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“We’re back in Laurel Canyon in the late '60s”: Eastman Fullertone Offset review
By Dave Burrluck published
Having launched two very impressive FullerTone models last year, Eastman delivers another – the first with an offset vibrato and oh-so hipster style

PRS and Ed Sheeran just unveiled a hollowbody baritone electric for all occasions
By Jonathan Horsley published
The pop megastar's SE Hollowbody I Piezo Baritone officially joins the main PRS lineup, and it's joined by a regular scale sibling – and a refresh of the SE amp lineup's finish options

Misha Mansoor’s Evertune-equipped 8-string might be the heaviest signature Jackson of all time
By Jonathan Horsley published
“I think the Evertune was the final piece of the puzzle,” says the Periphery riff-master as this extended-range monster arrives in a Nardo Gray finish and Mansoor's signature humbuckers

Is this the beginning of the end for the S-style? Fender issues cease and desist to US builder
By Jonathan Horsley published
We are now seeing the downstream effects of Fender's legal victory in Germany as Strat EU legal protections bring lawyers' letters to the doors of US guitar makers

“I wanted to write it off after seeing the fretboard and feeling the back of the neck, but it won me over,”: Charvel Standard Series San Dimas Style 2 SD2 HH HT review
By Matt McCracken published
Charvel takes on the lower end of the market with an Indonesian-built T-type that has some very intriguing specifications

Gretsch reinvents a cult classic loved by Jack Antonoff as it unveils two Electromatic baritones
By Jonathan Horsley published
The CVT and Jet Baritones take That Great Gretsch Sound into lower registers, and at a nice price too... But one question remains. Has Gretsch just made a metal guitar?

Seymour Duncan releases hand-wound replica of an OG humbucker from the dawn of the high-gain era
By Jonathan Horsley published
This 50th Anniversary release sees the Duncan Custom reverse-engineered and offered as a signed, limited edition set with a hand-wound '59 neck humbucker

Gibson’s unveils ‘50s and ‘60s ES-335s, promising “decade-correct feel, look and tone”
By Jonathan Horsley published
The ‘50s ES-335 comes strapped with Custombuckers, the ‘60s model has T-Types, and we’ve got classic finishes, vintage-inspired specs too

“Everything a headbanger could want from a metal guitar – just as long as you don’t need a neck pickup”: Jackson Pro Plus Pure Metal KE1A Kelly review
By Jonathan Horsley published
Because the original Jackson Kelly was just not metal enough, right?

Eddie Van Halen-approved baked maple necks? Check. Flagship pickups? Check. EVH Gear unveils stunning refresh of the Wolfgang Special
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Wolfgang Special Baked Maple is offered with a Floyd or a fully adjustable EVH compensated bridge with fine-tuners. In other EVH news, a 5150III 6L6 2x12 has been added to the Hypersonic series
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