Premier Guitar features affiliate links to help support our content. We may earn a commission on any affiliated purchases.

Gallery: Halo Guitars AshCourt Build

Halo Guitars shares with us the build of their AshCourt model reviewed this month.

The Brian May Gibson SJ-200 12-string in the hands of the artist himself.

Despite a recent health scare, guitarist Brian May cannot be stopped. With the Queen reissue project, he’s celebrating his legacy, and with his new SJ-200—a limited edition signature Gibson acoustic guitar—he looks to the future.

Long lasting instrumental relationships are something we love to root for. Neil Young and Old Black, Willie Nelson and Trigger—those are inseparable pairings of artist and instrument where, over the course of long careers, those guitars have been shaped, excessively in both cases, by the hands that play them. Eddie Van Halen went steps beyond with Frankenstein, assembling the guitar to his needs from the get-go. But few rock ’n’ roll relationships imbue the kind of warm-and-fuzzy feelings as the story of Brian May and his dad building Red Special, the very instrument that hung around his neck for his rise to superstardom and beyond.

Read MoreShow less

Introducing Torpedo Reload II - Two Notes Audio Engineering's latest groundbreaking reactive load solution, featuring twin-channel operation, multi-impedance compatibility, and continuous attenuation. With a CelestionĀ® Approved Load Response and 215W per channel power amplifier, Reload II redefines backline control.

Read MoreShow less

On That’s the Price of Loving Me, ā€œWe’re Not Finished Yetā€ is a love letter to Wareham’s 1968 Gibson ES-335.

Photo by Mario Heller

The singer-songwriter-guitarist, known for his time with indie rock heroes Galaxie 500, Luna, and Dean & Britta, reunites with producer Kramer on his latest song-driven solo effort, That’s the Price of Loving Me.

ā€œYou want there to be moments where something unexpected hits you,ā€ says Dean Wareham. ā€œThey’ve done studies on this. What is it in a song that makes people cry? What is it that moves you? It’s something unexpected.ā€

Read MoreShow less

In the ’80s, Peter Buck’s clean, chime-y arpeggios defined the sound of alt-rock to come.

Read MoreShow less