Looking to spend more than a modest amount on an acoustic Dread? Look no further than the Apollo 1DC…
This Martin-styled cutaway dread is a smartly satin-lacquered instrument. It sports a solid sitka top partnered by laminated mahogany back and sides. Binding is white with herringbone purfling around the front and around the soundhole. This binding [...]
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Making your way through the low-end semi-acoustic spectrum can be hard – especially with Yamaha because of their massive product range. Is this cheap and cheerful CPX500 mini-jumbo a hit?
When looking at this you get the impression that Yamaha have probably had to cut a few corners to get to where they are with the price [...]
Very well made, lush tones and beautiful presence – just some of the endearing qualities of the Larrivee OM-09…
Canadian luthier Jean Larrivee began making his guitars back in early 1970’s. Since then he has adopted the classic X-bracing, something that is at home to the infamous Martin guitars. Today the refined version can be found in [...]
Breathing life into indie strumming, the Masthead DX-6N leads the fight against blandness…
Mariner Guitars boast that their timber is sourced from ‘only the finest grain,’ and that they are used throughout in helping construct the guitar. This would explain why it’s counterpart – the Archive series – is a little cheaper than this Masthead. The [...]
This dread-cut dream is Farida’s new flagship, in tone, quality and sounds that emulate its good looks.
Farida are a brand that not a lot of people know about. Since retail chain Dawsons Music began importing Farida’s guitars four years ago they have been going from strength to strength. The smaller body M2 was pretty good [...]
This is probably one of the most beautiful guitars I’ve seen lately and will probably be one of the most desired from next months, the new model by Ovation. The Ovation iDea Guitar is not only a guitar with a preamp… it’s a recording and playback unit, like having your iPod and a Edirol R-09 [...]
We don’t have much info and Washburn hasn’t even publish any product page in their site but we already know that they are releasing 2 new models inside the acoustic product line, the models will be called D49SPK and D49CESPK (I really prefer readable model names) and they belong to the Washburn Limited Edition Rare [...]
If you are a surf fan and you are reading this you will probably know the California Series acoustic guitars of Fender, if you don’t know it you should take a look at some of the greatest California acoustic models, and you will probably want to know that 2 new models have been released of [...]
Gibson acoustic guitars are the chosen option from many great guitar players like Johnny Cash or Pete Townshend and using 3 of the most acclaimed models Gibson has upgraded the true vintage product line with improved reissues of Hummingbird, J-45 and SJ-200 acoustic guitars. Three different guitars (super jumbo, round shoulder and dreadnought sizes) from [...]
We talked about some specific acoustic amps, like the Fishman SoloAmp, that could be a great addition to our main amp (if we play acoustic and electric shows), but what about having both options on the same amp? That what people at Henriksen amps though, and the result is a compact amp speaker extension that [...]
