By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
Archtop guitars are somewhat of a trademark for Epiphone, especially in catering for beginner and intermediate players. I can’t think of any other brand more synonymous with affordable hollow body and semi-hollow guitars. The is at the higher end of Epi’s archtops, making them suitable for intermediate players. The Swingster is a single cutaway […]
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By Danny Trent | Acoustic Guitars , Electric Guitars
Once a guitarist has learned all the guitar tricks a beginner guitar has, they get a hankering for upgrading their guitar from the beginner instrument that they’ve been learning on to another, to even learn guitar better! Intermediate level guitars are generally a few hundred dollars more expensive than beginner ones. The added expense can […]
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By Danny Trent | Acoustic Guitars , Electric Guitars
The sports a laminated mahogany top, back, and sides, which provides the tonality of the guitar with a warm and rich voice. This guitar also has a rosewood fingerboard, vintage-style open-gear tuners, Fender’s advanced scalloped bracing, and a maple neck. The Scalloped X Bracing helps to increase the resonance of the CD-60, as well as […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars
Ibanez was founded in 1957 by Hoshino Gakki in Nagoya, Japan—although its origins reach all the way back to 1908 when the Hoshino Gakki Company was the instrument branch of a bookstore by the name of Hoshino Shoten. The Ibanez name first appeared in 1929, but the company’s unique style as we know it today […]
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By Danny Trent | Electric Guitars , Learning
Beginning a new hobby can be difficult. Often it’s a challenge to learn the most fundamental aspects of a new activity that you’re interested in pursuing, and, let’s be honest… most people stall out and quit before they ever really get started. But not you. You’re a motivated, dedicated, passionate individual who has the drive […]
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