For anyone who is just starting out on the electric guitar, or who finds the instrument’s construction fascinating, I shared an article that provides an explanation of how an electric guitar works. There’s quite a bit going on when you strum a chord, or play a single note for that matter. The article goes over [...]

Guitarists have been spending their entire careers trying to find guitar sounds that sound more and more authentic when compared to famous guitarists. Ultimate Guitar has released an article that helps answer some of those questions and help support guitarists on that same journey. The article covers everything from what strings to use to placing [...]

So yet again, technology has successfully made another jump into tomorrow with the new Fender Squier Stratocaster guitar that can be directly plugged into Apple and PC devices via USB cable. While we have seen other companies like Line 6 with their own versions of this technology, this seems like the first guitar made by [...]

The Wah pedal has got to be one of the most popular effects pedals for all guitarists.  Most players like it because of the expression that can be had by using the pedal.  Guitar World produced an article featuring five of the most popular Wah pedals used by the most popular Wah pedal users on [...]

I found an article recently from Wired Magazine that features several of the top built-in tech guitars that have taken the guitar technology world by storm.  Like any of the instruments that are designed to emulate classic guitars, they aren’t going to be as good as the real thing, but as long as you approach [...]

Companies have been trying for years to model guitar rigs and have it sound like the real thing on stage and in the studio.  Products like Axe-FX and Eleven Rack have done a great job of supplying thousands of pre-modeled amp and guitar simulations, but none of them have been able to create real-time mic [...]

Guitar builders, or luthiers, have been striving to make improvements on guitars since the instrument’s inception.  Wilmore Guitars in Long Beach is one such guitar shop that believes the quality of a guitar is in its woods and brings in elements of the city of Long Beach in its guitars.  I thought it would be [...]

Technology is constantly changing and there are new toys coming out each and every day.  IK Multimedia announced recently that the new iRig Stomp interface is now available for tech guitar gear enthusiasts.  Being able to interface your guitar rig with Apple technologies opens up a whole new world of possibilities, whether you are performing [...]