Reviews Archive

Published on November 26th, 2011

By Mike Daly There’s always been something a little magical about Porsche’s midengine cars. From the Fifties-era 550 Spyder that »

Published on October 27th, 2011

By Alan Paul I took my 13-year-old son Jacob to see B.B. King at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New »

Published on September 27th, 2011

As the Sixties drew to a close, guitar manufacturers were faced with a dwindling supply of lightweight ash. This affected »

Published on August 17th, 2011

By Chris Gill Most guitarists, when asked to reveal their influences and inspirations, will rattle off a list of progenitors »

Published on July 25th, 2011

The Epiphone and Gibson companies were fierce rivals in the Thirties, constantly trying to outdo each other’s designs. »

Published on July 18th, 2011

Gretsch guitars’ popularity soared in the Sixties after George Harrison was seen using several Gretsch models, like the Country Gentleman, »

Published on July 11th, 2011

Jol Dantzig had designed guitars for Hamer and other makers for four decades when he decided that he’d had enough. »

Published on June 27th, 2011

Paul Reed Smith has long been known for making electric guitars of the highest quality, and his instruments have become »

Published on May 9th, 2011

by Adam Perlmutter | Photography by Jimmy Hubbard After escaping from medical school in the mid Seventies, Bill Collings began »

Published on March 14th, 2011

Only a handful of guitar designs have proven as iconic as that of the first mass-produced solidbody electric, the elegantly »