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Today I want to talk to everyone about DBZ Guitars. DBZ Guitars are some awesome guitars built by a newer company called DBZ Diamond that was formed in 2008 in Houston, Texas. DBZ Guitars feature a full line of electric guitars, electric basses, and acoustic guitars and basses. DBZ Guitars feature all the traditional shapes and body styles…
Today I’m talking about Jay Turser Guitars. Jay Turser Guitars are American made guitars from Buffalo Grove, Illinois. They make electric and acoustic guitars and basses, Mandolins, Banjos, Hollowbody guitars and Resonator guitars. Jay Turser Guitars are high quality guitars that play great, and are also not too hard on the wallet. JAY TURSER GUITAR…
Today I’m Talking about Greg Bennett Guitars. Greg Bennett Guitars make some high quality, durable, electric guitars, acoustic guitars and basses. I have played many different models myself, and the bass player in my last band had a Greg Bennett Acoustic Bass that was really awesome. We played tons of shows with it and practiced…
Today I want to talk to everyone about Laguna Guitars. These are some really nice, and very playable guitars created by Keith Brawley who sold his designs to Guitar Center to be used to make Laguna Guitars. These days many of the models are discontinued but you can still find some at Guitar Center and if you have…
Since I talk a lot about guitars on this website I thought it would be a good time to talk about the guitar wall hanger and stands. For such an important item to any guitar or bass player, the wall hanger and stand is almost always an “after thought”. The wall hanger and stand will…
Today I want to tell you about Carlo Robelli Guitars. Carlo Robelli is an Italian stringed instrument manufacturer that has been making instruments for more than 50 years. Instruments that Carlo Rebelli is known for manufacturing include the electric guitar, double neck electric guitar, electric bass guitar, cello, violin, electric violin, acoustic guitars, 12 string…
Today I would like to talk about Blueridge Guitars, high quality acoustic guitars that are well known for their fine workmanship and their attention to detail. Blueridge Guitars are owned by Saga Musical Instruments, a company that owns many guitar brands and the Blueridge line of guitars is made in China. Saga Musical Instruments are well known…
Today I want to talk about Fernandes Guitars, a Japanese guitar manufacturer that really makes some great instruments. The company began in 1966 making flamenco guitars and soon after they began to produce a full line of guitars, bass guitars, acoustic guitars, etc.. My best friend used to have a Fernandes guitar and it was always…
Hagstrom Guitars is a guitar manufacturer from Sweden. Starting out in the early 1900’s making accordians, Hagstrom Guitars started to make guitars in the 1950’s and continued to do so until 1983 when production stopped but started producing guitars again in 2004. They produce electric and acoustic guitars and bass guitars. They are the first to…
Bedell Guitars is a relatively new acoustic guitar manufacturer from Oregon, USA started by Tom Bedell, Founder of Two Old Hippies, LLC. in 2009. Despite being so new to the guitar creating world Bedell Guitars are fine crafted guitars that can stand up to their more seasoned competitors. All wood construction from the finest woods,…
Hamer Guitars was a Chicago based guitar manufacturer from 1973 – 2013. Hamer made some of the finest electric guitars ever created and they have been used by some of the biggest names in music. It is my opinion Hamer guitars are one of the best purchases you can make, and I encourage you to…
Larrivee Guitars is a guitar manufacturer that was started in 1968 in Toronto, Canada by Jean Larrivée. After working as an apprentice for German classical guitar builder Edgar Mönch, Jean Larrivée opened his own shop with his own unique style of acoustic guitars. From 1868 until 1982 Larrivee Guitars were exclusively high quality acoustic guitars built with a high attention to detail…
Kona Guitars are American made guitars founded in 2000 by M&M Merchandisers, Inc.. Kona Guitars put out a full line of high quality acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, mandolins, ukelele and amplifiers. Kona Guitars KE55N KE55 Series Electric Guitar with Spalted Spruce body Kona guitars are very nice guitars at a very nice price.…
G&L Guitars Company was founded in the late 1970’s by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt . The G&L name comes from the initials of George Fullerton & Leo Fender. It is no shock that these are some great guitars that play and sound great. G&L Ascari G&L Guitars are very high quality handmade guitars…
The Shure SM57 is the industry standard mic for guitar amps, snare drums, percussion and many other components of amplified music. It is also heavily used by performing musicians because of it’s solid build, cheap price , and dependability. Not just an instrument mic, it is also widely used as a live vocal mic as…