When battery powered amps were first released on the market, portable amps weren’t reliable. They didn’t produce a quality tone and were poorly made. With modern day technology improving, the overall quality of portable amplifiers has also improved. Nowadays, when you take time to shop around for a practice amplifier, you’re going to find some […]
The Schecter C1 Platinum Electric Guitar is honestly the perfect guitar for extreme metal musicians; the nice physical appearance of this guitar is the first thing that makes a statement about this instrument, but the aggressive tone and versatility in the metal genre are what make it one of the best semi-affordable guitars to use […]
Taylor Guitars has a reputation for building instruments that are simple, but maintaining a certain elegance and beauty to them; the Taylor T5Z certainly does fall into this description, as at first glance of the guitar truly does speak a certain amount of timeless elegance. As for the physical makeup of the Taylor T5Z Classic, this […]
Picking out a starter level guitar for a young musician while not over spending on your budget can be a tricky task to juggle. If you have just a little bit of information in your back pocket, you will have the ability to pick out a guitar that fits your child’s expectations, that’s playability, affordable, […]
If you’ve had any practice in the jazz field, watched any live jazz guitarists, or listened to any jazz music, you probably have wondered whether the semi-hollow guitar is the holy grail of jazz music, in guitar terms. You will find that a lot of jazz guitarists tends to gravitate towards using solid body guitars, […]
The Gibson Les Paul was first made in 1952, but when sales were significantly down in 1960, Gibson decided to take on a new approach. They took the Les Paul, thinned out its body, and gave it a flat top, a double-cutaway, and a body contour. The neck joint was also scooted over by three […]
Although guitar cabinets are generally made by manufacturers to be paired with a specific amp head they’ve created, the option to mix and match is always there, and part of the fun. It’s fair to say that one or two 4x12 half-stacks are the most synonymous amp setup with rock guitarists. Sure, that looks cool, […]
This guitar is highly reminiscent of a guitar by Gibson and its Epiphone counterpart. While Epiphones are one of the cheapest semi-hollow bodied guitars (semi hollow) around, and Gibson make professional level ones, the family of brands has a gap in terms of instruments for intermediate players. While not having as much recognition as other […]
If you are someone who is looking to learn acoustic guitar or electric guitar without having to pay for a private teacher or live lessons, you should take a few moments to read this online guitar lesson comparison. This comparison is going to take a look at the pros and cons of two different online […]
In 1959, a man named Wayne Mitchell purchased a small store called The Organ Center, which quickly began selling other musical equipment, such as Vox amps. Mitchell soon renamed his company Guitar Center, aware that the face of the music equipment industry was rapidly changing. Throughout the 1970s, the company grew tremendously, and by the […]