MIPA Guitar Award Winners

Every year, representatives of 100 music magazines from around the globe vote on and present awards at the Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA).   These are big awards and would be even bigger if more people knew how to pronounce Musikmesse.  The winners were recently announced in each key guitar category.  Here is the list of winners according to Fretbase.

1.  Electric Guitar

Fender American Standard Stratocaster

2.  Acoustic Guitar

Taylor DN4

3.  Guitar Combo

Vox AC15 Heritage Collection

4.  Guitar Top

Marshall JVM410H

5.  Guitar Effects

Boss RE-20 Space Echo

6.  Pick-Ups

Seymour Duncan Blackouts

7.  Acoustic Guitar Amp

L.R. Baggs Acoustic Reference Amplifier

8.  Guitar Strings

D’Addario XL

Source:  Fretbase