantrell ‘Wino’ Les Paul Custom and Les Paul Custom Prophecy review By Rob Laing published 2 August 22 Jerry Cantrell’s collaboration with Epiphone presents two very different but similarly thrilling takes on the classic single-cut. The question is: which one do you want more?
Lowden S-23J review By Dave Burrluck published 29 July 22 Lowden isn’t known for its nylon-string models, but the long-running Jazz Collection houses some fine ‘crossover’ instruments in its typical high-class style
Positive Grid Spark Mini review By Rob Laing published 29 July 22 The Spark 40 has got a smaller 10W sibling and it offers a similarly audacious range of sounds and functions in a non-more-portable format – and [spoilers] it sounds huge
Walrus Audio Mako M1 High-Fidelity Modulation Machine review By Trevor Curwen published 28 July 22 Walrus Audio’s new Mako series pedal presents a greatest hits of modulation and offers multiple adjustable parameters to shape your tone
J. Rockett Audio Designs El Hombre review By Trevor Curwen published 27 July 22 J. Rockett’s tribute to Billy Gibbons is an overdrive offering amp-like feel in a compact box – for that Texan sound and more
Fender JV Modified ’50s Telecaster and ’60s Stratocaster review By Neville Marten published 26 July 22 Forty years on from the launch of the Japanese-made JV series Strat and Tele, Fender revisits the range with ‘modified’ versions that claim to offer the best of the old and the new
Flattley Bass Chief and Bass Poison Ivy review By Joel McIver published 14 July 22 Gnarly overdrive and fuzz options for the bass player's pedalboard, with sounds as good as the enclosures look
Thermion Stone Age review By Trevor Curwen published 13 July 22 Four flavors of fully-analogue fuzz in one pedal... How many more could a guitar player need?
Victory V4 The Jack review By Nick Guppy published 13 July 22 Victory’s latest addition is a highly portable all-valve preamp with a 180-watt power amp, digital reverb and built-in Two Notes Torpedo cab sim technology
Utech Records Rat Licker Distortion review By Paul Riario published 12 July 22 This limited-run collaboration is a one-dial, set-and-forget beast for lovers of heavy, RAT-style distortion
Fender Paramount PD-220E review By Rob Laing published 11 July 22 Is this stunning all-mahogany dreadnought the new benchmark for electro-acoustics at this price? The evidence suggests as much
Sheeran By Lowden Equals Edition review By Dave Burrluck published 8 July 22 To celebrate Ed Sheeran’s mega-selling Equals album, his guitar company has come up with this wee wonder. And like the star behind it, it is a bona-fide crowd-pleaser
Phil Jones Bass X4 NanoBass Combo review By Kevin Johnson published 7 July 22 How does a bass amp featuring nanotechnology size up? Not too badly as it goes, with Phil Jones making the most of an improbably small format
Walrus Audio Slötvå review By Rob Laing published 6 July 22 Cinematic, other-worldly and endlessly inspiring, the Slötvå adds programmable presets to the awesome textured reverb sounds of the Slö, and is a must for adventurous tone-seekers
Gretsch G5422TG Electromatic review By Paul Riario published 5 July 22 More robust, more player-friendly and more affordable, this big-bodied electric from the Electromatic series is a born crowd-pleaser
Furch Yellow Deluxe GC-CR review By David Mead published 4 July 22 It may look like a straightforward Grand Concert cutaway from the outside, but there’s toneful innovation aplenty going on behind the scenes
Cream T Crossfire review By Dave Burrluck published 1 July 22 The second design from Cream T’s well-received guitar venture shows off a different direction with some offset style, pickup swapping and an aggressive starting price
