Looking to add some gear to your holiday wish list? Here are 60 of the surest bets we played through this year. Each of these items scored either a 5 or a 4.5 overall, and basically blew our minds. If you need more guidance, check out our Premier Gear Awards, where we bestowed awards for categories like, Loud as Hell, Artisan, Nice Price and more.
 Perfectly Reviewed Gear |
| Guitars |
| Duesenberg Mike Campbell Signature |
| Brown’s Guitar Factory BGF Guitar |
| Collings 290 |
| Hahn Model 228 |
| Gretsch G6118T “Double Annie” |
| DeTemple Spirit Series |
| McPherson MG3.5 |
| Amps & Cabs |
| LR Baggs Core 1 Acoustic Amp |
| Industrial Amps Rock 120 |
| Mills Acoustics Afterburner Cab |
| Goodsell SuperSeventeen Mark Three |
| Retro King 18-Watt Combo |
| Two Rock Classic Type Two |
| Xits Piper X30 |
| CB Evans Spitfire |
| Carol Ann OD2r |
| Soldano 44 BCM |
| Tone God TubeUlent |
| Jaguar Twin |
| Effects |
| Jekeko Fixed Wah |
| Analog Man DS-1 Midrange Mod |
| Source Audio Distortion |
| Xotic Effects BB Plus |
| Ibanez Tube King TK999HT |
| TC Electronic Nova Reverb |
| Source Audio Soundblox |
| BOSS SL20 Slicer |
| Wampler Analog Echo |
| BSM RG (Rory Gallagher) Treble Booster |
| BSM VX-T Treble Booster |
| ISP Technologies G-String Decimator |
| Mad Professor Little Green Wonder |
| Pickups & Accessories |
| Jodavi ZZYZX Snapjack |
| PW Modular Snake System |
| G7th Nashville Capo |
| Joe Barden J-Style Bass Pickups |
| Aphex 230 Master Voice Processer |
Near-Perfect 4.5 Gear |
| Guitars |
| St. Blues Mississippi Bluesmaster |
| Liquid Metal Guitar |
| Reverend Ron Asheton |
| Huss & Dalton 00-SP |
| Hamer Talladega Pro |
| Spalt Voodoo |
| Taylor Solidbody |
| Carvin SH550 |
| Campbell American Transitone |
| Zemaitis Tribal Tattoo |
| Stromberg Montreux Jazz Guitar |
| Nik Huber Junior and Special |
| Ribbecke Halfling Acoustic |
| Amps & Cabs |
| Carr Mini Mercury |
| Reinhardt SV18 Head & Cab |
| Tubewonder |
| Carr Raleigh |
| Reason SM50 |
| Carvin X100B |
| Effects |
| TC Electronic Nova Delay |
| Fishman AFX Reverb |
| Arteffect Zenith Overdrive |
| Catalinbread Serrano Picoso |
| Catalinbread Ottava Magus |
| Tonebone PZ-Pre |
| Mojo Hand Analogue Filter 442 |
| Mojo Hand Nebula |
| Mojo Hand Luna |
| Fractal Audio Axe FX |
| BOSS DD-7 Digital Delay |
| Mad Professor Fire Red Fuzz |
| Devi Ever Legend of Fuzz |
| Oohlala Synth Mangler |
| Tim Champion Hissy Foot |
| MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay |
| Visual Sound V2 Liquid Chorus |
| Visual Sound V2 Comp 66 |
| Seymour Duncan SFX-07 Shape Shifter |
| Himmelstrutz Elektro Art Fetto |
| Dino''s Guitars Rust Box |
| Aguilar Tone Hammer |
| Demeter OD-1 Over Drivulator |
| Visual Sound V2 Route 808 |
| Visual Sound V2 Son of Hyde |
| Tim Champion Fuzzar-o |
| Pickups & Accessories |
| Fishman Matrix Infinity Undersaddle |
| Carl Martin Octa Switch |
