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Gibson brings back the T-Top humbucker with “period-correct” 1968 spec
By Jonathan Horsley published
The signs were there that the T-Top was making a return when Michael Schenker's Murphy Lab Flying V shipped with a pair. Now it's officially available from the Gibson Pickup Shop

“A lot of people lost the plot”: Jared James Nichols on what's wrong with vintage guitar culture
By Jonathan Horsley published
Obsessing over value, or how rare something is, are we forgetting what makes these instruments special in the first place?

Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland unveils his first-ever Jackson signature guitar
By Jonathan Horsley published
Featuring one Seymour Duncan Invader, one Floyd 1500 Series vibrato, and one headstock that requires a double take

“For those who find Strandberg’s space-age designs a little too alien, Ibanez’s Q series is the perfect middle ground”: Ibanez QX527B review
By Phil Weller published
All the joy and versatility of a metal-minded seven-string Ibanez, smartly converted into a travel-friendly format

Donner reinvents the travel guitar with a headless electric featuring onboard amp and speaker
By Jonathan Horsley published
The HUSH-X Live and Live Pro feature a neck-through build, stainless steel frets, Bluetooth... everything you need from a take-anywhere guitar

“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
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