Classic gear: Fender Esquire By Rod Brakes Fender’s first electric has a unique allure - and bags of tonal character
Classic gear: Fender Telecaster Deluxe By Rod Brakes The history of Fender’s '70s flagship Tele - a melting pot of influences...
Dave Hill: “We were always thinking outside the box, but we were also conscious of entertainment” By Rod Brakes The Slade guitarist talks first guitars, Chas Chandler and rebooting the band
FX guru Roger Mayer on Hendrix: “Anybody can buy a wah and just make it go ‘wah-wah-wah’, but making it talk is something else” By Rod Brakes Gear mastermind on that Woodstock set and Jimi's rig
Classic gear: Fender Jazzmaster By Rod Brakes Fender’s offset solidbody makes a splash in surf and new wave
Classic gear: Gibson Les Paul Special By Rod Brakes The last in (and first out of) Gibson’s original Les Paul line-up...
Classic gear: Marshall JTM45 MK II By Rod Brakes How Marshall’s debut amp opened a new chapter in rock ’n’ roll history...
Richard Fortus: “We’re pushed and inspired by our own tone... We’re gonna be playing better because we’re hearing what we want to hear” By Rod Brakes The GN’R veteran talks hunting down guitars, nailing his tone and sharing a stage with Slash
Classic gear: Dallas Rangemaster - the secret sauce behind Rory Gallagher, Tony Iommi and Marc Bolan's signature tones By Rod Brakes How this humble unit helped guitar’s greatest achieve their iconic tones...
Mad Professor Double Moon review By Rod Brakes £249 €250 A compact multi-modulation pedal with expansive analogue sounds
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...
