Latest Reviews
“Ibanez serves up another RG that’s built for stunt guitar, priced for virtuosos-in-training, and with enough sounds to please the fusion kid and headbanger alike”: Ibanez RGR431PB review
The hallowed mid-priced speedster gets a poplar burl glow-up with a hard-tail for white-knuckle riffing and a reverse headstock for metal cool points.
"The app is where things get both wild and a little weird:" Positive Grid Reactor 50 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review
Is 'Amp Intelligence' the future of guitar tone? If this new Positive Grid amp is anything to go by, we've still got a few years before our digital overlords take over
“Make no mistake, it could grace any professional stage”: Fractal AM4 review
Fractal’s AM4 aims to make the company’s prestigious amp and effects modelling accessible to a larger audience
“The very essence of the Fender aesthetic”: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV 30th Anniversary review
The ubiquitous Hot Rod Deluxe celebrates its 30th birthday with a snazzy new look and some subtle sonic enhancements
“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
All the joy and versatility of a metal-minded seven-string Ibanez, smartly converted into a travel-friendly format
“We’re back in Laurel Canyon in the late '60s”: Eastman Fullertone Offset review
Having launched two very impressive FullerTone models last year, Eastman delivers another – the first with an offset vibrato and oh-so hipster style
“Chunky, organic, trashy and very characterful”: Zultan Raw 8” Mini Hi-Hat review
FX meets organic with Zultan’s hole-filled mini-hats
"If you’re after a pedal that delivers classic Cry Baby attitude with plenty of versatility, this is the one": Dunlop Cry Baby BB535 Reissue review
Dunlop has crafted a wah-shaped love letter to the guitar gods that made this expressive effect popular in the '90s
“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
Charvel takes on the lower end of the market with an Indonesian-built T-type that has some very intriguing specifications
