By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
If you are someone who has never played a fretless guitar or you’re not someone who plays fretless guitars often, I would highly recommend the SR300. This fretless bass guitar is extremely comfortable and easy to play. This guitar fits a beginner’s budget perfectly. Also, it is a reasonable investment that you can make without […]
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By Jodie Chiffey | Electric Guitars
From sweet melodies to wild tones, semi-hollow guitars have always held a special place in the world of Western music. And, that’s one reason why the vs debate is all over guitar forums and threads. Both Ibanez AM93 and Epiphone ES 335 are best-selling semi-hollow guitars on the market, and beginners, as well as professional […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
The Rogue name is shrouded in a decent amount of mystery, having no official website or any accessible information about the manufacturing company, location, or… basically anything else. But after speaking with some Guitar Center employees and performing some dedicated Google searching, it became clear that Rogue guitars are the house brand for Musiciansfriend—an online […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
What’s this? A Gibson? For less than $1k? New? Am I sure? Sure I’m sure! Occasionally, I find myself jealous of today’s beginner and intermediate guitarists. An affordable new Gibson was not a thing when I was learning and developing my playing. But for a few years now, Gibson have been offering precisely that. The […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
Ibanez is a brand that has been around forever, and has its market fairly well nailed at this point. It’s a brand for the shredders, and no model is more synonymous with that than their RG models. The Iron Label series of RGs is designed specifically for metal players. Ibanez are very explicit that they’re […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
The is an exact replica of Kurt Cobain’s famous guitar, right down to the unique controls and humbucking pickups. If you are a guitarist that prefers to play on a typical Jaguar or a Jazzmaster, this is a guitar that you will want to try! The body of the Kurt Cobain guitar is based around […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
Roland Sherwood Ball (known as “Ernie” Ball) was a musician from his early life onward and learned much of what he knew from highly skilled family members. By the time he was 19, Ball was a touring musician, playing primarily pedal steel guitar. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Air Force Band in his early […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
This is a bit sexy. In case you’re not familiar with BC Rich as a brand, they mostly make very pointy things, aimed very, very squarely at metallers. More than that, the vast majority of their range is manufactured in the east, so they’re usually very cheap. Their cash cow is definitely their Warlock model, […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
The Stratocaster is one of the longest-produced guitars in history and remains to be one of the most versatile and sought-after guitars on the market today. Having been played by some of the world’s most famous artists—such as George Harrison, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, and Jimi Hendrix (who’s righty-played-lefty style became instantly iconic)—the […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
The V was one of the original designs Dean Zelinsky introduced when he launched Dean Guitars in 1977, and it’s had a consistent presence in their catalog ever since. The Stealth version of the V has been out for a little while, and was designed to offer players as high a quality V as possible, […]
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