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“This is a difficult guitar to put a review score on”: Harley Benton Fusion-T II HH RW HT PM review
By Phil Weller Published
Harley Benton doubles down as one of the industry’s leading affordable brands with a well-appointed player

“Makes you realise just how good budget guitars have become”: Harley Benton ST-62LA review
By James Bentley Published
Hand-relic'd with a spec sheet that doesn't get old, Harley Benton's Aged Series brings vintage feel on a budget

“Ideal for beginner guitarists chasing heavier sounds”: Sire Larry Carlton X1 review
By Phil Weller Published
The jazz-minded session ace goes heavy metal with his latest wallet-friendly collaboration with Sire, and it’s heavy in both senses of the word

Baum Guitars Verve review
By Matt McCracken Published
Distinctive looks and a buttery-smooth neck profile with this T-style, but some QC issues hold it back

"The baritone format might just be the CVT’s natural home": Gretsch Electromatic CVT Baritone review
By Stuart Williams Published
Forget surf, this baritone is designed to deliver at the meatier end of the rock spectrum

“Sounds you'll never have heard from a guitar before”: Strandberg x Jamstik Chameleon review
By Connor Flys Published
Class-leading MIDI tech meets a top-rated ergonomic guitar – the perfect combination?

“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
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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.

“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

“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

“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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