You've probably realized how overwhelming your search results were if you've searched around for a great quality (yet affordable) acoustic guitar recently. Whether you're a complete beginner, a parent shopping around for a birthday present, or a veteran looking for a travel guitar to bring around with you. It almost seems like there are too many options on […]
My favorite modern affordable guitar manufacturer, Orangewood, always brings surprising instruments to the table. An unbeatable price to quality ratio makes their guitars stand out from the many other options in the market. This Orangewood Echo Live Review is meant for the advancing player who needs the best affordable acoustic-electric guitar to play on stage. […]
Finding an acoustic guitar for under $150 that plays smoothly and has a decent tone is challenging. I purchased Orangewood Rey as a gift for a beginner and was surprised. The quality-price ratio of this guitar is so good that I decided to write an Orangewood Rey review to help you find out if it's […]
It's incredible how much time I spent playing guitar without thinking of the instrument's history. And the history of the acoustic guitar goes back further than I had initially thought. But, how do I cover almost 6000 years of history and the evolution of the world's most popular instrument in under 1500 words? So, I’ve […]
Posting packages across the country, continent, or even worldwide has never been so simple – there are so many convenient couriers these days that recipients rarely have to wait longer than a few days. Believe it or not, this even applies to larger items such as guitars, but this is only possible if you ensure […]
In 2004, the National Guitar Workshop recruited me to help bring their analog curriculum into the digital world. Imagine this, I'm sitting in the War Room with guitar experts as we hammered out how we felt that guitar should be taught. It was exciting, and I absolutely loved my job. But you've heard the saying, […]
Frank Iero is best known as the rhythm guitar player in the emo rock band My Chemical Romance, joining the band a year after its inception in 2002. Due to Frank not being a founding member he is absent from most of the band's debut album 'I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your […]
As a musician, a looper pedal can be one of your best friends in several contexts, and I think every guitar player should own one for various reasons. This is a review of the TC Electronic Ditto Looper, an affordable but very valuable pedal that packs a lot of impressive features, considering the fact that […]
As you’ll see when I’ll talk about my personal Jazz setup, trying to find a good guitar sound for this genre can be a frustrating experience. Before choosing what gear to use for your first Jazz gig, there’s an archetypical Jazz sound that guitar players have to consider. Indeed you’re not forced to use a […]
David Bowie left us on the 10th of January, 2016. Just days after releasing his last album Blackstar. He was 69 at the time and left us a musical and social legacy that very few composers or artists have done before him. The British pop icon artist, who became famous for his flamboyant alter ego […]