Guitar

A Workhorse Acoustic-Electric That's Ready to Gig There's a certain kind of guitar that just gets out of your way — one that sounds good unplugged ...

A Strat-Shape That Actually Made Us Stop and Look Again The Yamaha Pacifica Standard Plus has been turning heads since its debut, and the Sparkle B...

California Cool, Premium Hardware, Fired Red Finish The Yamaha Pacifica series has been around since 1990, and there's a reason it keeps showing up...

A Pacifica That Means Business The Yamaha PAC611VFM Pacifica is the kind of guitar that makes you rethink what you expect at this price point. Born...

A Stage-Ready Concert Guitar That Travels Light Some guitars just make sense. The Yamaha AC1R VN is the kind of acoustic-electric you reach for whe...

A Parlor Guitar That Punches Way Above Its Size There's something genuinely satisfying about picking up a parlor guitar and discovering it sounds n...

A Road-Ready Concert Guitar That Sounds Better Than It Has Any Right To There's a type of guitar that gets described as a workhorse so often the wo...

D'Angelico's Compact Semi-Hollow, Upgraded for the Stage If you've ever played a full-size semi-hollow and thought "I love this sound, I just wish ...

A New York Classic With a Darker Edge The D'Angelico Excel SS is the kind of guitar that turns heads before you play a note — and the Grey Black fi...

Blue Burst Meets Burl — And Then There's a Floyd Rose Some guitars make you look twice before you even plug in. The Schecter Omen Elite-6 FR in See...

A Solid Stage-Ready Dreadnought, Ready to Play Again Sometimes a used guitar tells a story — and the Fender CD-140SCE Black has clearly had a life....

A Vintage-Inspired Hollowbody With Serious Character Some guitars are easy to walk past. The Hagstrom '67 Viking II is not one of them. That cherr...

A Tele Shape That Plays by Different Rules You know the Telecaster silhouette — slab body, straightforward looks, no-nonsense attitude. But this on...

New York Attitude, Acoustic Soul D'Angelico has been one of the most distinctive names in guitar building since the art deco era, and the Premier G...

New York Soul in a Guitar That Feels Like It's Been Yours for Years Some guitars look like they just rolled off the factory floor. The D'Angelico D...

All Black, All Business — The Schecter Stiletto Stealth-4 Some basses want to be noticed. The Stiletto Stealth-4 wants to be heard. Head-to-toe sat...

Vintage Looks, Modern Moves — Meet the SR50X Music Man's original StingRay guitar was always a little ahead of its time — double-cut body, block in...

Where Electric Comfort Meets Acoustic Sound If you've ever wanted an acoustic guitar that feels more like your electric, the Ibanez Talman TCY10E m...

A Classical Guitar You Can Actually Take to a Gig Not everyone wants to haul a full-depth classical guitar to an open mic or rehearsal. If you love...

A Serious Left-Handed Electric at a No-Nonsense Price Finding a solid left-handed electric guitar that doesn't ask you to compromise on hardware or...

AZ Series Flexibility, Flamed Maple Good Looks The Ibanez AZ Standard AZ24S1F is one of those guitars that covers a lot of ground without asking yo...

The Bongo Shape Gets a Purple Satin Makeover — and a Price That Makes Sense The Bongo is one of those basses that stops people in their tracks. Tha...

The FG Legacy, All Grown Up Some guitars make you feel like you're holding a piece of history — the Yamaha FGX3 Red Label is one of them. Inspired ...

That StingRay Sound, Now With a Low B If you've ever watched a bassist lock into a deep groove and wondered what bass they were playing, there's a ...