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Alex Bishop journeys up to Yorkshire for the inaugural String Break UK luthiers’ summit

A year after their debut at NAMM 2024, the Victory MK Clean and MK Overdrive are the toast of the high-end valve scene. Chief designer Martin Kidd unfurls the schematics

An Australian brand with a burgeoning reputation down under takes its first steps into the limelight in the UK with a pair of hand-built acoustics that incorporate premium tonewoods and a sharp eye for design

With a nod to Bowie style, this latest Knaggs Hollowbody creates one of the finest Kenais we’ve played over the past 15 years. The Genie is truly out of the bottle!

Why are more and more guitar builders making their own pickups, wonders Dave Burrluck, and does it affect us players who are used to decades-old designs road-tested by giants?

With a raft of recent high-spec reissue launches, is Epiphone now the home of affordable ‘vintage’ Gibsons? On paper, yes. But what about in the flesh?