The 9 best guitars for beginners 2020: start playing with these beginner-friendly acoustic and electric guitars
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The best cheap acoustic guitars for under $/£500: 10 top budget acoustic guitars
Your guide to the best budget acoustic and electro-acoustic guitars, with amazing value options from Epiphone, Alvarez, Taylor and others
Increase your acoustic guitar's resonance with this "second back"
The TruTone creates space between you and your instrument
11 best guitar picks 2020: our expert choice of the best plectrums for acoustic, electric and bass
Transform your playing style and guitar tone with the best guitar picks from Fender, Ernie Ball, D'Addario and others
Fender announces two exotic Acoustasonic Stratocaster finishes
The limited edition facelifts come in Cocobolo and Ziricote
Fender unveils three new portable, feature-packed Acoustic Series amps
Each lightweight model includes effects, a looper, Bluetooth and more!
18 songs people always ask guitarists to play
How many have you been pressured into performing?
30 albums every guitarist should hear
Lost classics and masterpiece records that will inspire you
The 11 best pedalboards 2020: top choice pedalboards for guitarists
Organise your guitar effects pedal collection with one of the best pedalboards available
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Learn to play acoustic and electric with our guide to this easy-to-read notation
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Latest reviews
Taylor American Dream AD27 & AD17 Blacktop review
- £1619+
- €1499+
- $1399+
US-built Taylor acoustics at a more friendly price, the American Dream series have an old-school vibe and class in abundance
Cort Gold-OC6 review
- £749
- $1099
This OM cutaway looks exceptional for the price and might just be the stage-ready electro workhorse you've been looking for
Taylor GTe Urban Ash review
- £1835
Taylor finds a middle way between travel and full-size acoustic guitar with its new Grand Theater design
Fender CD-60S All-Mahogany review
- £189
- €219
- $199.99
This budget dreadnought from the Big F is a versatile tone machine that players of all abilities can enjoy
Cort Little CJ Walnut OP review
- £369
Cort makes one for road with a very reasonably priced three-quarter sized electro-acoustic
Martin SC-13E review
- £1599
- €1999
- $1499
Martin's bold and radical new acoustic makes an early claim for the best guitar of 2020
Martin X Series DX1E-04 review
- £603
- €683
- $649
Can Martin's entry-level laminate dreadnought live up to the name on the headstock?
