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Latest articles by Mick Taylor

Knaggs Steve Stevens Signature
By Mick Taylor published
Steve Stevens and Joe Knaggs team up for a no-holds-barred rockin' single-cut

Fender Classic Series '60s Stratocaster Lacquer
By Mick Taylor published
Mid-price vintage-styled Strats with a nitrocellulose finish, you say? Well, here we are then...

Orange Custom Shop 50
By Mick Taylor published
Brit amp legend ups the ante with predominantly point-to-point wiring and the full CS treatment

Free The Tone Iron Forest Distortion IF-1D
By Mick Taylor published
Ex-Providence pedal whizz Yuki Hayashi returns with his own brand, plus a new distortion pedal with a penchant for hard rock

Free The Tone Gigs Boson Overdrive
By Mick Taylor published
Another heavenly overdrive from ex-Providence man Yuki Hayashi's new Free The Tone stable

Free The Tone SOV-2 Overdrive
By Mick Taylor published
We'd argue the SOV Overdrive is becoming a modern classic, this iteration offers beautiful tone, but it comes at a price...

Fender American Vintage '65 Stratocaster
By Mick Taylor published
Can a near-hair-splittingly authentic spec and an overhaul of the production process actually challenge a genuine vintage instrument?

Fender American Vintage '59 Stratocaster
By Mick Taylor published
Case open, olfactory and visual senses in overdrive, exactly what do we have here?

Fender American Vintage '56 Stratocaster
By Mick Taylor published
We've analysed it, taken it to bits, read a lot of history books and done a whole heap of playing and listening

Fuzz Faces explained
By Mick Taylor published
Fancy a massive, round noise-maker on your pedalboard? Guitarist magazine guides you through the many Faces of Fuzz

Martin DCPA5K
By Mick Taylor published
Martin takes the electro-acoustic guitar to the fifth tier with the PA5 range

Martin GPCPA5K
By Mick Taylor published
Martin takes the electro-acoustic guitar to the fifth tier with the PA5 range

Martin DRS2
By Mick Taylor published
Martin continues its assault on the mid-price bracket

Providence Stampede DT SDT-2
By Mick Taylor published
The latest top-end pedals from one of the most respected effects names in the business

Fender Pawn Shop Special Excelsior
By Mick Taylor published
The big F shows off its retro side

VIDEO: New Way Huge Echo-Puss Analog Delay pedal unveiled
By Mick Taylor published
World exclusive video demo from delay guru Jeorge Tripps

Vox AC15C2 'Twin'
By Mick Taylor published
Half an AC30 or double an AC15? Well, it's sort of part way between the two. Let us explain…

Mesa Boogie Royal Atlantic RA-100
By Mick Taylor published
Rectifiers and Stilettos have been top of the class at Mesa's School Of Rock for a good while now. But now there's a new boy, and he has a British accent…

Providence FDR-1F Flame Drive
By Mick Taylor published
Even more refinement, if you want it
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