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![The '5'-tier Performing Artist series guitars use high pressure laminates with a koa-pattern top layer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2ae85d516fbe59ed1b499d4b5af9a0e8-320-80.jpg)
Martin DCPA5K
By Mick Taylor last updated
Martin takes the electro-acoustic guitar to the fifth tier with the PA5 range
![The '5'-tier Performing Artist series guitars use high pressure laminates with a koa-pattern top layer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/095fa458d100148adf13bc5a0352a92b-320-80.jpg)
Martin GPCPA5K
By Mick Taylor last updated
Martin takes the electro-acoustic guitar to the fifth tier with the PA5 range
![This '2' variant shares the recent DRS1's principle spec points, but replaces the mahogany top with one of solid Sitka spruce](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/170cb8438c855f66287a5bb2bde14eef-320-80.jpg)
Martin DRS2
By Mick Taylor last updated
Martin continues its assault on the mid-price bracket
![As a rough tonal ballpark, this pedal sits between Providence's Sonic Drive and the Stampede OD](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8846a1608f18eb17810df6464142ac12-320-80.jpg)
Providence Silky Drive
By Mick Taylor last updated
A new overdrive that aims to sit at the top of a very competitive pile
![Unchanged is the stainless steel case, meticulous hand wiring and quality components](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f677871dae8639040c7f9abb3f1be4bb-320-80.jpg)
TwinStomp Active A/B-Y MkII
By Mick Taylor last updated
This update of the MkI A/B-Y (first reviewed summer 2009) has an improved circuit, plus off/true bypass and phase reversal options.
![The Stampede DT immediately has an aggressive, biting edge to its distortion](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ffca3b9143f055d123f6085c6434a12e-320-80.jpg)
Providence Stampede DT SDT-2
By Mick Taylor last updated
The latest top-end pedals from one of the most respected effects names in the business
![The retro-nostalgic design is a welcome change from the standard black box](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a41c87920f7ae4a1800ca46eea375022-320-80.jpg)
Fender Pawn Shop Special Excelsior
By Mick Taylor last updated
The big F shows off its retro side
![The HGT-A40's series effects loop includes a level control to bring the signal up if you're using old pedals.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b37a2ed79fc994e087b7c325c24e8af1-320-80.jpg)
Hayden HGT-A40 head
By Mick Taylor last updated
UK marque Hayden enters the crowded mid-range amp market
![The Hayden HGT-A20's front panel splits the channel controls into clean, and gain one and two.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5bf2e35af6a9675f7a4b1ced3ede9fd8-320-80.jpg)
Hayden HGT-A20
By Mick Taylor last updated
Hayden steps into the mid-price valve-amp ring
![The tiny TM5 combo should stand up to small-room gigs without any problems.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fb1e60cd971fd725d8879eb3eb21cccf-320-80.jpg)
Hughes & Kettner TubeMeister 5 combo
By Mick Taylor last updated
Thought the 18-watt TubeMeister was tiny? Check out its five-watt baby brother
![The TubeMeister's EQ is powerful, offering a range of useable guitar tones from metal to blues.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7784ab8716c7701f5c3dbfea0bc612d4-320-80.jpg)
Hughes & Kettner TubeMeister 5 head
By Mick Taylor last updated
An elaborate desk toy or a real amp? You might be surprised by the TubeMeister 5
![Joe's recent acquisition, a '66 in Candy Apple Red with the thickest headstock we've seen!](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/17b27840d661cd220d651516c31770eb-320-80.jpg)
Joe Bonamassa on British blues heroes, the Bluesbreaker tone and Kossoff's chords
By Mick Taylor last updated
The searing blues rocker on his Brit tribute
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Joey Landreth talks The Bros. Landreth, guitar tone and his Cooder-esque-caster
By Mick Taylor last updated
Sat across the table in Witney's Fat Lil's pizza restaurant, 28-year-old Joey Landreth is feeling surprised.
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Charlie Sexton talks life, tone and being on the road with Bob Dylan
By Mick Taylor last updated
Solo artist, session player, producer and sideman - we catch up with Bob Dylan's go-to six-stringer, Charlie Sexton...
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Martin Simpson's gear - in pictures
By Mick Taylor last updated
The guitar wizard's choice selection of PRS and Martin acoustics, alongside some lesser seen wonders
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Martin Simpson on Magnatones, Murmurs and 'nu' folk
By Mick Taylor last updated
The multi-award-winning musician speaks
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James Bay talks Epiphone Centurys and 'blagging being a singer songwriter'
By Mick Taylor last updated
In-depth with the man of the moment
On that chance encounter with a proper Burst: A 1959 Les Paul Standard
By Mick Taylor last updated
Okay, from the outset, the encounter was with the owner, not the guitar. Nevertheless, the days where a guitar player says, “Oh, that was my ’59 Les Paul” are getting further and fewer between.
![That plastic panel is more 'bat' than 'snake' to our eyes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/054b135d639eb40c50d0904d9accd47b-320-80.jpg)
Peavey Vypyr 30
By Mick Taylor last updated
Peavey launches a two-fanged attack on the modelling market. Will you bite?
Get inked! The London International Tattoo Convention this weekend
By Mick Taylor last updated
Musicians and body art go together like chalk and, er, blackboard. So if you fancy a bit of tattoo-type action, there's only one place you need be this weekend.
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