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What You Can and Can’t See When Buying a Guitar
A Builder’s Perspective

What You Can and Can’t See When Buying a Guitar

When shopping for an instrument, what you see isn't necessarily all you get. Paul Reed Smith offers a checklist of considerations, including the invisible ones, for guitar hunters.

Fender 70th Anniversary American Vintage Stratocaster Reviews
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Fender 70th Anniversary American Vintage Stratocaster Reviews

Two Strats celebrating the iconic solidbody’s 70th Anniversary excel from different ends of the price spectrum.

PRS SE CE 24 Standard Satin guitar
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PRS SE CE 24 Standard Satin Review

This $500 solidbody may look like a no-frills machine, but it’s a rock-solid player with features that elevate it above most guitars in its price category.

BilT Rele Guiar
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BilT Rele Review

An extroverted and beautiful version of BilT’s most affordable model showcases the guitar’s core strengths and the company’s knack for creative onboard electronics.

PRS t-style NF 53 guitar
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PRS NF 53 Review

Annapolis pays tribute to Fullerton in a fantastically playable T-style that also deviates significantly from the form.

DIY: Seven Ways to Soup Up Your New Guitar
Guitar & Bass Mods

DIY: Seven Ways to Soup Up Your New Guitar

Luthier Dave Helmer shows you how to cure buzzy strings, bad intonation, gnarly frets, high action, and other common troubles with off-the-shelf axes.