Models

Fender Stratocaster

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar

Introduced by Fender in 1954, the Stratocaster is one of the most influential and widely imitated electric guitars ever made. Its contoured double-cutaway solid body, bolt-on maple neck, three single-coil pickups with a five-way selector, and synchronized vibrato bridge produce a bright, articulate voice that has shaped rock, blues, pop, surf, and country. Players from Buddy Holly and Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton and David Gilmour built signature tones on it, and the design has anchored Fender's line for seven decades.

Martin D-28

Dreadnought acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States

A C. F. Martin Standard Series D-14 fret dreadnought acoustic guitar with spruce top, East Indian rosewood back and sides, and a 25.4-inch scale length.

Charvel San Dimas

Superstrat electric guitar model family

Electric guitar

One of the original hot-rodded superstrats, named for the California town where Charvel was based. With a Stratocaster-derived body, high-output pickups, and a locking tremolo, the San Dimas helped define the fast, aggressive guitars of 1980s rock and metal.

ESP Kirk Hammett

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar

ESP's line of signature guitars for Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica. The models share metal-oriented superstrat construction and Hammett's trademark skull-and-bones fingerboard inlays, and they span both ESP's high-end instruments and more affordable LTD versions.

Jackson Soloist

Neck-through superstrat electric guitar series

Electric guitar, Guitar

The Jackson Soloist is one of Jackson's flagship series: a neck-through-body superstrat with a sleek double-cutaway body, deep cutaways for upper-fret access, compound-radius 24-fret fingerboards, high-output humbucking pickups, and double-locking tremolos. It is offered from Pro and Pro Plus models through USA-built versions.

G&L ASAT Classic

T-style solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar

A Telecaster-style electric from G&L, the company Leo Fender founded after Fender. The ASAT Classic uses G&L's Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups in a familiar single-cutaway body, delivering a bright twang with a fuller low end.

Parker Fly Deluxe

Flagship carbon-exoskeleton electric guitar

Electric guitar · United States

The flagship Parker Fly model, an ultralight electric guitar with a poplar body and neck sheathed in a carbon-glass exoskeleton and stainless steel frets. The Fly Deluxe pairs magnetic humbuckers with a blendable Fishman piezo system and Parker's flat vibrato; a 'refined' Deluxe was announced in 2003 for the line's tenth anniversary.

Duesenberg Starplayer TV

Semi-hollow electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Germany

A semi-hollow electric from the German maker Duesenberg, styled with retro Art Deco flair. It pairs a single-coil neck pickup with a humbucking bridge pickup and a smooth vibrato tailpiece for a versatile, vintage-flavored voice.

Schecter C-1

Double-cut solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar

A metal-oriented electric and a cornerstone of Schecter's Diamond Series, the C-1 uses an arched double-cutaway body with high-output pickups. Often fitted with active humbuckers, it is built for high-gain hard rock and metal.

Ibanez RG Prestige

Electric guitar subseries

Electric guitar · Japan

The premium Japanese-built tier of Ibanez's RG line, the RG Prestige offers higher-grade woods, fretwork, and hardware than standard RG models. It is aimed at demanding rock and metal players who want top-level fit and finish.

Fender Telecaster

Type of guitar

Electric guitar

Launched in 1950 and renamed the Telecaster in 1951, it was the first commercially successful solid-body electric guitar. Its single-cutaway slab body, bolt-on maple neck, and two single-coil pickups produce a bright, cutting twang that became foundational to country, rock, blues, and pop.

Guild D-55

Guild's flagship rosewood dreadnought

Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · United States

The Guild D-55 is the company's flagship dreadnought, an all-solid-wood guitar with a Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, scalloped Adirondack bracing, and a mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard. It is built in Oxnard, California and prized for its big, projecting voice.

Ibanez RG

Electric guitar series

Electric guitar

The Ibanez RG is a long-running Ibanez electric guitar series centered on high-performance solid-body designs.

Reverend Double Agent

Offset solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · South Korea

A semi-hollow electric from Reverend Guitars pairing a P-90 in the neck position with a humbucker at the bridge. It includes the brand's bass-contour control for dialing back low end, giving a wide range of jangly to punchy tones.

Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster

Stratocaster-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster recreates the look and feel of an early Stratocaster, with a pine body, a maple neck and fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 narrow-tall frets, three Fender-Designed alnico single-coil pickups in an SSS layout, and a vintage-style synchronized tremolo.

Strat Plus

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A premium Stratocaster series Fender offered from 1987 to 1998, fitted with noise-canceling Lace Sensor pickups, locking tuners, and a roller nut to improve tuning stability. It was a flagship of Fender's late-eighties modernization.

Mayones Regius

Neck-through superstrat-style electric guitar model

Electric guitar · Poland

The Regius is a flagship Mayones superstrat-style electric guitar built in Poland with a multi-piece neck-through-body construction. It features a 25.4-inch scale (with a 26.5-inch baritone option), two humbucking pickups, and exotic timber tops, and is offered in 6- and 7-string configurations.

Kiesel Aries

Superstrat-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Aries is a Kiesel Guitars build-to-order superstrat-style electric guitar with a bolt-on neck and radiused neck heel. It features dual direct-mount passive Kiesel Lithium humbuckers, 24 stainless-steel frets, a 25.5-inch scale on the standard six-string, and a Hipshot fixed bridge, and is offered in 6-, 7-, 8- and 9-string and multiscale configurations.

ESP Horizon FR-II

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · Japan

A superstrat in ESP's Horizon line fitted with a Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo, indicated by the "FR" in its name. Built with a thin fast neck and high-output pickups, it is designed for the dive-bombs and lead playing of modern rock and metal.

Suhr Classic S

S-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Suhr Classic S is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Suhr in Lake Elsinore, California. It combines an alder body and a bolt-on tinted maple neck with Suhr V60LP single-coil pickups and a two-post vintage-style tremolo, and is offered in both SSS and HSS pickup configurations, the latter adding an SSV bridge humbucker.

Fender Jazzmaster

Offset electric guitar model family

Electric guitar

Introduced in 1958 as Fender's flagship, the Jazzmaster has a large offset body, wide flat single-coil pickups, a dual rhythm/lead circuit, and a floating tremolo with a separate bridge. Originally marketed to jazz players, it instead became a cornerstone of surf, then later alternative and indie rock.

Nash S-63

Aged S-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Nash S-63 is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Nash Guitars with aged, relic nitrocellulose finishes. It pairs a standard alder body and rosewood-fingerboard neck with three single-coil pickups and a vintage-style tremolo, paying homage to the early-1960s S-body design while updating playability and sound.

Ibanez JEM

Signature superstrat electric guitar family

Electric guitar · Japan

The signature guitar of virtuoso Steve Vai, introduced in 1987 and built as a high-performance superstrat. It is famous for its "monkey grip" handle cut into the body, a scalloped upper fingerboard, 24 frets, a recessed double-locking tremolo, and high-output pickups, all tailored to Vai's extreme technique.

Parker Fly

Carbon-and-glass Fly series of electric guitars

Electric guitar · United States

The Parker Fly series, designed by luthier Ken Parker and built from 1993, is a family of ultralight electric guitars whose wooden body and neck are wrapped in a stiff carbon-glass exoskeleton. Flys combine a thin, resonant body with stainless steel frets, a Fishman piezo system blendable with magnetic pickups, and a flat-mount vibrato. The series spans models such as the Fly Deluxe, Fly Classic, Fly Mojo, Fly Supreme and Fly Artist.

Knaggs Severn

Double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Severn is the flagship of Knaggs Guitars' Chesapeake Series, a double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar with a flat body, a set rock-maple neck, a 25.5-inch scale, and 22 frets. It is offered in a wide range of pickup layouts (including SSS, T-style, HSH, HH, P90 and Firebird) with Knaggs Chesapeake hardtail or tremolo bridges.

Steinberger Spirit GT-PRO

Headless electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Spirit GT-PRO is Steinberger's headless, ultra-compact 6-string electric guitar on a 25.5 in scale, with a basswood body, three-piece maple neck, and an HSH pickup configuration. It features the R-Trem locking tremolo, 40:1 Direct-Pull tuners, and a zero fret.

ESP M Series

Superstrat electric guitar series

ESP's M series is a line of superstrat-style electric guitars built for hard rock and metal, with thin fast necks, high-output pickups, and sharp double-cutaway bodies. It runs from affordable LTD versions up through higher-end models.

Jackson Kelly

Explorer-style electric guitar series

Electric guitar

The Jackson Kelly is an angular, Explorer-derived series with an offset pointed body, offered from X and Pro models to USA versions, typically with neck-through construction and high-output humbucking pickups.

Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2

San Dimas Style 2 electric guitar model

Mexico

Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 is cataloged within the Charvel San Dimas electric guitar family.

Ibanez RG550

RG electric guitar model

Electric guitar · Japan

A defining model of the RG line introduced in 1987, the RG550 is a fast, affordable superstrat with a thin Wizard neck, a 24-fret fingerboard, a humbucker/single/humbucker pickup layout, and a double-locking Edge tremolo. It became a benchmark for shred and metal guitars.

Jackson King V

Symmetrical V-shaped electric guitar series

Electric guitar

The Jackson King V is a symmetrical flying-V series with long, even fins, neck-through construction, and high-output or active humbucking pickups, built around a sharp, aggressive metal aesthetic.

Gretsch White Falcon

Hollow-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Japan

Introduced in 1955 as Gretsch's luxury flagship, the White Falcon (G6136) is a large 17-inch single-cutaway hollow body finished in white with gold sparkle binding and gold hardware. It carries twin Filter'Tron humbucking pickups and a Bigsby vibrato, and remains one of the most recognizable and prestigious electric guitars ever made.

Fender American Professional II Stratocaster

Current Stratocaster production variant

Electric guitar · United States

A modern Fender Stratocaster variant with V-Mod II single-coil pickups, a Deep C neck, narrow-tall frets, and a two-point synchronized tremolo.

Guild F-55

Rosewood jumbo flat-top acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States

The Guild F-55 is an all-solid-wood jumbo with a Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, a comfortable C-shaped mahogany neck, and an ebony fingerboard. Built in Oxnard, California, it delivers the powerful low-end thump characteristic of a Guild jumbo.

1954 Fender Stratocaster

First-year Stratocaster configuration

United States

A year-specific Stratocaster variant representing the model's first production year.

Gretsch Country Gentleman

Hollow-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Japan

Developed with Chet Atkins and introduced in 1957, the Country Gentleman (G6122) is a refined hollow-body electric, later offered as a 17-inch double-cutaway. It features twin Filter'Tron pickups, an Adjusto-Matic bridge, and a Bigsby vibrato, delivering the warm, articulate Gretsch voice favored in country, rockabilly, and pop.

Jackson Dinky

Superstrat electric guitar series

Electric guitar

The Jackson Dinky is a slightly downsized superstrat series spanning affordable JS and X models through Pro and USA versions, with bolt-on or neck-through construction, compound-radius fingerboards, high-output humbucking pickups, and fixed or tremolo bridges.

Ibanez JEM 7VWH

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · Japan

A white-finished version of Steve Vai's JEM signature with gold hardware and the ornate "Tree of Life" fingerboard inlay. It carries the line's hallmark features, including the monkey-grip handle and a recessed locking tremolo.

Parker Fly Mojo

All-mahogany Parker Fly model

Electric guitar · United States

A Parker Fly model with a solid mahogany body and neck and Seymour Duncan humbuckers, giving more low-end weight and warmth than the standard Fly while keeping the carbon-glass exoskeleton, Fishman piezo and Parker vibrato.

Guild F-512

Iconic rosewood jumbo 12-string acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States

The Guild F-512 is the company's legendary jumbo 12-string, an all-solid-wood guitar with a Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, scalloped Adirondack bracing, a mahogany neck, and an ebony fingerboard. Built in Oxnard, California, it is renowned for its lush, shimmering 12-string voice.

Fender Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

A signature Stratocaster developed with guitarist Eric Johnson, built to vintage sensibilities with a thin nitrocellulose finish, a quartersawn maple neck, special-wound single-coils, and countersunk tremolo springs. Detail touches such as a single string tree and a 12-degree neck-pocket fit reflect Johnson's preference for clear, dynamic tone.

B.C. Rich Mockingbird Legacy ST

Mockingbird-shaped electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The B.C. Rich Mockingbird Legacy ST is the most popular modern Mockingbird, with a no-heel neck-through body for easy access to the 24th fret, an ebony fingerboard with open-diamond inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, a pair of DiMarzio D Activator humbuckers, Grover Rotomatic tuners, and a Floyd Rose tremolo.

Friedman Vintage-T

USA-built T-style electric guitar with P-90 pickups

United States

The Friedman Vintage-T is a single-cutaway, T-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. The reviewed model pairs a mahogany body and a bolt-on maple neck with a pau ferro fingerboard and a set of Friedman Classic 90 (P-90 style) pickups over a fixed hardtail bridge. Thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer, a 10-to-14-inch compound-radius board, and Plek-finished fretwork give it vintage looks with modern playability.

Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH

Superstrat electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH is a USA-built signature superstrat based on the San Dimas Style 1 shape, with a caramelized ash body, a caramelized flame maple bolt-on neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius caramelized flame maple fingerboard with 24 frets, a 25.5-inch scale, three custom Charvel MF pickups in an HSH layout with coil-splitting, and a recessed Charvel locking tremolo with a Tremol-No.

Duesenberg Falken

Offset solid-body electric guitar with Split/King pickups

Electric guitar · Germany

A solid-body electric guitar from the German maker Duesenberg featuring a bold new offset body shape in solid alder. Its dual Split/King pickups switch from true single-coil to full humbucker tones, and it uses Duesenberg's Steel Saddle bridge and Radiator Tremola vibrato on a 25.5-inch, 22-fret neck.

ESP KH-2 NTB

Electric guitar model

Electric guitar · Japan

A neck-through-body version of Kirk Hammett's KH-2 signature, where the neck runs the full length of the body for added sustain and upper-fret access. It otherwise carries the metal-focused appointments of the standard KH-2.

Squier Classic Vibe '50s Telecaster

Telecaster-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Squier Classic Vibe '50s Telecaster recreates the look and tone of a 1950s Telecaster, with a pine body, a maple neck and fingerboard, a 25.5-inch scale, 21 narrow-tall frets, two Fender-Designed alnico single-coil pickups in an SS layout, and a vintage-style string-through-body Telecaster bridge with barrel saddles.

Squier Contemporary Stratocaster Special

Modern Stratocaster-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Squier Contemporary Stratocaster Special is a modernized Stratocaster aimed at rock and metal players. It has a poplar body, a roasted maple C-shaped neck with 22 jumbo frets and a flatter 12-inch fingerboard radius, a 25.5-inch scale, an HSS pickup layout pairing ceramic single-coils with a hot ceramic humbucking bridge pickup, and a two-point tremolo.

Schecter Hellraiser C-1

Double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · South Korea

The Schecter Hellraiser C-1 is a metal-oriented guitar with a mahogany body and quilted maple top, a three-piece mahogany set neck with ultra-access heel, a rosewood fretboard with 24 X-jumbo frets and abalone gothic-cross inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, a TonePros Tune-o-matic string-through bridge, and active EMG 81TW and 89 humbuckers with coil-splitting.

Jackson JS Series Dinky JS22

Superstrat electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Jackson JS Series Dinky JS22 (DKA arch top) is an affordable superstrat with a poplar body and arched top, a bolt-on maple speed neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius amaranth fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and sharkfin inlays, a 25.5-inch scale, two Jackson high-output ceramic humbuckers, and a synchronized fulcrum tremolo.