Michael Brown

Being part of American behemoth Harman Professional has its advantages: just ask DigiTech, which has the license to use sister company Lexicon's studio-grade reverbs

Legendary pedal designer Jeorge Tripps and his Way Huge boffins reckon they've nailed the secret recipe behind blended sounds

EHX has set out to cram all its pitch-shifting knowhow into one Nano-enclosured dreambox

Blackstar's BEAM represents one of the most evolved desktop amps yet, introducing Bluetooth streaming alongside its wealth of models and rugged good lucks

Custom Shop drive with a license to IL

The offset gets a nitro finish

Flicking through the Fender catalogue today, it's hard to believe that the company ever discontinued the Jazzmaster

Go the full Tremonti

You might expect PRS' SE Standard to pale in comparison to the recently reviewed S2 Standard 24, but on first impression, that certainly isn't the case

Other than the solid-colour finish, pickguard-mounted electronics and missing maple top, the PRS S2 Standard is spec'd the same as the 'regular' S2 Custom 24, right down to the S2 locking tuners

Five incarnations later, the Triple Delay goes where no Flashback has gone before, allowing you to run three delays at once.

A space-ready shimmer reverb

The Custom Shop line has taken MXR into the upper echelons of the pedal market and it shows no sign of stopping with this Custom Comp Deluxe

So what's the difference between this and the recently reviewed Squier Classic Vibe '50s Strat?

Back in 1954, the Stratocaster turned the guitar world on its head - and with eye-catching finishes such as the Sherwood Green Metallic we have here, it's still swivelling noggins today

For a lot of players, 1972 was the year the Telecaster Thinline grew up

The Trinity taken to infinity