Solar Guitars just revealed their first made-in-Spain Chop Shop release for 2024: The Solar AB1.6FR “Chrome Canibalismo”. The most spectacular thing about this metal axe is that it is in fact covered in metal, and the finish takes quite a while to cure and harden so the appearance will change naturally over time. They have […]

Now, I can’t say that I was waiting for an amp/cab sim pedal.. but now that I see that it exists, I’m a bit blown away by the Boss IR-2 to be honest. Sure, there’s other IR-loading pedals out there, or small power amps, but this small combo looks like it could solve so many […]

Allright, I’m getting some serious GAS (you know… guitar acquisition syndrome) here. Epiphone just presented a whole bunch of new guitars made in collaboration with Gibson Custom: 1959 Les Paul Standard, Les Paul Custom, 1963 Les Paul SG Custom with Maestro vibrola and the semi-hollow classic 1959 ES-355. The kicker? All these Epiphones come with […]

I’m just a sucker for Gretsch aesthetics, this beauty is a limited edition semi-hollow single cut Electromatic Broadkaster Jr made as the signature guitar for Chris Rocha. Besides the good looks (it’s only available in vintage white with gold sparkle binding and gold hardware) it also sports: Watch the guitar in action in the video […]

Swedish metal guitar virtuoso Mattias “IA” Eklundh has left Caparison Guitars and started his own brand: Freak Guitar Lab. Now, they’re only offering one guitar line at the moment: ULV (ulv being an ancient word for “wolf” in Swedish) which is available as both 6 string and 8 string, both with true temperament fretboards for […]

Epiphone just launched two new bursts to their line of Les Paul Modern Figured guitars and I think these look absolutely stellar to be honest; the Mojave Burst and the Purple Burst. The Modern Figured line features a traditional Les Paul (also available as SG’s, if that’s more your thing and they look equally stellar) […]

Think what you will about Joe Bonamassa, but he ought to know a thing or two about P.A.F humbuckers (the classic and earliest iteration of the humbucker pickup, acronym coming from the “Patent Applied For” sticker found beneath them, invented by Seth Lover for Gibson back in 1955). His new signature set of Seymour Duncan […]

Oh wow, while Schecter released another Avenged Sevenfold signature guitar a while back, the extremely well-behaved and, in comparison, well-combed Zacky Vengeance SG-style ZV, this time we go with another Synyster Gates signature. Schecter calls this Synyster Custom-S “Distressed Satin Black” and yeah, I think I can sign off on that. This thing looks like […]

Say what you want about Swedish guitar makers Strandberg but they sure have become top of mind for many of us when it comes to headless and ergonomic guitars. While their guitars more often than not costs quite a fortune (they can go for everything from $3,800 to $11,000 depending on your wallet) they’ve decided […]

Allrightie, if you’re gonna try to play Stairway to Heaven and money is of absolutely no issue, this would be the guitar to do it on. Gibson has launched a collector’s edition of the Jimmy Page EDS-1275 Doubleneck and they’ll set you back a whopping $50,000. Quite the legendary 12+6 string SG that Page played […]