Posts from June 2014

This is written from a guitar player's point of view, but it should serve well for bass players also.

No, the above is not a joke. Fender really did release a set of "signature" electric guitar strings.

In the guitar world, Americans think that anything made in China is junk. Not true.

I said in a recent post that I was going to write more about this, so here it is.

I'm a minimalist by nature when it comes to music gear because I don't like clutter. Whenever I can do what I want musically using itty-bitty hardware, I'll do it. It's part of the reason I bought my . Yes, that's a kid's keyboard. But it operates on AA batteries, can be picked up with […]

Yep, I took the plunge and bought one.

Some guitar effects pedals are worth the money and others are not

Before I tried the '70s Stratocaster at Sam Ash over the weekend, I saw they had a in stock. So I tried it out. This was actually the second time I ever played a Squier Jag. The first one, also from the same store, sucked. And the reason it sucked is because it wasn't set […]

A review of the Fender Classic Series '70s Stratocaster

Do guitar players expect too much out of this thing?

Above is a pedal I'm considering buying, the . The Wally basically does everything the does for less. And it looks cooler.

A look of Strat that a lot of guitar players like

Fact: Most low-cost Behringer pedals are nothing more than close copies of more expensive pedals.