$1000+

Loaded with DiMarzio pickups and tone-shaping power, the new five-string from Charvel is a hot-rodded bass ace with a strong '80s vibe

Why don’t more makers just focus on simplicity, playability and sound? Well, here’s a boutique level Junior-style guitar that does exactly that. Fasten your seat belts, you’re in for a ride!

Who needs a Floyd Rose when you have a turbo-charged S-style with no limits like this?

A pair of contrasting all-solid wood acoustic-electrics from Cort’s Chinese workshop with a host of innovative features to their name

High-concept, high-performance electrics from Jackson that bring a Custom Shop vibe to production-line metal guitars

This pair of signature hot-rodded S-styles were inspired by the '80s but are 100 per cent relevant today, offering a speedy ride and stunning tones at a sensible price

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

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

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