Signature guitars are everywhere and very popular. Take a look at the catalogues of the major guitar brands and you’ll see that signature guitars, particularly electric guitars, feature heavily, with new ones seemingly coming along every few weeks. Here are just a few that have come out recently: Epiphone Noel Gallagher...
Amplifying the natural sound of your guitar. If you have an acoustic guitar and want to play live on stage then you are going to need to amplify it but also try to keep it sounding good. At the end of the day you want what the audience hears...
Struggling to find a left handed guitar? Whilst 10% of the population is left-handed and by default you would expect 10% of all guitarists to...
£500 can get you a really good electric these days. There are some fantastic ‘mid’ price electric guitars out there and if you choose your spec carefully you can get a real corker: tone, playability and versatility all in one. This sector is hotly contested by all manufactures including the...
Bag yourself an OD pedal to beat the blues! We all love an overdrive pedal – that rich, creamy, gain makes the ribs tickle and the heart warm – but with just about every pedal company, of which there are hundreds, making at least one overdrive,...
Guitarists are a fickle lot over technology. You’ve got a digital phone, digital computer/laptop/tablet, a digital radio, use on-line social media, stream music digitally but, you don’t want a digital amp – no way. You believe that something designed in the early 20th century is way better. Okay, at full...
Building a pedal board? Looking for inspiration? Spend just 30 minutes trawling the internet for advice on effects pedals and you will quickly be overwhelmed by all the different opinions and recommendations out there, let alone effects pedal makers - we have 120 featured on our...
There are some great pedals out there for acoustics You may think that the sound you hear is the sound you get with an acoustic, but plug it in and that all changes. As well as using a great pickup or microphone the choice of acoustic dedicated pedals and...
What is a hybrid guitar and do you need one? Basically it is a guitar that does (or tries to) both traditional electric and electro-acoustic sounds using either pickups or digital modelling/electronics and even a combination of these. Hybrids Are they acoustic or electric? Well both actually. You can have...
Great British gear means you are spoilt for choice. In the last few years the Brits have started to make some fantastic gear again to challenge the 'default' brands from across the pond! Be it pedals, amps, acoustic, electric or bass guitars we can boast some of the best gear in the...