Reviews "One cool guitar from one of the hippest builders." The Rivolta Quadrata is a stylishly original take on a famous retro rock axe Lightweight Simarouba wood for the body and glued-in neck keep this beauty at a respectable weight Fuchs' ODH hybrid tube/solid-state amp is a gig-worthy tone machine at an approachable price Designed by Andy Fuchs to meet his own needs, the new head looks primed for broad acceptance Taylor 50th Anniversary 858e LTD Grand Orchestra 12-string combines vintage glory with modern tech for a glorious playing experience In homage to its founding year, no more than 1,974 guitars for each model will be made available worldwide Latest Reviews The iconic Batwing-shaped axe made famous by Soundgarden: the new Guild Polara Kim Thayil Signature reviewed By Art Thompson published 8 December 23 Hard rock guitarists will be rushing to get their hands on this new affordable, signature version of the S-100 Polara from China "An amp worth auditioning if you’re in the market for a gig-worthy, low-watt combo that punches above its weight class": Does Fender's Tone Master Princeton Reverb amp live up to the lofty precedent set by its tube-powered sibling? By Art Thompson published 6 December 23 Considering that it's significantly cheaper than a standard Princeton Reverb, there’s enough true-to-form realism here to make the Tone Master Princeton a sweet deal “One of the most seamless, natural and organic-sounding solid-state pedals we’ve ever played”: Crank it up to 11 with Dinosaural’s award-winning three-channel Cogmeister Overdrive By Dave Hunter published 18 November 23 The Cogmeister Overdrive sounds fabulous – its three stages interact beautifully to create a range of tactile and tube-like clipping tones that suit any playing style – and richly deserves an Editors’ Pick award ‘‘Creating dreamy sounds that were once only possible in world-class recording studios…’’ The new award-winning range of stompboxes from Universal Audio will blow your mind By Art Thompson published 17 November 23 Four super-versatile state-of-the-art compact effects pedals –the Evermore Studio Reverb, Heavenly Plate Reverb, Orion Tape Echo and the 1176 Studio Compressor – tested "A streamlined hard-charging beast": the Peavey HP 2 Poplar Burl RM reviewed By Dave Hunter published 12 November 23 The direct descendant of Peavey’s best-known and most historic rock axe of all time, the Wolfgang, returns — now handcrafted in the Czech Republic Plastic-free and fully FSC-certified, with a hemp gig bag, the Martin OM Biosphere must be one of the greenest guitars ever – but is it any good? By Jimmy Leslie published 11 November 23 Martin’s second über-environmental guitar: the OM Biosphere reviewed "Eminently playable and fiercely versatile": the Yamaha Revstar Professional RSP02T reviewed By Dave Hunter published 10 November 23 Yamaha's high-end Japanese-built powerhouse is back and better than ever with a makeover for 2023 Acoustic Control Gamma Effects Pedals Review By Dave Hunter published 21 September 23 All are worth checking out, but the Atlas Boosted Overdrive and Narcissus Warm Delay deserve Editors’ Pick Awards PRS Myles Kennedy Signature Review By Art Thompson published 20 September 23 "The more I played the Myles Kennedy signature and experienced what it can do, the more I liked it" L.R. Baggs HiFi High-Fidelity Acoustic Bridge Plate Pickup System Review By Jimmy Leslie published 20 September 23 For ushering in a new chapter at one of the most innovative companies in the acoustic-electric arena, HiFi earns an Editors’ Pick Award 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1“I took a bass string, put it on the guitar...” Joe Perry reveals his unusual techniques behind writing classic Aerosmith riffs 2Justin Hayward on “Nights in White Satin” and the 12-string he got from Lonnie Donegan 3Why did the Beatles play Epiphone Casinos? It all comes back to one man4A more affordable Jimmy Page Double-Neck returns with uncanny accuracy, thanks to 3-D scanning5The new MC5 album took more than 50 years to arrive. Guitarist Wayne Kramer and his bandmates have passed on, but the celebration is just beginning
The iconic Batwing-shaped axe made famous by Soundgarden: the new Guild Polara Kim Thayil Signature reviewed By Art Thompson published 8 December 23 Hard rock guitarists will be rushing to get their hands on this new affordable, signature version of the S-100 Polara from China
"An amp worth auditioning if you’re in the market for a gig-worthy, low-watt combo that punches above its weight class": Does Fender's Tone Master Princeton Reverb amp live up to the lofty precedent set by its tube-powered sibling? By Art Thompson published 6 December 23 Considering that it's significantly cheaper than a standard Princeton Reverb, there’s enough true-to-form realism here to make the Tone Master Princeton a sweet deal
“One of the most seamless, natural and organic-sounding solid-state pedals we’ve ever played”: Crank it up to 11 with Dinosaural’s award-winning three-channel Cogmeister Overdrive By Dave Hunter published 18 November 23 The Cogmeister Overdrive sounds fabulous – its three stages interact beautifully to create a range of tactile and tube-like clipping tones that suit any playing style – and richly deserves an Editors’ Pick award
‘‘Creating dreamy sounds that were once only possible in world-class recording studios…’’ The new award-winning range of stompboxes from Universal Audio will blow your mind By Art Thompson published 17 November 23 Four super-versatile state-of-the-art compact effects pedals –the Evermore Studio Reverb, Heavenly Plate Reverb, Orion Tape Echo and the 1176 Studio Compressor – tested
"A streamlined hard-charging beast": the Peavey HP 2 Poplar Burl RM reviewed By Dave Hunter published 12 November 23 The direct descendant of Peavey’s best-known and most historic rock axe of all time, the Wolfgang, returns — now handcrafted in the Czech Republic
Plastic-free and fully FSC-certified, with a hemp gig bag, the Martin OM Biosphere must be one of the greenest guitars ever – but is it any good? By Jimmy Leslie published 11 November 23 Martin’s second über-environmental guitar: the OM Biosphere reviewed
"Eminently playable and fiercely versatile": the Yamaha Revstar Professional RSP02T reviewed By Dave Hunter published 10 November 23 Yamaha's high-end Japanese-built powerhouse is back and better than ever with a makeover for 2023
Acoustic Control Gamma Effects Pedals Review By Dave Hunter published 21 September 23 All are worth checking out, but the Atlas Boosted Overdrive and Narcissus Warm Delay deserve Editors’ Pick Awards
PRS Myles Kennedy Signature Review By Art Thompson published 20 September 23 "The more I played the Myles Kennedy signature and experienced what it can do, the more I liked it"
L.R. Baggs HiFi High-Fidelity Acoustic Bridge Plate Pickup System Review By Jimmy Leslie published 20 September 23 For ushering in a new chapter at one of the most innovative companies in the acoustic-electric arena, HiFi earns an Editors’ Pick Award
