Is the Fender Player Plus Tele the best deal for a Fender Tele? As a follow-up to the successful Player Series, Fender launched the Player Plus Telecaster last year. We already liked the the Fender Player Series because we think it offers great value in a North-American made guitar. Naturally, we wanted to check out …
We all know of the big online guitar retailers such as Guitar Center, Sweetwater, Sam Ash, Musician’s Friend, Zzounds, and of course, Amazon. No doubt that the inventory is impressive and you can find some sweet deals. But there are some great independently-owned online guitar retailers that are competing with the top online guitar stores …
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Today’s article takes another look at a tonewood, though it’s one you may not be familiar with: Ovangkol. At first, it may be a difficult word to spell, but that’s ok, because Ovangkol makes up for it by being a quality tonewood for acoustic guitars. If you are looking for an acoustic guitar that produces …
If you are looking for an acoustic guitar that produces a warm, well-balanced, woody sound that is similar to Mahogany, you should consider a guitar made of Sapele. If you’ve read some of our other articles on tonewood, you know we think Sapele is a great wood for acoustic guitars. In this article we discuss …
If you ever asked “What picks does John Petrucci use?”, this article is for you. When scouting for new picks to try, I noticed the John Petrucci Signature Guitar Pick Collection, which is a sampler set of 6 Dunlop picks designed in conjunction with guitarist John Petrucci. Interestingly, each of his signature picks are quite …
The original Telecaster bridge design is one of the defining features of a Telecaster. Purists will say not to mess with perfection. But there’s another school of thought that loves the Tele bridge, but sees that improvements can be made with a 6 Saddle bridge (gasp!). Before you make the jump, let’s consider the choice …
When we think of an Ebony fingerboard, we usually think of a smooth, jet black guitar fretboard. But today’s Ebony guitar fretboard is showing more and more visual variation, so much so that it has a host of new names: In this article, we’ll discuss the current state of Ebony wood used for guitar fretboards, …
We played two top tier guitar picks to determine which is best When discussing premium picks, Blue Chip is usually the first name that jumps to mind. They’re not the only player in the luxury pick game, though: Gravity Picks has entered the arena with their Gold Series line. Both are high end picks that …
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Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of Casein, because I hadn’t either. And, I had no idea that guitar picks can be made from the stuff. The pick we are reviewing in this article is the D’Addario Casein Standard guitar pick, which is part of D’Addario’s line of Casein picks. I’d never even heard …
We’re deep diving into picks at GK, and in this article we’re reviewing Dunlop guitar picks, specifically picks made of a material called Tortex. We’ll cover three types of Dunlop Tortex picks, including the newer Tortex Flex pick. What I wanted to find out above all was how the newer Tortex Flex pick stacks up …
