Acoustic guitars come in a wide variety of sizes from really small to huge. You might not know whether a “Grand Concert” sized guitar is a small or a large guitar. How big is “00” sized guitar and how does it compare to a L-00. For that matter, should you… More
Tricone Resonators Before I begin today’s post about the value alternatives to expensive high end resonator guitars that are available to you I wanted to show you something that is no longer available except used, probably vintage. A tricone squareneck by National as they were originally made with a hollow… More
I like small guitars and I talk a lot about them on these pages. But big guitars are nice too. I find dreadnoughts uncomfortable to play. But that’s me. And that has little to do with how they sound. So if you love your dreadnought, don’t mind me. Still, if… More
I’ve been recently posting comparisons between well known brand name guitar models and less expensive alternatives made to copy the expensive models. Last week I reviewed 000/OM sized guitars. Not surprisingly, I’ve mostly covered medium to small sized guitars, my preference, and omitted larger sized guitars. Maybe soon I’ll cover… More
I own a Martin OM-28 and I love it. The guitar has 14 frets to the body which is the norm now days. It has a 25.4″ scale length and 1.75″ nut width with rosewood back and sides and ebony fingerboard. Of course it has a solid spruce top with… More
My previous post posed the question of how much more is a brand name guitar worth than a less expensive copy. I used two examples from Gibson and compared these to equivalent Epiphone models. Today’s post is going to compare Fender guitars. Gibson and Epiphone are part of the same… More
The Trade-off of Price and Value in Guitars Many guitar players own expensive instruments. The rest of us wish we could own expensive guitars. There may be good reasons to pay all that money for a guitar if you’re a professional or a collector. Even if you’re only a hobbyist… More
What is a versatile guitar and why would you want one? My definition of a versatile guitar is one that can play many styles of music. The reason you would want one is to minimize the number of guitars you needed on a gig or vacation or just to own…. More
I rarely purchase guitar strings from local merchants anymore. One reason is there are fewer local merchants still in business. I do have a Guitar Center nearby and another music store located less than 10 minutes from the Guitar Center. The problem with both stores is they rarely have the… More
It looks like the 2014 Holiday Season is going to be good for jazz oriented guitarists who want smaller sized hollow body guitars. The Eastman AR371CE and AR372CE have been around for a while now. Epiphone recently announced a higher end ES-175 reissue. Now Ibanez is introducing the Artstar Solid… More
