My wife and I recently took a trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to visit family. While we were up there, I visited Cream City Music, an excellent music store in the area. I played a number of guitars, including a brand of Strat- and Tele-style guitars that I had never heard of: Landric Guitars. They are handmade and assembled by Rick Land in Grafton, Wisconsin. I played several of … [Read more...]
Guitar Review: Squier Classic Vibe ’50s Telecaster
I have a confession: I'm a bit of a headstock snob, mainly because I've always equated quality with the name on the headstock. Additionally, I've had mixed experiences with Squier guitars before. As a result, I haven't paid much attention to Squier guitars over the past few years. However, over the past year after joining The Gear Page forums and The Telecaster forums, I … [Read more...]
Gibson Keb’ Mo’ Bluesmaster
Gibson recently introduced the Keb' Mo' signature Bluesmaster acoustic guitar. The guitar is loosely based on Keb's Epiphone Bluesmaster, which was a popular parlor-sized guitar that Gibson discontinued about 10 years ago. The Keb Mo' Bluesmaster features a spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a bound, rosewood fingerboard. It is available in a natural or sunburst finish. … [Read more...]
Signature Series Guitars
Signature series guitars. All major guitar manufacturers make them. Some people love them, and some people hate them. Personally, I fall into the "love them" camp. The ironic thing is that many of the people who claim that they hate them would not hesitate to play a Les Paul, which is perhaps the prototype for signature series guitars. What I like about signature series … [Read more...]
PRS Factory Tour
Guitar World magazine recently posted a video of their exclusive tour of the Paul Reed Smith factory. I found it interesting that, although machines are used to do the cutting of the body and neck, there is still a lot of manual labor involved in assembling a PRS guitar. … [Read more...]