When you're competing with the likes of Epiphone, Peerless and, of course, Hagstrom, you need to make sure that your guitars play every bit as good as they look. Pronounced boom from bottom end. Rough ...

A genuinely impressive modern guitar, Washburn goes back to its rock and metal roots with gusto. Although the brooding black shapes of the new Parallaxe series may not reveal it, in many ways, ...