Reviews of Electric Guitars

"This is hand-made American Les Paul from Gibson's Custom workshops, it's what guitar dreams are made of..."

"This spunky little garage-rocker is based on an original Epiphone guitar from the sixties..."

"A beautiful example of the PRS knack of making a guitar that's perfectly tailored to its niche..."

"As soon as you flip the locks and open the moulded case you know you're onto something very special..."

"The BFG Les Paul is essentially an unfinished instrument, almost a statement of anti-fashion..."

"An inexpensive Les Paul with a couple of surprises up its sleeve..."

"Danelectro guitars were originally made for sale through the Sears mail order catalogue in America. The first truly popularist electric guitar..."

Originally introduced as a student guitar in the 1950's the Junior became the natural choice for the proto-punks of the late seventies and the neo-punks of the late nineties and early noughties...

"So much has been said and written about this particular plank that I feel like I've been asked to review Jordan's chest. Oh, well. Someone's gotta' do it. Wheel 'em on..."

"In a world of manic shredding it's a joy and a bit of a relief to be given a guitar that is built unabashedly for simple rock 'n' roll..."

"These rather unassuming planks are lauded as an entire guitar collection in one instrument. This seems on the face of it to be an impossible claim but I know what these Line 6 boys are capable of producing..."

"Even though I'm faced every day with a warehouse full of professional and semi-professional instruments I still enjoy getting a "beginner's" guitar out for a bit of a thrash..."

"It's obvious who's shoes this little fella is trying to fill, and big shoes they are indeed..."

"OK, it's a girl's guitar but it is still a guitar and it does still have Fender on the headstock, albeit in small writing..."

"Sometimes I simply love my job..."

"I'm a great lover of the Telecaster and believe that the Tele design should be protected under International Law (along with the double-hoop West Ham shirts that were so casually tossed into the dustbin of history). So when I was introduced to the P36 it was a blind date waiting to go wrong...!" 

"Taking a prized guitar abroad for purely recreational purposes is always fraught with danger. Trusting a legion of faceless baggage-handlers with your precious baby takes a lot of nerve. So if you really can't give up noodling for two weeks every summer then only safe option is a travel guitar..."

"Honestly, it's like putting King Herod in charge of Mothercare..."

"This is a very special recreation of a very special electric guitar from a very special moment in guitar history. Imagine being introduced to Marilyn Monroe in the flesh... wearing that dress... no, not you, her!"

"Fender and Roland have teamed up to add some very special features to a Standard American Series Stratocaster. The VG in the title must stand for Versatile Guitar."

"A good old-fashioned cheap Strat copy. I love 'em."

"Forget the name on the headstock, this little pretty girl weighs enough to be mistaken for the 'real deal'."

"Considering 'Studio' means 'stripped down' and this particular Les Paul is an Epiphone, I was interested to see what I would find..."

"I didn't have a good feeling about reviewing a £400 Epiphone. That size of wedge should buy you a seriously excellent guitar.  And guess what?  It does!"

"I now own one of these beasts after years of lusting after the classic shape and colouration. So I had pretty high expectations when I picked it up out of the case. After a couple of early tiffs we are now firmly in love."

"Mr Burns has taken time off from the Power Plant to re-issue his once famous electric music contraptions. I flipped sector 5 onto autopilot and reached for my big, square glasses..."

"An affordable axe for fledgling shredders..."

"They don't get much prettier than this. Vintage and Modern merged into one..."

"Whoa!  Spiky!"

"I already own the U2 from the previous reissue so I was intrigued to get my hands on the latest take on this timeless classic..."

"The Iceman Cometh!  ...or at least his little brother does..."

"The sales brochure for the Daisy Rock line proudly announces "Girl Guitars" in pink writing. I scratched my stubble and approached with caution..."

"The startlingly original design of the Jazzmaster introduced in 1957 is one of the iconic moments of Fender guitar history. In 1961 Fender introduced the shorter scale Jaguar. That's an awfully long pedigree to mess with..... by adding humbuckers? Let's take a look..."