Matt Dunn

Stadium NY Strat Electric Guitar Review

An affordable and decent Strat-style guitar that may be better suited as base for DIY modders or up and coming guitar techs. Cost: $225.99 from Pelican Beach Music LLC! This guitar review is sponsored by Pelican Beach Music LLC, genuinely one of my favorite new online guitar retailers. I’ve been screwed over left and rightContinue reading “Stadium NY Strat Electric Guitar Review”

Orangewood Oliver Jr Bass Live Acoustic Bass Review

An unexpected and exciting new addition to Orangewood’s line that makes practicing much easier. Cost: $345.00 new from Reverb! Overview & Final Score: 7.6 Acoustic bass guitars have long been something I found incredibly fun. The Orangewood Oliver Jr Live takes that idea and brings it down to a more compact and affordable package. ThisContinue reading “Orangewood Oliver Jr Bass Live Acoustic Bass Review”

Fender Player Series Lead III Electric Guitar Review

This guitar won me over the minute I saw it, and it still exceeded expectations. Cost: $599.99, find your own Lead III on Reverb.com! Check out my official UG shot review of the Fender Player Series Lead III! https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/shot/UltimateGuitar/400730062 Overview & Final Score: 8.5 One of Fender’s best reveals at Winter NAMM 2020 had toContinue reading “Fender Player Series Lead III Electric Guitar Review”

D’Angelico Premier Mini DC Electric Guitar Review

A smaller, more comfortable semi-hollow new for 2020 from the esteemed NY guitar makers! Cost: $799.99 find dealers from D’Angelico’s website or on Reverb.com! Overview & Final Score: 8.4 One of D’Angelico’s many new 2020 guitars, the Premier Mini DC takes their popular Premier DC and brings it down to a more compact size. MuchContinue reading “D’Angelico Premier Mini DC Electric Guitar Review”

PRS Silver Sky 2020 Review

Ignore the haters, believe the hype, the Silver Sky is my new favorite guitar. I have wanted to try this guitar since it was announced so I cannot thank Jeanne from PRS enough for loaning me this for review! Cost: $2299.00, learn more at PRS.com and find your own on Sweetwater or Reverb.com! Overview &Continue reading “PRS Silver Sky 2020 Review”

Fano Omnis MG6 Electric Guitar Review

A full scale, modern take on the Mustang body shape from Fano’s new affordable series. Big shoutout to Chad from Fano for hooking this review up! Cost: $849.00 new from Fano or find a dealer on Reverb.com! Overview & Final Score: 8.9 At Winter NAMM 2020 Fano surprised and impressed many with the announcement ofContinue reading “Fano Omnis MG6 Electric Guitar Review”

Did Gibson Actually Get This New Epiphone Line Right?

I usually bash Gibson, but this is a big step in the right direction! Now I have spent the better part of my journalism career criticizing Gibson here or at Ultimate-Guitar.com. And while their PR disasters don’t need any more bashing, I also was always struck by their misuse or mismanagement of their Epiphone line.Continue reading “Did Gibson Actually Get This New Epiphone Line Right?”

Remember That $60 Glarry? Let’s Make It More Fun…

It’s not magically a great guitar yet, but it’s certainly more fun to play and look at! I trashed on that cheap Glarry GST-3 pretty bad when I first reviewed it and the company was definitely not happy with me. When I took it apart for this project, I was even less impressed when IContinue reading “Remember That $60 Glarry? Let’s Make It More Fun…”

Grote GT-150 Tele Set-in Electric Guitar Review

A cheap Telecaster clone with some surprisingly nice features from the finish to the locking tuners. Cost: $149.00 from Amazon.com! Overview & Final Score: 6.5 Grote has quietly built up a bit of a following in the Amazon marketplace thanks to their constant release of dirt cheap guitars that don’t just follow the basic Strat/TeleContinue reading “Grote GT-150 Tele Set-in Electric Guitar Review”