The Golden Ratio And The Guitar, A Match Made In Equal Temperament
By: Yorgos Kertsopoulos Fig 1: The golden section constitutes a line segment divided according to the golden ratio. The total length a + b is to the longer segment a as a is to the shorter segment b....
View ArticleHow To Buy A Guitar At A Pawn Shop
By: Danielle Photo: Keattikorn Pawn shops have long had negative associations as quick-money depots that sell items of little value. While any business can have a dark side, pawn shops don’t have to be...
View ArticleChoosing The Right Tonewoods For Your Acoustic Guitar Part 2
By: Aaron Schulman Check out Part 1 of Aaron’s tonewood series With the proliferation of guitar brands, luthiers, manufacturers and technologies, it could be easy to lose sight of the the fact that...
View ArticleGuitar Anatomy – Understanding The Acoustic Guitar Piece By Piece (Part 1 of 5)
By: Aaron Schulman Guitar Anatomy Part 2 Guitar Anatomy Part 3 Anatomy of the Guitar In this mini-series of articles, we will take a deeper look at the acoustic guitar anatomy and all of its simplicity...
View ArticleGuitar Gift Ideas For The Holiday Season
By: Danielle Did you fall for someone in a band too? Playing the guitar is a labor of love, but it’s an expensive labor of love. There are all sorts of accessories needed to keep playing at a top notch...
View ArticleGuitar Anatomy (Part 2 of 5): The Headstock
By: Aaron Schulman Guitar Anatomy Part 1 Guitar Anatomy Part 3 In the first part of this series, we introduced the general overview of the acoustic guitar anatomy with a fairly detailed diagram of all...
View ArticleTaylor NAMM Showcase to Feature Javier Colon, Israel Houghton, The Silent...
By: Staff According to Taylor Guitars, ahead of the 2012 NAMM Winter convention in Anaheim, California, Taylor Guitars has assembled an all-star artist lineup to perform over three days of the annual...
View ArticleGuitar Anatomy Part 3: Buying Or Building The Perfect Guitar Neck
By: Aaron Schulman Guitar Anatomy Part 1 Guitar Anatomy Part 2 Knowing the major brands of acoustic guitars does not guarantee that in buying one of those brands you will get a superior instrument....
View ArticlePRS SC 58 Wins MIPA for Best Electric Guitar 2011/2012
By: Staff PRS Guitars is proud to announce that the popular SC 58 model has received the Musikmesse International Press Award (mipa) for “Best Electric Guitar” 2011/2012. Press from all over the world...
View ArticleGear Review: MXR Zakk Wylde Overdrive Pedal ZW44
By: Robert Cavuoto Sometimes when people put their name on a pedal it’s more for the paycheck and less about emulating an aspect of their sound. Luckily this is not the case with the Wylde Overdrive by...
View ArticleA PRS First: Introducing the Custom 24 Semi-Hollow Small Batch Run
Press Release Source: PRS Guitars The PRS Guitars 2014 Custom 24 Semi-Hollow small batch run is the first of its kind. Building on the company’s flagship and most popular model, the Custom 24, the 2014...
View ArticleAmerican Stratocaster Guitar Contest by the Brotherhood of the Guitar
By: Staff The Brotherhood of the Guitar just announced the Brotherhood of the Guitar (BOH) American Stratocaster Guitar Contest that will select a winner to receive a new guitar and more. The lucky...
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