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The Guitar World reviews team's gear of the year 2025

Platinum Award-winners, forward-thinkers and new classics from our favourite guitars, amps, effects, plugins, bass gear and more

Guitar World · Dec 23, 2025

"I’m just gonna warn you — these are the LOUDEST pickups I’ve ever heard in a guitar": Bare Knuckle Halcyon humbucker pickup review

Could the Halcyon humbucker be the forceful sonic voice you've been seeking?

Guitar World · Nov 13, 2025

LD Systems ANNY 8 Compact Bluetooth PA System

A go-anywhere sound system with all the pro features you need.

Guitar World · Feb 6, 2025

Kick up your acoustic tone with FU-Tone’s high-performance titanium and brass bridge pins

The first name in guitar hardware upgrades has a little something special for all you unplugged players, too

Guitar World · Sep 16, 2024

“You almost forget you’re playing a carbon fiber guitar… this is a lifestyle instrument that is ready for the stage, the studio and even the great outdoors”: KLOS Guitars’ Grand Cutaway Mini is made to go with you – wherever you want to play

The US builder has nailed the balance of wood tone and carbon fiber consistency with a travel-friendly model that could well become your only guitar

Guitar World · Sep 12, 2024

“This guitar is fantastic for drop tunings. The stability is bar none”: Reverend Guitars’ new Billy Corgan Signature Drop-Z is a precise-engineered long-scale riff machine designed for those who love Smashing Pumpkins and drop tunings

Corgan’s latest signature Reverend is precision-engineered, and features an optimized string tension/scale length combo that ensures unparalleled drop-tuned playability

Guitar World · Aug 23, 2024

“Spark 2 is like taking Madison Square Garden wherever you go”: Positive Grid is launching its groundbreaking Spark 2 desktop amp with a live premiere event featuring Nuno Bettencourt and Periphery's Jake Bowen – watch now

Hosted by Guitar World's own Paul Riario, the star-studded event will give viewers an early look and listen to the already-lauded amp

Guitar World · Jul 30, 2024

”Much like Lollar’s other fantastic pickups, the DC-90 is expressive, musical, and now, quieter”: Lollar's new DC-90 pickup gives you that classic P-90 snap, without the pesky noise

Imbued with a distinct character that adds depth and dimension to everything from sparkling cleans to brawny, Van Halen-style riffs – the DC-90 delivers everything you need from a P-90, without those annoying drawbacks

Guitar World · Jul 18, 2024

Improve your Fender’s neck playability and reliability with a KLŌS Guitars’ F-Series Carbon Fiber Neck Replacement for Strat, Tele and Jazzmaster

Carbon fiber upgrade makes “everything so precise and stable all across the fretboard”

Guitar World · May 9, 2024

“Percussive attack, lively dynamics and the distinctive resonance that swamp ash is known for”: the PRS SE Swamp Ash offers the full tonal package in one guitar

Swamp ash makes its return to PRS with a fun, flexible, and beautifully built HSH model – and it’s a tonal Swiss Army Knife

Guitar World · Apr 16, 2024