Getting a bargain when buying your guitar.

You think you know which guitar is right for you? Congratulations. But, your work isn’t done yet. You’ve got to get that guitar at a price that you can be proud of. Many people assume that if the guitar price tag says $599, that’s the price they’ll have to pay. Not true. Music store owners [...]

Classic Guitar Effects: The Fuzz Face

The Fuzz Face is a classic guitar pedal, originally produced in England by Arbiter in the mid-1960s. The company was later sold and became known as Dallas-Arbiter, and they continued to produce the pedal under that name. The original (Arbiter England) Fuzz Face pedals first began being imported into America in 1966. A strong [...]

Bargain Electric Guitar Amp and Accessories

Buying cheap electric guitars is a great way for beginning guitar players to save money, but you’ll need some other important accessories before you become the next guitar god.  And buying online these days is going to be how to get the best deal.  Usually you get incentive offers to buy online and save and [...]

Behringer ADA8000 Ultragain Pro-8

The Bottom Line
The Behringer ADA8000 is a pretty good deal; being able to add 8 channels of microphone preamp to your digital recording system for $245 is a real bargain, but not without some faults. While the analog-to-digital stage is really high quality, the microphone preamps lack refined detail, even compared to stock preamps of [...]

Buying gear on ebay, whats your opinion?

I recently received an email comment from a guy named Garth — he told me that he’s given up on trying to buy Shure microphones on eBay, because they all seem to be fakes! While I know from experience you can get some decent deals (my Beta 52 was a steal, and it works flawlessly [...]

Gibson Les Paul Studio Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Studio Guitar
An excellent bang for your buck
The Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar is an excellent instrument. Its has all the high quality of its big brother the Gibson Standard but, its $1000.00 less. This is certainly a case of less is better. The Les Paul Studio hit the market in [...]