Dave Burrluck

Dave Burrluck

Dave Burrluck is one of the world’s most experienced guitar journalists, who started writing back in the '80s for International Musician and Recording World, co-founded The Guitar Magazine and has been the Gear Reviews Editor of Guitarist magazine for the past two decades. Along the way, Dave has been the sole author of The PRS Guitar Book and The Player's Guide to Guitar Maintenance as well as contributing to numerous other books on the electric guitar. Dave is an active gigging and recording musician and still finds time to make, repair and mod guitars, not least for Guitarist’s The Mod Squad.

Latest articles by Dave Burrluck

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Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s

By Dave Burrluck Published

All-new for 2019

Electric Guitars
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Vigier G.V. Hollow

By Dave Burrluck Published

The most classic Vigier yet?

Electric Guitars
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Gibson Les Paul Standard '50s

By Dave Burrluck Published

Back on track

Electric Guitars
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The story behind the unstoppable rise of PRS's SE guitars

By Dave Burrluck Published

How the premium US firm went about building its Asian-made SE line

Electric Guitars
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Fender Jimmy Page Mirror Telecaster

By Dave Burrluck Published

Perfect reflection

Electric Guitars
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PRS Paul’s Guitar

By Dave Burrluck Published

A heavyweight from PRS

Electric Guitars
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PRS SE Paul’s Guitar

By Dave Burrluck Published

A tasty PRS with a welcome price tag

Electric Guitars
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Patrick James Eggle Macon Special

By Dave Burrluck Published

Special Sauce

Electric Guitars
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Kauer Starliner Express

By Dave Burrluck Published

High flyer

Guitars
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PRS CE 24 Semi-Hollow

By Dave Burrluck Published

Family affair

Electric Guitars
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Blade RH-4 Classic 30th Anniversary DMG

By Dave Burrluck Published

Cutting edge

Guitars
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The story behind Fender's American Acoustasonic Telecaster

By Dave Burrluck Published

Tim Shaw and Brian Swerdfeger detail the research and development that went into the hybrid acoustic/electric guitar

Electric Guitars
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Shergold Provocateur SP02-SD

By Dave Burrluck Published

A bold revival

Electric Guitars
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Shergold Provocateur SP01-SD

By Dave Burrluck Published

Agent Provocateur

Electric Guitars
Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster
Fender American Acoustasonic Telecaster

By Dave Burrluck Published

Meet Fender's Tele vision: a hybrid acoustic/electric guitar that aims to do it all

Electric Guitars
Heritage
Heritage H-535

By Dave Burrluck Published

Following a classic recipe…

Guitars
Heritage
Heritage H-150

By Dave Burrluck Published

The right stuff

Guitars
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Gibson Les Paul Standard 2019

By Dave Burrluck Published

Raising the Standard one more

Electric Guitars
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Gibson Les Paul Traditional 2019

By Dave Burrluck Published

Traditional by name, traditional by nature

Electric Guitars
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Gibson Les Paul Classic 2019

By Dave Burrluck Published

A versatile, heavyweight take on a classic format

Electric Guitars
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Ruokangas Unicorn Supersonic

By Dave Burrluck Published

Beautifully boutique

Guitars
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Eastman SB56/N-GD

By Dave Burrluck Published

Soapbar star

Guitars
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Robert Godin: “If you make just the same thing as people did 50 or 60 years ago… Wow, things have changed!”

By Dave Burrluck Published

After four decades, Godin still seems like a ‘new’ brand. Why is that and who exactly is Robert Godin?

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G&L Fullerton Deluxe Comanche

By Dave Burrluck Published

Time to reevaluate Leo’s last stand?

Guitars
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Smitty Custom Guitars Model 4

By Dave Burrluck Published

Another glorious model from Smitty

Guitars
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