fender custom shop

The official Marty Friedman Reverb shop will feature gear used on albums and tours since the 1990s… along with some surprises!

From their workshop in Chester, Matthew Bascetta and his small team have rapidly developed a reputation for producing some of the most wonderful aftermarket guitar pickups around, and over the last few years we’ve been consistently blown away by the build, vintage fidelity and simply stunning sound of House Of Tone’s pickups, whether they be humbuckers or single-coils.

Whether you’re shopping for your first Strat or looking to breathe new life into an old favourite, when it comes to killer Strat tone, we have the answers. It’s time to turn on, tune in and rock out…

ENKI opens shop with a no-nonsense guitar case that will survive anything from grumpy baggage handlers to rocky roads.

Last month, we travelled to the workshop of UK luthier Guitar & Bass Build in Oxfordshire.

This 1952 Gibson Les Paul is in such wonderful condition that, at a glance, you’d be forgiven for assuming it was a modern Custom Shop VOS reissue model.

The Custom Shop Amos humbuckers are modelled after those on the bluesman’s legendary 1958 Gibson Flying V.

Mansons Guitar Shop celebrates its 25th year of guitar trading with the highly regarded Guitar Show event at the Corn Exchange in Exeter, Devon on the 11th November 2017

Huw Price has flashbacks to his studio-engineer past thanks to a pair of ‘Workstation’ pedals from Robert Keeley that promise to be a one-stop shop for David Gilmour and shoegaze fans…

If guitar shopping is at the forefront of your mind, then we recommend marking 16 March in your diary, as that’s the date scheduled for the next Gardiner Houlagte guitar auction in Corsham, Wiltshire.