Recently, we took a look at the uber affordable Glarry GST3, a $60 Stratocaster alternative available online through Amazon.com. While a functional guitar at that price is a great deal, let’s take a look at a few ways we can make the guitar more playable and hopefully better sounding. Without doing any soldering or drillingContinue reading “5 Quick Ways to Upgrade a Cheap Stratocaster (Without Soldering)”
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A Detailed Look Into Inexpensive Instruments Used by the Pros
As much as you may convince yourself that it takes perfect skill matched with perfect gear to achieve professional level performance, that’s not the whole story. More often than not, the guitar heroes you idolize today practiced, played, or wrote their hits on cheap instruments. In fact, many of today’s modern musicians still rely onContinue reading “A Detailed Look Into Inexpensive Instruments Used by the Pros”
5 Reasons You Should Assemble a DIY Guitar Kit
As someone who always wanted to learn to build guitars, I naturally started by trying to assemble a kit. My first kit ever came from thefretwire.com, and was the ES-335/Trini Lopez model pictured in the About page. That guitar proved to be incredibly challenging and trying to wire a semi-hollow body guitar as my firstContinue reading “5 Reasons You Should Assemble a DIY Guitar Kit”
Never Get Rid of Your First Guitar
Guitar gear can be a tricky topic in the music world, some musicians have one guitar they’ve used their whole life, it’s comfortable, familiar, and it sounds like them. Some use a few, or as many as a dozen different guitars on one album or one tour. Even amateurs will often be loyal to theirContinue reading “Never Get Rid of Your First Guitar”
10 Modern Bands That Prove Rock Isn’t Dead Yet
While many claim that guitars and rock music are dead, these 10 bands are fighting back and proving the naysayers wrong. If I had a dollar for every time I hear the phrases “rock is dead” or “the guitar is dead”, I could go out and finally buy my dream guitar (a 1976 Gibson ExplorerContinue reading “10 Modern Bands That Prove Rock Isn’t Dead Yet”
5 Popular Guitar Effects Pedals Briefly Explained
Ever since the advent of the acoustic guitar, players have sought ways to create new sounds and push the limits on what a single guitar can accomplish. Many guitar heroes from Robert Johnson to Eddy Van Halen have used incredible technical skill and years of practice to propel the guitar forward while some have usedContinue reading “5 Popular Guitar Effects Pedals Briefly Explained”
