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Gibson Les Paul Standard 2008 Professional Gold Top Electric…

Published on September 17, 2011 By Mickys-Blog

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The Best Acoustic Guitar For You

Published on June 13, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

When buying anything, the first thing you ask is how you can find the best one. The same thought process applies to acoustic guitars. The answer is that there is not a “best” acoustic guitar to buy. Choosing the best acoustic guitar depends on the individual player and their needs. Of course when you think [...]

How to Pick Your First Guitar

Published on June 5, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

Do you want to pick your first guitar? Picking your first guitar can be a difficult choice. There are so many guitars to choose from. Do you buy an acoustic guitar? Do you buy a classical guitar? Do you buy an electric guitar? Buying your first guitar is an awesome experience. No instrument is cooler [...]

Beauty and Versatility, An Eric Clapton Series Fender Stratocaster

Published on April 10, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

Let me begin by saying, as a kid of 11 years of age, I was trained for four years in classical guitar by one of the best. His name was George Yeatman and he was a disciple of Aaron Shearer (The father of modern classical guitar training). I took highly disciplined classical lessons until the [...]

How Should Left Handed Guitarists Play Their Guitars?

Published on March 29, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

I was recently thinking about left handed guitar players ( I know I need to get out more often) and wondered what effect their left handedness had on their playing style. Most of the very famous ones we’re familiar with but I’ll list some anyway: Jimi Hendrix- yep he has to go first still – [...]

Are Guitar Manufacturers Biased Towards Men?

Published on March 6, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

More women than ever are playing the guitar nowadays. More luthiers and guitar manufacturing companies are paying attention to the needs of smaller female players, their playing styles, and their sense of style and design. What exactly is a girls/womans guitar and what are the differences one might expect to find in a guitar described [...]

Guide To Buying A Good Guitar

Published on February 25, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

If you are a beginner guitar player, you will naturally to be apprehensive about what type of guitar should you buy and the cost of buying one. Yes, there are many things to ponder over when you are deciding to buy a good beginner’s guitar. Here are some pointers that should give you some ideas [...]

Popular Guitar Brands Your Guitar Heroes May Play

Published on February 18, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

You can learn to play guitar on most any old instrument. This does not have to be the very best instrument out there. As you advance on your instrument you will naturally want to get a better guitar. Although the list of quality guitars is very long you tend to see the pros playing the [...]

All about an Acoustic Bass Guitar

Published on February 18, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

There are different types of guitars producing various sound variations, offering different features. One of the most demanding is the acoustic bass guitar. This is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to a bass guitar, though usually somewhat larger than a steel string acoustic guitar. A steel strung acoustic bass guitar is [...]

History of Guitars

Published on February 18, 2008 By Mickys-Blog

The history of guitars traces back to India and Central Asia. It is derived from the Sitara. The oldest known iconographic depiction of an instrument displaying all the required features of a guitar is a 3300 year old stone carving of a Hittite bard. Earlier a guitar was known to be an instrument with a [...]