Dave Burrluck

The parlour from Fender's Paramount line

While most of us would happily give houseroom to a classic Fender electric or amp, a Fender acoustic is a less obvious choice, especially in the lower market area where we are swamped with choice.

It's been a bumper year for PRS, which is fitting as it's the firm's 30th Anniversary.

Turn the clock back to the early 90s and Paul Reed Smith – who had started his production factory in 1985 – frankly, was looking for clues.

Martin might have the reputation as the heritage acoustic guitar company, but on so many levels, it remains remarkably advanced.

Bringing a touch of Nashville to your live rig

PRS is marking its 30th birthday with a bewildering number of new models.

Córdoba's masterplan is to make the traditional classical and flamenco guitar available to all guitarists, not least with the modern 'crossover' guitar on review here, the Iberia GK Studio.

A smart and accurate headstock tuner with polyphonic capabilities and great versatility

Slightly smaller but perfectly formed, Martin's Dreadnought Junior has 'electro-acoustic of the year' written all over it. Can it really be that good?

Yamaha's Silent electro 'acoustic' guitars - both the steel- and nylon-string models - have been featured in our pages before. And not just as practice instruments, either

What's the point of a Silent Guitar? Practice, that's what... and you need one

The concept behind the Fusion series is simple enough: to create a nylon-string guitar that feels like a steel-string

You don't need to be a guitar enthusiast to see the current and still-building popularity in small guitars

The Baby electro gets an ES2 upgrade

Onstage DI and EQ for your acoustic guitar or bass

The first all-new S2 design and the coolest PRS yet

Smaller-bodied satin semi-acoustic shines

Alex Lifeson has been a PRS electric player for many years, though he's never been a signature artist until now, with this affordable version of his £8,600 Private Stock model

These new lightweight Sledgehammer tuners from Korg share a wide- jawed plastic clip and fully rotating tubular head

Back to electric guitar land for Eggle

ESP's affordable LTD range is known for its rock and metal-friendly guitars, less so acoustics

The 'maple' in this Gibson's abbreviated name refers to the LPM's neck, a pretty unusual choice over the mahogany usually used on an LP

This wedge-shaped 'Slope' isn't a new amp as such, just a reconfigured version of the well-loved Compact 60, now in its third generation