Dave Burrluck
Dave Burrluck is one of the world’s most experienced guitar journalists, who started writing back in the '80s for International Musician and Recording World, co-founded The Guitar Magazine and has been the Gear Reviews Editor of Guitarist magazine for the past two decades. Along the way, Dave has been the sole author of The PRS Guitar Book and The Player's Guide to Guitar Maintenance as well as contributing to numerous other books on the electric guitar. Dave is an active gigging and recording musician and still finds time to make, repair and mod guitars, not least for Guitarist’s The Mod Squad.
Latest articles by Dave Burrluck
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Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay
By Dave Burrluck published
Heaped in the Californian tradition of original company founder Leo Fender, this new-for-2016 model returns to that great man's heritage.
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Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass
By Dave Burrluck published
Heaped in the Californian tradition of original company founder Leo Fender, this new-for-2016 model returns to that great man's heritage.
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Lâg TSE701DCE
By Dave Burrluck published
Top-of-the-line dread cutaway with Mexican wood
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Gretsch G2655 Streamliner
By Dave Burrluck published
The Streamliner concept is simple: to create more affordable Gretsch guitars without losing their specific DNA.
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Gretsch G2622 Streamliner
By Dave Burrluck published
The Streamliner concept is simple: to create more affordable Gretsch guitars without losing their specific DNA.
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Fender American Elite Telecaster
By Dave Burrluck published
For 2016, Fender's American Deluxe range is no more; they are now Elite.
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Fender American Elite Stratocaster
By Dave Burrluck published
For 2016, Fender's American Deluxe range is no more; they are now Elite.
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PRS CE 24
By Dave Burrluck published
Let's look at the facts. At full retail, the start price of PRS's 'full-fat' USA-made Core-line Custom 24 is £2,939.
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Córdoba Iberia GK Studio
By Dave Burrluck published
Córdoba's masterplan is to make the traditional classical and flamenco guitar available to all guitarists, not least with the modern 'crossover' guitar on review here, the Iberia GK Studio.
![The maple top looks a little plain under the sunburst finish](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8ff963c3b7fd6b05769b5d8f1b93e877-320-80.jpg)
Gibson 2015 LPM
By Dave Burrluck published
The 'maple' in this Gibson's abbreviated name refers to the LPM's neck, a pretty unusual choice over the mahogany usually used on an LP
![Note the kill button - a key feature for the modern rocker. It's very fast in use: essential for those on/off staccato effects](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ed7abad11768ecf41361fe68e95a4067-320-80.jpg)
Cort Manson MBC-1 Matthew Bellamy Signature
By Dave Burrluck published
The Muse man's latest signature guitar arrives
![The '60s Baja Tele has turned plenty of heads in the office](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d2ce1169ba4fab4a8d65bf2f3a8ce8e4-320-80.jpg)
Fender Classic Player Baja '60s Telecaster
By Dave Burrluck published
VIDEO: Another tinkered-Tele
![Its strong pine-like grain and subdued terracotta hue gives a very different aesthetic](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/60a80c5d3497e9fd331b8d5bcc0c28c4-320-80.jpg)
Fender Reclaimed Old Growth Redwood Stratocaster
By Dave Burrluck published
Not the snappiest-named Fender Strat we've played this year, but one of the best...
![Standard Tele in outline, the acoustic's body is moulded from fibreglass with a laminated, X-braced spruce top - unusual, to say the least](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fedead8128bc965095b58f7552a19281-320-80.jpg)
Fender Standard Telecoustic
By Dave Burrluck published
One of the oddest versions of the Telecaster makes a return
![The Performance 2 weighs less than the original and is more ergonomic, to boot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d96420f11759df014ea7f55fb7cfe166-320-80.jpg)
G7th Performance 2 capo
By Dave Burrluck published
The original Performance capo gets a thorough upgrade
![While still representing a significant investment, the S2 Singlecut costs about 50 per cent less than it's Core Line counterpart](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/421c82b02ce367231b10fa8a0bcc797e-320-80.jpg)
PRS S2 Singlecut
By Dave Burrluck published
PRS expands its cut-price USA S2 line with a version of its most notorious guitar, the Singlecut
![Purists, turn away: this Strat's alder body is topped with a slice of figured maple](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6871ce14026ae2c0f886a27a1cecc678-320-80.jpg)
Fender Select Stratocaster HSS
By Dave Burrluck published
Fender's Select series not only provides a bit of posh but also adds some unusual construction features to Leo's finest
![There's a retro space-age vibe in the shaping of the weighty metal casing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/21b2705f5ac13244f15785cbeca9b7f6-320-80.jpg)
Snark SN-10 Pedal Tuner
By Dave Burrluck published
Snark's clip-on guitar tuner reincarnated in stompbox form
![The new Telecaster Standard retains the Strat-esque six-saddle bridge from 2008.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b6ebc405a9b00e9fc409304daf0fe059-320-80.jpg)
Fender American Standard Telecaster 2012
By Dave Burrluck published
We ask what's changed in more than 60 years of Tele evolution
![The SN-1 is a trimmed down version of Qwik Tune's SN-2.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/32bb5e8440383d5beb3995aaf7b047c7-320-80.jpg)
SNARK by Qwik Tune SN-1 Guitar and Bass Tuner
By Dave Burrluck published
The SNARK gets a little brother…
![Massive creative potential and yet a deceptively simple solidbody electric](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/49ea0f634a2574fb5b6d807c51e8c771-320-80.jpg)
Manson Guitars MB-1 Standard Matt Bellamy signature guitar
By Dave Burrluck published
A Muse fan's dream and the world's most useable hi-tech guitar?
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Gibson Les Paul 2008 Standard
By Dave Burrluck published
1958 brought us the sunburst Les Paul Standard. Fifty years on, Gibson is still tweaking the recipe.
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