When Wood Isn’t Really Wood; Decyphering Low-End Guitar Terms
When is Mahogany not really mahogany? When it’s a laminate! Most low-end guitars have historically been build with laminate woods (and even some high-end ones, […]
The Game Changer
When I attended the winter NAMM show in Anaheim a couple months ago, I was moved by the time spent with Bob Taylor, his humility […]
Why You Should NEVER pay via PayPal
PREFACE Ebay and Paypal have been inextricably linked, despite claims that they are now separate companies. To be fair, it’s hard to separate them when […]
Peak’s D10 Guitar Stand
There are few new things under the sun. Even the modern move towards smaller bodied guitars and 12th frets is returning to a technology […]
Buying Used Guitars — What You Need To Know
Buying used guitars is much more risky. Right off the top, the seller may not be very knowledgable (and this is true whether we’re talking […]
Buying A New Guitar — What You Need to Know About Pricing
Though people buy guitars every day, and many of those buyers are players who have decades of experience, there continues to be a veil over […]
The Near Futures of Acoustic Guitars
The Near Futures of Acoustic Guitars (Where are we going next?) When people asked Bob Taylor why he didn’t put in those cool new amenities […]
The Future of Acoustic Guitars — Available NOW!
In the last article, we took a look at the basics of TF (12th Fret) guitars, and a glimpse at one of the Grand Auditorium […]
12th Fret Craze!
Why all this hoolpa about 12th Fret (TF) guitars? Simply put, because they’re AWESOME! But the point of an article is to explain, so here […]
Combining Woods (Tonewood Choices)
Caveat: In this article the author refers only to all solid wood guitars. Laminates are another topic altogether. Koa, the most desirable and among the most […]