Huw Price

Matthew Bascetta went from building violins and acoustic guitars to winding pickups, but he feels pickup winding and acoustic instrument voicing are closely related.

The Bax Bangeetar may look like an overdrive pedal with extra knobs, but there’s more to it than that.

Duesenberg’s most individual guitar design is back, with new colours, new pickups and a revised control layout.

The Small Trees is an all-valve clean booster and line driver that’s hand built here in the UK.

Although Supro amps may be more evocative for our American cousins, we can all appreciate retro chic.

In the second and final part of our DIY Workshop, we show you how to give your Fender Stratocaster a sixties makeover…

In the quest to nail authentic 60s Stratocaster tones, a set of vintage-style pickups can only get you so far. We reveal the secret ingredients and tech tips you need to make your Strat look and sound like the real deal…

They’re all hand-made with high-quality components, custom transformers and finger-jointed cabinets, but that’s where the similarities end. We sample three contrasting slices of boutique American pie…

If the name D’Angelico conjures up an image in your mind, it’s probably something like this. We take a closer look…

Catalinbread attempts to cram a Fender spring reverb and an Echoplex tape echo into stompbox housings.