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Sitting side by side in our studio is this Epiphone EJ200 and a rare, birds eye maple-topped PRS. You'd assume that anyone with any idea about guitars would head straight for the PRS. Oh no.

Hi, fellow picker, it sure has been a long time since I've posted here. I'm all caught up in fatherhood, running my sites, gigging, writing, traveling.

The First Act VE591 is a unique beast. Part quality solid body electric, part modeling preamp, part headphone amp, there’s really not many competitors in this particular niche.

When Gibson debuted the Robot Guitar in December 2007, it was quite the revelation. Sure, Steinberger’s Trans-Trem allowed you to shift the guitar’s whole tuning up or down by a semitone.

Between its £2k-plus USA-made guitars and the ultra affordable Korean-made SE range, PRS is developing a third way – more simplistic USA-made 'blue collar' guitars.

The care and attention paid to the recently reviewed Road Worn guitars from Fender was mightily impressive, and left bassists keen to see how Precision and Jazz versions might turn out.

Unlike cutaways, there's not as large a selection of non-cutaway electros and, attracted to the style, we wondered if we could get a high quality guitar of this type without going into four figures...

The story of the Rex Bassking sounds like a legend, or at the very least a Da Vinci Code style tale of investigation, serendipity and discovery.

Why am I reviewing a guitar that has been discontinued, with Amott shifting allegiance from ESP to Dean?

My initial impressions of the box were very good. It’s built really well and is a breeze to work with. So easy I didn’t bother opening the manual.