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?

Michael Watts explores solutions to the challenge of amplifying acoustic guitars over the decades – are we nearly there yet?

Let’s whip off those ’plates and take a look inside

After the fabled ‘Greeny’, this was Gary’s go-to ’Burst

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

As work continues, we get to hear the guitar for the first time in months