Classics are great, but finding a way to step outside the box, while maintaining familiarity isn’t...
Best Electric Guitars
Performer Mag’s reviews of electric guitars, acoustic guitars and guitar amps.
Cort KX500 Etched Guitar Review
Cort has been making well-made, reasonably priced instruments for decades. With their new KX500...
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Dean Icon Select Guitar Review [Ocean Burst]
Since the late 1970’s, Dean Guitars have added a modern edge to classic guitars; contemporary...
VINTAGE GUITAR FLASHBACK: 1973 Gibson L-5S
In today's vintage guitar flashback, we are going to take a look at the Gibson L-5S. The example shown here is a 1973 model owned by Richard Gonzmart of the famed Columbia Restaurant Group in Tampa,...
Vintage Guitar Flashback: Gibson ES-5
FLASHBACK: Taking a look back at a vintage Gibson ES-5 archtop guitar. BACKGROUND The Gibson ES-5 is a prime example of the Jazz influence in American music. The ES-5 was first introduced in 1949...
Watch as we review every model in the Mitchell Guitars lineup
This fall, we put out a call for guitarists to win and test out the entire new range of electric guitars and basses from Mitchell Guitars. After the entries were sifted through, we selected six...
My Favorite Axe: Pamela Hute’s 1972 Fender Mustang
Music always being a part of her life, Pamela Hute formed The Mashed Potatoes before creating her own solo project in 2006. Hute draws influences from artists like Sleeper, Elastica and...
How Prisma Guitars Recycles Skateboards into One-of-a-Kind Instruments
MEET YOUR MAKER with Nick Pourfard of Prisma Guitars As an avid skateboarder, I was always naturally curious about using skateboards as a material for anything. I had no idea what to expect, but I...
Guitar Makers Face New Trade Restrictions on Indian Rosewood
New laws are forcing many guitar manufacturers to rethink how they source high-end tonewoods, including Indian Rosewood, from around the world Guitar makers and distributors are scrambling to...
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[VIDEO] Watch this heavy metal cover of the Westworld Theme
Mat Graham just posted this awesome video on his ArtificialFear YouTube channel. A few weeks back Mat won a rad new MD400 guitar from Performer Magazine and Mitchell Guitars and has been demo'ing...
MEET YOUR MAKER: Freddy Rose of PHRED Instruments
In this installment of "Meet Your Maker," Performer catches up with Freddy Rose of Phred Instruments to chat about how he began making guitars and some of the features on his most popular models. I...
Mat from Artificial Fear Shreds on his new Mitchell MD400 Guitar
Watch one of our recent Mitchell Guitars giveaway winners, Mat Graham from Artificial Fear, shred on an original song with his new Mitchell MD400!...
Kurt Collins Rips it up on the Mitchell MS400 Electric Guitar
Watch one of our recent Mitchell Guitars giveaway winners, Kurt Collins, absolutely rip it up in full-on BEAST MODE with his new Mitchell MS400! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWDgOPHAbiM