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Mike Zaite explains how a background in electronics and a front-row seat to the British Invasion of the 1960s led to the formation of Dr Z Amplification – and why the sonics always lead the schematics

Gibson Les Paul Music City Special £1,599

EPIPHONE JEFF BECK OXBLOOD 1954 LES PAUL £1,199

If guitars are actually getting better by the day, us modders will have nothing to improve. Is it the end of the line, wonders Dave Burrluck, when he gets a new guitar on the bench

French loadbox leader, Two Notes, releases the Swiss Army knife of amplifier attenuation and connectivity – we witness the results

The ever-active session legend on his love for cheap guitars, Roland gear, and modding his pickups