Pre-cbs sunburst stratocasters

Epiphone Flying V

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

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?

Charlie Wilkins digs into the mystique of NOS valves – can they really transform your guitar tone or is it all just a myth?

1960 Gibson ES-335

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”