“This guitar means the world to me. My first El Dorado was a gift from my father”: Marcus King’s signature Epiphone is a stunning dreadnought acoustic inspired by his first-ever guitar – and it has the coolest pickguard ever

There’s the Dove, the Hummingbird, the SJ-200… But King’s El Dorado is something else. “My first El Dorado was a gift from my father, and it carried me through some of the earliest and most important moments of my musical journey. Those picking up this El Dorado are invited to write their own legacy on the instrument. The headstock on King’s El Dorado matches the spec of his Japanese-made original, and there is a volute on the neck. Speaking of which, King's El Dorado will set you back £949/$999, which seems like a pretty sweet deal.