Fender’s electric guitars changed the face of music. When the Telecaster became commercially available in 1952, it was the first-ever solid-body electric guitar to be sold to the public. But Fender wasn’t done. They released the Stratocaster in 1954, which went on to become what is arguably the best electric guitar ever made. The release […]
Single Coil Vs Humbucker: Everything You Need To Know
The debate between Single coil pickup vs Humbucker is synonymous with comparing two goated sports stars that plague various social media platforms (similar to the Lebron and Curry’s of basketball). Each is unique with its special properties, creating an eternal debate for guitar lovers. Let’s begin this discussion from the basis of ‘what is a […]
The Best Small Tube Amp For Recording
Planning to add to your collection of well-used amps? Excitedly comparing amps to buy your very first Vox or Fender? Or are you a newcomer who’s just stumped by all the British vs. American debates about inanimate objects? Quit plucking those guitar strings for a few minutes. We can help you decide on the best […]
Adam Black Orion
The Adam Black Orion review Can you really make a guitar for this sort of money that’s worth making a song and dance about? It seems that Adam Black Orion may have found a way. Marcus Leadley investigates Blimey, it’s a bit chunky – that’s the first impression when you heft the Orion onto you […]
Adam Black Libra Extreme
The Adam Black Libra Extreme review Can you really make a guitar for this sort of money that’s worth making a song and dance about? It seems that Adam Black Libra Extreme may have found a way. Marcus Leadley investigates. With a push-pull phase switch on the volume knob and a mini coil-tap toggle, the […]
Ibanez Prestige Series RG3620Z electric guitar review
The Presitge Series RG3620Z by Ibanez Even if you’re only into vintage-style guitars, I’d defy anybody who truly loves the instrument to pick up one of these Ibanez Prestige Series RG3620Z without being impressed. It’s a great deal more sophisticated and accomplished than just a pointy metal machine – and it owes little or nothing […]
Fender 60’s Strat electric guitar review
Fender 60’s Strat review With an appearance that looks like the negative image of the ’50s Strat, this beauty Fender 60’s Strat features an olympic white finish paired with a rosewood fingerboard, which in this reviewer’s eyes is one of the sexiest combos on any guitar. It also sports probably the most realistic overall relicing […]
Fender 50’s Telecaster electric guitar review
Fender 50’s Telecaster review No doubt plenty of these will be sold on their looks alone, but a guitar is only as good as the sound it makes. So it will come as a relief to many prospective buyers that the Road Worn series are no furniture instruments – they’re players. Fender 50’s Telecaster has […]
Fenders Jim Adkins Telecaster electric guitar review
Review Now everybody knows that the rawest, rockingest six-string machines ever devised are the Fenders Jim Adkins and the Gibson Les Paul Junior. So the idea of a ‘combination’ model – a Tele with a set neck and a pair of P90s – is pretty appealing, and when you factor in a Thinline Tele-style semi-solid […]
Ritchie Blackmoore Fender Signature Stratocaster
Blackmoore Fender Want to get closer to rock god tone? With a custom pickup layout and, crucially, a scalloped fingerboard, this Blackmoore Fender model is like no other Stratocaster. From a distance, there’s not much to tell this guitar apart from any other original or 70s reissue arctic white Strat with a rosewood board: no […]