Kazuo Yairi, who has died aged 81, was a Japanese classical guitar luthier whose fixation with acoustic sound drove him to make beautiful, resonant guitars favoured by musical such greats as Sir ...

We last caught up with a couple of Alvarez Masterworks series guitars back in early 2014: two mid-range electros, the MP70E and MG75SCE, which suitably impressed us. Here, we have a lower priced, ...

However, since February, Alvarez has been distributed in the UK by Blackstar - one of the world's biggest amp brands - so we're expecting to see a lot more of these guitars in our shops. Here, we have ...