Alex Bishop reshapes a guitar neck this month – but will he destroy a pristine new guitar in the process?

AN ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUE all electric guitarists should strive to master is the art of string bending, which can be used to create personally expressive, vocal-like sounds in unique ways. String bending

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

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?

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