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Charlie Wilkins explores why guitarists crave sustain, how to get it and why some guitars sustain better than others

Can this early 60s Gibson Southern Jumbo be saved or has it gone belly up?

EPIPHONE JEFF BECK OXBLOOD 1954 LES PAUL £1,199

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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

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