Classic gear: Epiphone Riviera By Rod Brakes published 14 August 20 The history of Epiphone’s mini-’bucker-loaded thinline, which was the answer to Gibson’s PAF-toting ES-335
Classic gear: Maxon Overdrive and Ibanez Tube Screamer By Rod Brakes published 7 August 20 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
Classic gear: Fender Reverb By Rod Brakes published 20 July 20 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
Classic gear: Hofner Verithin By Guitarist editors published 14 May 20 With American guitars thin on the ground in the UK in the '50s, Hofner filled the thinline gap...
Classic gear: Ibanez Tube Screamer By Alex Lynham published 7 May 20 Everything you need to know about the world's most iconic overdrive pedal
Classic gear: Paul Cochrane Timmy By Alex Lynham published 3 April 20 One of the first boutique overdrive pedals, the Timmy has been endlessly cloned due to its fantastic sound and versatile tone-shaping options
Classic gear: Electro-Harmonix POG By Alex Lynham published 9 March 20 With the POG, polyphonic pitch-shifting finally arrived for the average player, and its great tones and superior tracking have cemented its place in pedal history
Battle for the bass: the story of Fender and Gibson's fight for low-end supremacy By Rod Brakes published 3 February 20 Gibson’s Mat Koehler and Fender historian Terry Foster on how two industry titans went head-to-head in search of the ultimate electric bass
Classic Gear: the rise and fall of Gibson's Firebird III By Rod Brakes published 24 January 20 We take a look at the legendary automobile-inspired electric guitar