The 60+ guitars, amps, pedals, basses, and accessories that stood out from the crowd and earned our coveted Premier Gear Award this year.
Caparison Horus-M3 CC
Caparison builds high-end metal machines for Killswitch Engage and Mattias Eklundh, and now their artist roster includes Courtney Cox of the Iron Maidens. Her signature Horus-M3 CC has a maple body, mahogany wings, a Schaller floating tremolo and locking nut, Gotoh tuners, and a cutaway with access to the 27th fret. The CC’s Caparison pickups offer a refreshing change from the sound of active pickups so prominent in modern metal.Read the review
$2,799 street, caparisonguitars.com
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1. Peavey Invective.MH — $699 street, peavey.com
2. Chase Bliss Dark World — $349 street, chaseblissaudio.com
3. Comins CGS-16 — $2,399 street, cominsguitars.com
4. Ernie Ball Music Man Short-Scale StingRay — $1,999 street, music-man.com
5. EBS MicroBass 3 — $349 street, ebssweden.com
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