Chris Vinnicombe

In this issue: what it means to be a modern guitarist, Tame Impala's Kevin Parker looks back at his seminal debut record, and why Teenage Fanclub are feeling stronger than ever.

Fresh from Guild’s vintage-inspired Newark St. Collection, could this retro hot-rod be the leader of the pack?

Is this keenly priced thinline semi from Eastman as smooth as its gloss nitrocellulose finish?

In this issue: how grunge changed guitar forever, Anna Calvi on Telecasters, and the first instalment of JHS founder Josh Scott's new column.

We check out this golden wonder from 1952 in the latest instalment of The Money Shot.

An instrument from a controversial period in Fender’s history gets a modern-day makeover – and we can’t get enough of it.

Two of the UK’s foremost collectors of vintage Fenders share their stories and buying advice as we enter a candy store bursting with custom colours.

Inside this issue: Foo Fighters celebrate their 10th record, two vintage Fender collectors show us their technicoloured candy store, and Epiphone collaborate with the Gibson Custom Shop on the most holy of grails, the 1959 Les Paul Standard.

Inside this issue: Hendrix's iconic Flying V and SG moments, what to expect from the pedal world this year, and why one guitarist is shredding on a mountaintop 3,000 metres above ground.

Here, Koehler lifts the lid on the painstaking work that went into recreating Jimi Hendrix’s SG Custom and Flying V.