Historic hardware: Lovetone pedals By Rod Brakes How the legendary brand behind the Meatball and Big Cheese came to be
Cecilia Della Peruti: “Stand behind what you want to do musically and try not to be too impressionable” By Rod Brakes We talk to the Beck guitarist and Gothic Tropic frontwoman
The surprising story of the Fender Telecaster By Jamie Dickson, Rod Brakes The quirks, prototypes and lightning fast development behind Fender's workhorse
Classic gear: Epiphone FT 110/Frontier By Rod Brakes When Epiphone went to Kalamazoo, a new Frontier beckoned…
Classic gear: Vox AC15 By Rod Brakes Vox turns a page in rock ’n’ roll history with its debut guitar amp
Classic gear: Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Hollow Body/Nashville By Rod Brakes Chet Atkins’ seminal signature archtop was a watershed for Gretsch…
Classic gear: Epiphone Zenith By Rod Brakes Part of the Masterbilt series, the Zenith signalled a new era for Epiphone
EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things review By Rod Brakes £249 €288 $249 Pedalboard management from the Swiss Army knife of stompboxes
Classic gear: Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster By Rod Brakes Gibson’s multi-voiced tonal smorgasbord came in many guises...
Historic hardware: Gibson ES-175D By Rod Brakes A close look at a 1965 Charlie Christian blade-pickup ES-175
Classic gear: Gibson Firebird VII By Rod Brakes The Firebird VII blazes through the 60s at the top of the pecking order
Earthquaker Devices Aqueduct review By Rod Brakes £205 €238 $199 A huge range of vibrato sounds, along with a few surprises, too...
Historic hardware: Fender's blonde electric guitars By Rod Brakes Fender’s now-iconic blonde finish has been through many evolutions
Classic gear: Fender Jazz Bass By Rod Brakes After the revolution of the P-Bass, the Jazz made the four-string even cooler
Graham Coxon: “I like to put the guitar under a certain amount of stress and see what it asks me to do” By Rod Brakes The Blur man on songwriting, gear and modding classics
Gem Archer: “It was always about being in a band. It still is! It was never about being a virtuoso” By Rod Brakes The Noel Gallagher/Oasis guitarist on his role as six-string sideman
Anna Calvi: “There’s this place between trying to be a master of your instrument, but then also being right on the edge of the cliff" By Rod Brakes We track down the Tele-wielding, creative firebrand
Classic gear: Fender Telecaster By Rod Brakes Leo Fender’s brainchild wins the long game after a hesitant start…
