I recently got hooked on the controversy over the PRS Silver Sky guitar. The guitar was designed for John Mayer by Paul Reed Smith. Mayer wanted to improve upon the best features of his favorite 60’s Strats and had lost faith in Fender to meet his needs. Since its introduction…
Did you ever want to know the sizes of guitar slides? Or maybe how much they weighed? I recently attempted to find out the dimensions of a Dunlop slide I was considering buying. No one had the information. Dunlop has a PDF on their website that gives a ring size…
I recently wrote how I was trying to talk myself out of purchasing another resonator guitar. It didn’t work. I am now the owner of a Gretsch G9240 Alligator resonator guitar and I couldn’t be happier. Here’s a review of the instrument. The Alligator is a wood-bodied, single cone, biscuit…
The topic of today’s post is to discuss factors to be considered when buying a resonator guitar. I’ve discussed much of this previously because I love resonator guitars. But the goal of this article is to talk myself out of purchasing another resonator. Let’s start with the answer to a…
I’ve been playing a lot of electric guitar lately, including my new lap steel guitar and I’ve got to say, my amps sound great. I sold my Fender Princeton Reverb (and two other amps) before moving south. I kept only two small solid state amps and once I was settled…
I love my Quilter Mini 101 amp head. It’s nearly exactly what I wanted. Mounted on a pedalboard and paired with speakers and cabinet I ordered from EarCandy it is a light weight, versatile rig perfect for a retired guy like myself. But there were a few things that would have…
I just published a post on the trade-offs between purchasing a foreign made, mid-priced guitar and a more expensive American built instrument. I concluded that article by revealing I was considering exchanging a Breedlove Pursuit 12-string guitar for an American made Taylor 254ce 12-String guitar. That might lead you to…
I blame my wife. She’s the one who bought tickets to a Leo Kottke concert this year. I’ve wanted to play a 12-string ever since. Maybe all I would need is five minutes with a decent 12-string guitar and I would get it out of my system. Or maybe five…
Maybe you’ve read my recent posts regarding my new Quilter Mini 101 Amp head or how I mounted it on my new Temple pedalboard. I only needed one effect, reverb, because the Quilter 101 doesn’t have it. I began researching pedals and bought a TC Electronic Hall of Fame mini.…
December in North Carolina and it is finally getting dry enough to worry about the humidity surrounding my instruments. Lucky for me, so far I haven’t had to put my guitars, ukuleles, and mandolin into their cases with their D’Addario Humidpaks for protection but once. How are things where you…
