Darran Charles

Mark Holcomb is one-third of Periphery's guitar triumvirate and a self-confessed PRS obsessive.

With five different body styles on offer, the Pro series now represents a healthy proportion of the USA company's output

By paying homage to classic designs at affordable price tags, Vintage has earned a decent reputation.

A plug-in for the metal connoisseur

Although the Charvel brand has been around since the early 1970s, a newer generation of guitarists may have only recently met its acquaintance via the newly released Guthrie Govan signature model.

The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist's signature guitar finally sees the light of day

In the past few years, Caparison has emerged as a brand synonymous with metal and shred players

A 29-fret metal monster guitar

Those of you under 30 probably won't remember Kramer in its heyday

Vigier's take on the single-cut design was introduced to the world back in 2009 in the form of the GV Wood

Mind-expanding eight-string electric

Over 40 years since its introduction, the Super Swede is still the flagship model of Swedish (of course) maker Hagstrom

The latest addition to Epiphone's growing list of signature models is a Les Paul created for Lee Malia, guitarist with metalcore heavyweights Bring Me The Horizon

Caparison Guitars was formed almost 20 years ago by former members of the Japanese division of Charvel/Jackson and it's remained true to that heritage

This latest addition to the Parallaxe range is designed in conjunction with YouTube guitar star and Feared and The Haunted axeman, Ola Englund.

Although Schecter has been in business for over 30 years, producing models diverse enough as to attract the likes of Pete Townshend and Mark Knopfler, today, it's synonymous with rock and metal

The KM-7 is the signature model of prog- metal player Keith Merrow who, although a solo artist in his own right, is perhaps best known as a guitar product demonstrator.

Although we've covered and reviewed some examples of its high-end USA custom shop models in the last few months, Schecter is still best known as a manufacturer of rock and metal guitars.

A true djent

A re-spec'd rocker

Since it acquired the brand in 2011, the UK-based Caparison Guitar Company has been responsible for focusing the aim in a distinctly mainstream direction.