RWM Guitars Unveils Two New Butcher Block Guitars

Two new impressive RWM Guitar builds arrived alongside my new demo guitar that pay homage to Fender. RWM Guitars has kicked off 2023 with two new Butcher Block builds hitting the market. Both represent a new direction for one of my favorite New England builders, with higher end pickups and new body designs. Both areContinue reading “RWM Guitars Unveils Two New Butcher Block Guitars”

Ranking All Of The Guitars I Covered In 2022

Another year, another list of guitars I’ve had the pleasure of judging online. It’s that time of the year again. We’ve already covered all of our pedal rankings for 2022, which was quite the labor of love. Now let’s turn our attention to the guitar side of things. It’s still been relatively slow to getContinue reading “Ranking All Of The Guitars I Covered In 2022”

2021 Guitar Ranks: Everything We Reviewed This Year

While 2021 had a few less guitar reviews than we hoped, it did not lack in quality at all! All I can say about 2021 is; you could really feel the long term impacts of the pandemic’s impact on the supply chain. Despite being a moderately well known reviewer at best (and that is generous),Continue reading “2021 Guitar Ranks: Everything We Reviewed This Year”

Squier Affinity Telecaster Deluxe: The Best Cheap Tele Yet?

Fender and Squier’s latest foray into affordable guitars is seemingly another rousing success despite some muddy pickups. Cost: $279.99 from Fender.com, Amazon.com, Sweetwater.com, and Reverb.com! (some affiliate links) Overview & Final Score: 7.4 out of 10 Announced earlier this summer, Squier’s Affinity range has been rapidly expanding to include more and more classic models atContinue reading “Squier Affinity Telecaster Deluxe: The Best Cheap Tele Yet?”

Donner DJC-1000S Guitar Review & Demo

Donner’s newest addition is their take on a thinline Telecaster with dual humbuckers, for only $174. Cost: $173.99 from Amazon Overview & Final Score: 6.5 out of 10 It’s been a good while since a Donner product strolled through this website, but I’m quite excited to see them return. My first experience with a DonnerContinue reading “Donner DJC-1000S Guitar Review & Demo”

RWM Offset T-Style Review: More Reclaimed Wood Goodness

How will this offset T-style compare to the wide range of Teles I’ve reviewed recently? Cost: $1300.00 from RWMguitars.com Overview & Final Score: 7.3 out of 10 After reviewing some RWM Guitars back in 2020, we have a few more to go through this year as well. Starting us off will be the beautifully blueContinue reading “RWM Offset T-Style Review: More Reclaimed Wood Goodness”

Fender Noventa Telecaster Review

Will Fender’s take on the LP Junior mixed with an Esquire be the guitar I’ve been dreaming about? Cost: $949.99 from Sweetwater, Fender.com and Reverb.com! Overview & Final Score: 8.3 out of 10 Fender is at it again with another new release that pretty much instantly won the guitar world over. The Noventa Telecaster isContinue reading “Fender Noventa Telecaster Review”

Fender Vintera Road Worn ’50s Telecaster Review

I think I just found my favorite Telecaster of all time. I don’t want to send it back to Fender… Cost: $1099.99 new, find out more from Fender.com Grab your own on Sweetwater, Reverb.com, or Amazon.com! (Some affiliate links). Overview & Final Score: 9.4/10 A recent addition to Fender’s Vintera line, the new Road WornContinue reading “Fender Vintera Road Worn ’50s Telecaster Review”

RWM Guitars Semi-Hollow Tele

I turn my attention to the second of four custom built guitars from Connecticut-based RWM Guitars Cost: $1500.00 from rwmguitars.com! Overview & Final Score: 8.4 Reviewing these custom builds from RWM Guitars has been real fun considering I have 4 crazy unique, different builds sitting in my office waiting to get played. While the semi-hollowContinue reading “RWM Guitars Semi-Hollow Tele”