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…
Historic hardware: Gibson's pre-humbucker guitars By Rod Brakes Down memory lane with some pre-PAF tone machines
In pictures: Johnny Marr's gear collection By Rod Brakes A career in gear - we get a guided tour of Marr-selected guitars, amps and effects
Classic gear: Gibson ES-355TD By Rod Brakes Gibson’s iconic cherry red finish goes into full-scale production with the ES-355
Manic Street Preachers' James Dean Bradfield: “I’m loving Strats now - if I can make them sound a bit more like a Gibson!” By Rod Brakes Track-by-track on the gear behind Resistance Is Futile
Johnny Marr: “I had an approach to the guitar that I knew was going to take some thinking about. A lot of it was about discarding the stuff I didn’t need” By Rod Brakes We visit the ex-Smiths man at his studio
Historic hardware: 1965 Fender Electric XII By Rod Brakes A rare sparkling vintage - the Big F's 12-string
EarthQuaker Devices Westwood review By Rod Brakes £185 €218 $179 Revisiting the age-old question of transparent overdrive
Brantone Electronics Woodstock review By Rod Brakes £115 Turn on, tune up and plug into the sound of silicon
In-demand producer Tom Dalgety: “The pedal, amp and guitar are important, but so is the EQ, the preamp and the mic!" By Rod Brakes The Royal Blood, Ghost and Pixies producer shares his secrets to killer guitar tones
Boss RV-500 Reverb review By Rod Brakes £385 €399 $349 Take care of your reverb and delay needs with one stompbox
Adrian Utley: “Playing guitar can be so many things. It’s been my salvation, my way of making a living” By Rod Brakes The Portishead guitarist reveals his prized gear and reflects on his career
Classic gear: Fender Telecaster Deluxe By Rod Brakes The history of Fender’s '70s flagship Tele - a melting pot of influences...
