I'll warn you now, this is a long one. But if you're sick to the back teeth of those Jag history articles that cite Fender's m...

Are you ready for Planet Botch - the cult guitar mag?... No, neither am I, so this is only a mock-up cover, made with apologies to all wh...

The definitive 1991 production model of the Jeff Beck Signature Strat sitting pretty in Surf Green... Nice. If ever an early 'ninetie...

Tracing back the history of music technology, you'll find a period in the second half of the 1970s when the phase-shifting effect ente...

Vintage Strats look as good as they sound. But don't ask Victoria Druggs to pose with one unless you wish to hear an extended repertoir...

I wouldn't say I was glad to see the back of the 1980s, but the decade had a lot to apologise for. Gated snares, chorussed toms, washe...

In the land of Rick it's not black and sunburst - it's Jetglo and Fireglo. Everything about these beautifully-crafted, cellulose-f...

Feast your eyes on the above picture. How long does it take your thoughts to wander into the territory of available funds? Less than seven...

When the market for vintage electric guitar replicas set light around the end of the 1970s, manufacturers of retro-spec Telecasters were ...

Yes, it's whammy time, as an early 1990s monster of rock pops its three-tone sunburst above the parapet for a heavily overdriven trip...

Showing the model code 10-0909, a Fender USA '62 Vintage Reissue Stratocaster inspection tag from March 2nd 1990. How obsessive are y...

Well, we're here. This is it. This is the distant future that the 1980s guitar magazines talked about. The point at which the guitar...

Is there a warmer finish anywhere on Earth? Candy Apple Red in all its glory on a Stratocaster, complete with the 1960s fashion statement o...

I'm sure you recognise them. But do you call these partners in crime the '60s and '50s Stratocaster reissues, or the '62 an...

“ Fabulously well made ”... “ Always a joy to play ”... “ A sound and sustain more like that from a Les Paul than almost any other Japanes...

Ohhhh yeahhhh! As Gibson themselves put it in 1970, the 1958-1960 sunburst Les Paul Standard design really was the “Daddy of 'em all”. ...

If ever you find yourself staring at a seemingly bog-standard Korean Squier Telecaster with a CN5 or CN6 serial number, you may not realis...

TBX tone controls, Lace Sensors, bright yellow Strats, birth of Fender Korea, rebirth of Fender USA, death of Squier Japan, complete decimat...

With huge success, in 1989 the long-time rock guitarist and singer Gary Moore made a dramatic decision to dump heavy metal and pitch head ...

In some cases, an audio cassette is expected to sound dull, muddy or woolly. Some tapes were manufactured to a very low budget, with an un...