‘a really ugly strat hanging on the wall’

If the Fender Stratocaster is such a perfect design, why – wonders Dave Burrluck – is there a whole industry of aftermarket parts and pickups to improve it?

Gary’s iconic early custom colour Strat is a fascinating timepiece forever linked to that blazing Fender anniversary performance of Red House

The Byrds’ 12-string-toting folk hero talks Rickys, Roland JC-120s, JangleBoxes and more

Deep Purple’s longest-serving guitarist Steve Morse on the records, artists and gigs of lasting significance to him.

WITH THEIR 10TH ALBUM, ‘FUTIQUE’, BIFFY CLYRO REMIND US EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROCK BANDS OF THE MODERN AGE…

IF YOU’RE EXPECTING something like Rory Gallagher’s or Mike McCready’s tattered Strats, you’re going to be disappointed. The new limited-edition Road Worns — a ’50s Jazzmaster, the ’60s Strat reviewed