1. Buying a vintage Gibson g...
Just got married few months ago and my wife and I decided to go on a U.S road trip as our honeymoon. For me it was really an excuse to buy myself another acoustic guitar (honey, I hope you don’t read this). I already had two...
2. All about Hollow Body Ele...
First a little history The first electric guitars Gibson made were completely hollow like an acoustic guitar. The ES design consisted of such hollow models like the ES-175, ES-125, etc…(Gretsch made them this way too) Fender was...
3. Introduction to acoustic ...
This primer will help anyone to get started, and also to understand my own point of view. In the following posts I will dig deeper and cover more specific issues. I hope you find this useful. The acoustic guitar is probably the most...
4. Problematic Traits of Sou...
My dear fellow guitarist, Do not smash your guitar just yet! This post deals with the subjectivity and the problematic traits of sound and the tone of the electric guitar. Ready? “a one, a two, a one two three...
The Guitar Capo- the acoustic guitar pla...
I heard that the old timers used to call capos “cheaters”, because they enable you to play keys with difficult chords using the simpler chord figuration. Well, I beg to differ. I am a fan of the...Paul Simon
In his early career with Simon & Garfunkel Paul used a Martin D-18 Dreadnought which is considered to be the standard of the Mahogany Dreadnoughts. Simon mostly plays finger picking style using thumb...Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell is my favorite female singer song writers and her Record Blue is in my 10 top albums for sure. In her early career Joni used the venerable Martin D-28: The mother and standard of all...Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens has a lot of great acoustic songs and I just love his arrangements along side with his other guitarist, Alun Davis. They both played Gibson guitars. A lot of Cat’s songs have a very tight...About Me
I'm Sagi, I'm a musician and I can talk about guitar sound, guitar equipment and guitar reviews all day long (and I do!). I'm also a founder of 