Birds of a feather

Used by big names such as Richard Fortus and Audley Freed, and made here in the UK, Ivison guitars recall the lost art of the ‘golden era’ but in very original dress

EPIPHONE JEFF BECK OXBLOOD 1954 LES PAUL £1,199

EVERY GUITARIST DREAMS of having an instrument that bears his or her name, and with not one but two models under his belt, Marcus King is living that dream before even hitting 30. Back in 2021, the So

Gibson Les Paul Music City Special £1,599

Along with its specific 40th Anniversary models, PRS is cranking out the new releases this year, not least with two new three-pickup Special Semi-Hollow models in the S2 and SE line. We compare those with the longer-running Core version

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