classic gear

This top-of-the-range signature model was at the frontline of the British Invasion

The classic '60s fuzz that hasn’t stopped smiling since the Summer of Love

The history of the revolutionary thinline hollowbody that became a leading voice in rock ’n’ roll

Tone Bender builder David Main of D*A*M cleans up the fuzzy picture of these classic British stompboxes

The story behind every '60s studio's not-so-secret weapon – an electric 12-string that played well and sounded even better

This cutaway electric flat-top set a template for modern acoustic design

The history of the stereo guitar that promised “new magic to your music”

The story of the classic signature model that offered a new twist on Gibson's semi-hollow designs

Futuristic in both design and success, the Flying V was ahead of its time

The 'bird that never quite flew was a radical new angle for '60s Gibson design

Historic hardware: Martin & Co’s museum and archives specialist Jason Ahner guides us through some pivotal 19th and 20th-century Martins

From Hendrix to Gilmour, this iconic fuzz pedal has been delivering for decades

From clean-cut surf to punk, the Jag is an offset with a lot of history. Guitar historian Martin Kelly unpacks its story

The story behind the thinline hollowbodies that helped revolutionize Gibson design

The history of Epiphone’s mini-’bucker-loaded thinline, which was the answer to Gibson’s PAF-toting ES-335

That Pedal Show co-host Mick Taylor, Analog Man’s Mike Piera, and Tube Screamer circuit designer Susumu Tamura on one of the world's most popular and influential overdrive pedals

A new sound springs to life and makes a splash in the surf-rock scene - this is the story of Fender's iconic reverb unit

With American guitars thin on the ground in the UK in the '50s, Hofner filled the thinline gap...

Everything you need to know about the world's most iconic overdrive pedal