Dave Burrluck
Dave Burrluck is one of the world’s most experienced guitar journalists, who started writing back in the '80s for International Musician and Recording World, co-founded The Guitar Magazine and has been the Gear Reviews Editor of Guitarist magazine for the past two decades. Along the way, Dave has been the sole author of The PRS Guitar Book and The Player's Guide to Guitar Maintenance as well as contributing to numerous other books on the electric guitar. Dave is an active gigging and recording musician and still finds time to make, repair and mod guitars, not least for Guitarist’s The Mod Squad.
Latest articles by Dave Burrluck
Trinity by Relish review
By Dave Burrluck published
Relish has created a solidbody with its unique pickup-swapping feature. Electric guitars may never be the same again…
Nik Huber Piet review
By Dave Burrluck published
Nik Huber’s latest solidbody is inspired by the offset fashion and named after his youngest son. The result is very classy
Fender American Original ’70s Telecaster Custom review
By Dave Burrluck published
Featuring the original-style Cunife Wide Range humbucker, this Tele Custom has that '70s thing to a T
Guild Aristocrat HH & P90 review
By Dave Burrluck published
This pair of Guild single-cuts combine vintage style and lighter weight at a temptingly affordable price
PRS McCarty 2020 review
By Dave Burrluck published
Always in the Custom's shadow, the 26-year-old McCarty was PRS’s first ‘vintage-aimed’ model and has been revised for 2020
Martin SC-13E review
By Dave Burrluck published
Martin’s big launch for 2020 is a very un-Martin-style ‘crossover’ guitar. A designer’s folly or the future?
PRS S2 McCarty 594, S2 McCarty 594 Singlecut & S2 McCarty 594 Thinline review
By Dave Burrluck published
PRS’s trio of S2 594 models were a big hit at this year’s NAMM Show. How do they fare in the flesh? Very well…
PRS S2 35th Anniversary Custom 24 review
By Dave Burrluck published
PRS celebrates a landmark year with an S2 that promises expanded sounds for half the price of the Core Custom
Eastman Romeo review
By Dave Burrluck published
A smart semi-hollow drawing on Eastman's archtop heritage - it could well be love at first sight for the Romeo...
Fender American Acoustasonic Stratocaster review
By Dave Burrluck published
A year on from the groundbreaking Acoustasonic Tele, the Big F releases this hybrid acoustic/electric Strat. But is it just a new shape or a new voice?
Guild Starfire II ST Dynasonic review
By Dave Burrluck published
One of the oldest ‘classic’ pickup designs makes a return to the Guild range. But is everything quite what it seems?
Fret-King 'Black Label' Country Squire Semitone Special review
By Dave Burrluck published
Possibly the most over-looked brand in the history of overlooked brands, Fret-King continues to offer affordable and intelligently designed guitars. This one’s rather special...
Vintage Reissued V100PBB and V100MP review
By Dave Burrluck published
Brit-conceived and long-running lookalike brand Vintage is going places – particularly across the pond in the USA. Is now the time to reconsider the copy? We think so…
PRS SE Santana Singlecut Trem review
By Dave Burrluck published
PRS launched a trio of signature models at the start of 2019 and decided to leave the biggest till last. Finally, we catch up with Santana’s latest vision...
Ernie Ball Music Man Mariposa review
By Dave Burrluck published
Ernie Ball Music Man and Omar Rodríguez-López create a stunning signature model that stands out from the crowd
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