Mick Taylor

Handmade in the USA, this 12-string is evidence of a thoroughly revived Guild brand

While tweaking a classic design and build in the far east is a superb way to establish instant manufacturing capacity with just a fraction of the associated costs, the results vary wildly

There's been no shortage of new acoustic guitar brands in the last decade. Here we meet another UK firm…

This new British brand is aiming to offer premium-quality guitars at a more affordable price. Is Auden on target?

We check in on the new DCPA4 and find a workhorse acoustic that can handle most jobs

A fresh perspective on the magic of maple

Yamaha lets the quality do the talking with its new traditional-style LS acoustic

Boutique designed, Korean-made acoustic

Andrew White was a new name to us when a very enthusiastic Ben Montague from London's The North American Guitar got in touch a few months back

Put some fun in your acoustic strum

One of Mesa/Boogie's new overdrive stompbox foursome - the first 'normal' pedal from the firm famed for its amplifiers

One of Mesa/Boogie's new quartet of stompboxes - the first of their kind from the company.

One of Mesa/Boogie's new quartet of stompboxes - the first of their kind from the company

In a refreshing step away from established designs, this David of the acoustic guitar world shows, yet again, that he has the stones to take on Goliath

Simple solution to multiple true-bypass loop switching

A new overdrive that aims to sit at the top of a very competitive pile

This update of the MkI A/B-Y (first reviewed summer 2009) has an improved circuit, plus off/true bypass and phase reversal options.

UK marque Hayden enters the crowded mid-range amp market

Thought the 18-watt TubeMeister was tiny? Check out its five-watt baby brother

An elaborate desk toy or a real amp? You might be surprised by the TubeMeister 5

The lunchbox amp evolves into a full picnic hamper

Quiet, loud, clean, dirty, with speaker or without. Is there nothing this new valve mini-head can't do?