Electric Guitar Reviews
Latest Electric Guitar Reviews

“From fit to finish, it’s staggering how good this guitar feels and sounds”: Cort G250 SE review
By Paul Riario published
The ultimate budget-friendly double-cut? This HSS electric retails for just $349 but it may well just blow your mind

"This guitar is a joy to play": Fender Player II Jazzmaster review
By Daryl Robertson published
Fender's most popular range gets its long-awaited sequel – but is it worth upgrading?

“This may be the ultimate Superstrat-Tele hybrid”: Caparison Dellinger-JSM V2 review
By Chris Gill published
Killswitch Engage’s Joel Stroetzel has debuted a signature guitar that presents itself as a miracle of high-performance guitar design – but it ain’t cheap

“If you’re looking for unique tones paired with modern build and playability, it’s an amazing guitar”: Fender Player II Jaguar review
By Matt McCracken published
Getting to grips with what could be the highlight of Fender’s Player II Series

“One of the best legitimately new guitars Fender has produced in decades”: Fender American Ultra II Meteora review
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Meteora is that rarest of things: a new body shape from one of the oldest electric guitar manufacturers. As this “sports car version” of the Fender Jazzmaster joins the Big F’s most high-performance range, is it a match made in offset heaven?

“An almost timeless design from the hands and ears of one of the greats”: Lowden GL-J review
By Dave Burrluck published
A Lowden electric? The GL-10 – originally introduced in 2018, and recreated for Ed Sheeran – now gets a semi-solid sibling

“We’re not hearing $1,750 difference”: Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1955 Les Paul Standard and Gibson Les Paul Standard ’50s Mahogany Top review
By Dave Burrluck published
Two recent Les Paul launches from Gibson and Epiphone take a nod back to the ’50s in style. But not only are they made on different continents, they’re very different in price. Which is best? Let’s find out

“Everything a great beginner guitar should be”: Sterling By Music Man Intro Series Cutlass
By Jonathan Horsley published
The refreshed Cutlass is a sweet-looking vintage-ish S-style, but could this be the next apex predator in the market for entry-level electrics?

“Plays like something several times the price”: Shergold Masquerader SM11 Standard review
By Dave Burrluck published
An original British guitar model – beloved of leftfielders like Bernard Sumner and Julian Cope – updated, modernized, and punching well above its new, lowly price point
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