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The Best Capo for your 12 String
A good capo for a 12 string is special and it’s different from a capo for a 6 string. Read why and what I recommend here.
Review : PRS SE Silver Sky
The original PRS Silver Sky gained instant renown as it was the guitar that John Mayer switched to, from the Fendr Stratocasters that he had played for years.
The SE Silver Sky brought that style into the price range affordable by regular people. So this time, we look at the PRS SE Silver Sky
Review : The Yamaha FS820. Is this the best 000 acoustic under $1,000?
This time I review my favourite 000 acoustic under $1000. Considering that it sells for about $400, it’s a huge deal.
Review : PRS SE CE24 Standard. Is it a top option for under $700 Canadian?
This is my updated review of the PRS SE CE24 Standard. Very hard to beat at its price point, but if your amp is dark sounding, you may find this one a bit too dark in combination. With a brighter amp, it’s a blast.
Review : PRS NF3
Join me for my review of the PRS SE NF3. Here’s a hint. It’s a fantastic guitar.
Review : PRS SE Custom 24 with Piezo
Given my expressed love for piezo pickups, you might be inclined to expect harsh words out of the gate with this guitar. Not this time. With a PRS/LR Baggs piezo in the bridge and two PRS 58/15S pickups in a semi-hollow body, this is the best SE guitar that I have ever played, which is saying a lot considering how superb the SE family has been over the last few years.
Review : Fender Ultra II Telecaster
Please join me for my review of the Fender Ultra II Telecaster. Here’s a hint. It’s excellent!
Review : Fender Player Plus Meteora
The Player Plus Meteora is not your typical Fender guitar. It is a serious rock machine with excellent sounding humbucking pickups, a two post vibrato, independent volume controls and coil splitting. And you can find solid deals on them right now.
The 2024 Holiday Buying Guide for New Players
Here’s my Holiday Buying Guide for 2024. Looking for something specific that’s not here? No problem. Send me an email or post a comment and I will get back to you.
The Best Capo Analysis I Have Ever Seen
If you use or want to buy a capo, this video is a much watch. With great thanks to Robert Cassard.
Review : The Taylor T5z as an Electric Guitar
The Taylor T5z is something vey different. It’s designed and built by one of the finest acoustic guitar makers in the world, but it’s designed to be plugged into an amplifier. I’ve played lots of guitars and haven’t encountered anything quite like it.
Review : Laney A-Fresco 2 -The Best Acoustic Amp Under $1000
Is the Laney A-Fresco 2 the best acoustic guitar or bass amplifier in the market unde $1000?
Yes it is and with a MAP price of $699.99 USD it blows away much more expensive amps every day off the week.
Review : PRS SE Hollowbody Standard
The PRS SE Hollowbody Standard is a semi-hollow guitar with two humbucking pickups and one each of volume and tone control. The selection options are simple, neck, neck with bridge and neck. It has a stop tail tailpiece. While shaped like a common PRS, because of its design, think ES-335 or similar. The MAP on this guitar is $1,389 CAD and it includes a very nice hardshell case.
Review : Fender Player II Jazz Bass
This time I review the new Fender Player II Jazz Bass. Short answer? It's really quite excellent
IR Pedals for Acoustic Guitars. Real or Spurious?
There has recently been some noise about IR pedals for acoustic guitars. Do they work? How do they work? Do they actually even exist?
Let’s Talk Offsets
In this article, I want to discuss one of my favourite guitar body styles, what the marketplace calls the offset. For this entire concept, we again recognize Mr. Leo Fender.
Neural DSP Amplifiers
The Neural DSP Soldano SLO-100 X plugin sounds like the real thing, but gives you flexibility that even the real wonderful amp can just not do
Gibson Kirk Hammett “Greeny”
Join me for my review of the Gibson Kirk Hammett "Greeny". I will warn you up front, I was very pleasantly surprised.
Taylor GS-Mini
Join me for my review of the Taylor GS-Mini. It is a lot more than I expected