The bernie marsden collection

Five Stratocasters, all sunbursts and all different – so what is the best vintage if you’re craving a classic?

Blackberry Smoke’s guitarist reveals his greatest guitar triumphs, the pitfalls and blessings of his Les Paul Junior addiction, and his outright disdain of “bad amps”

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

1960 Gibson ES-335

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?

Dream gear to beg, borrow and steal for...