Guitar Reviews

 Most popular guitar used by the top 100 guitarists of the 60's and 70's   It is generally accepted that the 60/70's were the best decades for guitar based music/bands. Although this may be debatable, I am going to use this as a starting point to find out which Guitar may be considered 'the best'. These were the years that gave us such great riffs as:- Purple Haze, You Really Got Me, I Feel Fine, Smoke On The Water, Paranoid, Roundabout, etc, etc.   I have taken a list from Spinditty and found out the guitar most associated with each artist                 56 GIBSON   23 FENDER (12 STRATS/11 TELES)  4 IBANEZ  2 GRETSCH 15 OTHER So, what is it about Gibsons? Orville Gibson (1856-1918) You could say that Gibson have been around a lot longer than most other guitar models, giving them an edge. Orville Gibson started making mandolins in 1898 and in 1902, the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. was incorporated to market the instruments. Orville Gibson d

 Steven Rosen Interview from Guitar Player magazine - July 1976.  Thanks to Phil White from   Paul Kossoff - The Legend Facebook page

  use a pick?   So, I am asking myself, do I even need to use a pick? Can I play with my fingers; will a pick get in the way?   What is a guitar pick? A guitar pick, called a plectrum in the UK, is a small, pointed implement held between the thumb and finger(s), which is used to strike the guitar strings to produce a sound. What shape are guitar picks?   They come in a variety of shapes but have a pointed tip which is used when playing. When the string is struck by the pick, the sound produced is picked up by the pick-ups, in an electric guitar, where the sound is boosted through an amplifier and speaker. In an acoustic guitar the sound is amplified through the hollow body of the guitar by the sound hole. The shape of the pick is down to personal preference. As a beginner, I would suggest the student buy a variety pack of picks and choose the one that most suits. You may find that over time your choice of pick will c

    how to Tune a guitar- 4 methods to tune a guitar oh my god - hand me the gun!! I asked a non-musical friend today how he thought someone could tune a guitar. He said that you get one of those units, turn it on and wait till the pointy thing is in the right place!!?? Guitar tuning is used to correct the pitch of the open strings of a guitar. In western music the tuning of the guitar strings are ordered from the thickest to the thinnest. Guitars are normally tuned (called Standard Tuning), with string pitches – E,A,D,G,B,E. One way to remember this is by using the mnemonic - E ddy A te D ynamite, G ood B ye E ddy So how do you tune your guitar There are several ways of tuning a guitar. here are a few of the common methods. You can use a tuner, a pitch pipe/tuning fork, another musician, or the 5th fret method. Tuner A tuner is a electronic device to help tune guitar strings to the correct pitch by using a display. The pitch detected and measured in Hertz.