The last guitar in this 12-month special series has just been announced. Will the new Rarities Flame Maple Top Stratocaster make you part with your money?
Gibson revamps the Custom Shop! The Murphy Lab is a new Custom Shop division headed by guitar relic'ing expert artisan Tom Murphy. Will 2020 bring even more accurately aged guitars?
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Once upon a time Fender made a guitar with no name, the "Nocaster". Now Joe Bonamassa has loaned his PAF-loaded Nocaster to the Fender Custom Shop. Is there a new signature guitar in the offing?
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Rumours were sparked over the weekend when all the content disappeared from Gibson's YouTube channel - now it's back with a new video featuring the company's Global Brand Ambassador, Slash!
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Gibson has pulled all its official videos from YouTube worldwide, while rumours are flying that Mark Agnesi has been let go from the company as well. What is going on at Gibson?
Users on a UK guitar forum find images of Fender Custom Shop Stratocasters with very similar relic patterns. Do these point to automated processes at Fender Custom Shop? And if they do, so what?
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The new Gibson Custom Shop Slash Signed 1966 EDS 1275 Doubleneck Replica Aged Ebony is the ultimate stadium rock guitar/boat anchor.
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The new Fender Britt Daniel Tele Thinline signature model is the Spoon frontman's take on what makes a great guitar. A great-looking guitar, it also comes with a few modern tweaks.
The ESP Custom Shop in Japan has created a radioactive tribute to the ultimate monster icon of film and TV to celebrate 65 years of the Godzilla franchise. It comes with a monster price tag, too...
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Brian is the lead guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band and his new Custom Shop '62 SG Junior has lots of features to make his job a lot easier and give him a smooth ride.
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Fender Custom Shop has revealed all their mid year releases including two new signature models. One for Steve Ray Vaughan and the other for Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy
High performance German made shredders available in either Masterbuilt or Teambuilt versions. Will the new Framus Diablo Progressive X entice you enough to buy one?
The new Custom Shop Fulltone CS-OCD-Ge is the latest incarnation of Michael Fuller's famous OCD drive pedal made possible by a stash of 'unobtanium' Germanium diodes. Is this the "ultimate" OCD?
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This DC Standard Pro prototype is what Gibson planned to destroy PRS back in 1992 and now one of them has surfaced on YouTube, so we can see what the American guitar giant was planning.
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The Game Of Thrones is nearly at the end, will the Whitewalkers take over the world? Or will the North triumph? Either way, Fender's Custom Shop has been busy working on these fiery beasts!
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The new Fender Custom Shop Josefina hand-wound Tomatillo Stratocaster pickup set is being touted by the company as its next big thing in '50s style Strat tone.
