The Gibson J45 or the Martin D18? It's a bit like asking a guitar player, would you rather keep your left or right arm? Well, we would like to have both! But we do understand that most people do not buy two of these world class acoust... 7 August 2020
The Top-70 Telecaster Guitarists! After years of tinkering, in 1950 he had finally succeeded in making an electric guitar with two pickups and an easily replaceable neck. Leo Fender named his brainchild ‘The Broadcaster’. But Gretsch ... 6 August 2020
Furch Guitars | Weekly Highlight Most customers here ask for a 'Furg', with that very hard to pronounce Dutch ‘g’, but in the Czech Republic they say ‘Foerg’. The name might be a bit confusing in some countries, so for a while they w... 30 July 2020
What is the best guitar for a guitar student? In our shop in Dedemsvaart we see a lot of students who study guitar at a Conservatory, Music School or Music Academy ,,And we notice we see them very often," says Maarten Dispa of the Fellowship of A... 24 July 2020
To dovetail or to bolt on, that's the question. There are roughly two ways to attach a guitar neck to the body: 1: You can slide it into the body with a dovetail. The connection is then 'wood on wood'. 2: You can tighten the neck to the body with o... 23 July 2020
The best free apps for guitarists! Tune Need some help tuning your guitar? A very easy and affordable way to that is with a headstock tuner. You just click it on the headstock of yourguitar and it uses the vibrations of the instrument ... 17 July 2020
The five most important questions about Vintage Guitars! When is a guitar vintage? For antiques it is very easy: after exactly one hundred years something becomes antique. With guitars it is slightly more complicated, because 'vintage' just means secondhand... 16 July 2020
Five podcasts every guitarist should listen to! 1 Gitaarmannen (Dutch) Made in Holland by Ed Struijlaart. He started it to promote his theatre tour, but now that has come and gone, what remains is his podcast. If you understand Dutch it is great fu... 3 July 2020
Vintage Acoustic Guitars, what are the best alternatives? Let’s be honest: nothing sounds like a real vintage guitar. That dry, aged, full sound of old wood is truly unique. So if you want that particular vintage sound: buy a vintage gitaar . But it is good ... 2 July 2020
What are the best new strings for my electric guitar? When should I replace strings on my electric guitar? As with strings on western guitars, this differs strongly from: after each performance, till: if they break. Even with electric guitars, it really ... 26 June 2020
What guitar does Ed Sheeran play? Good news for anyone who wants to sound and play like Ed Sheeran: you can easily do so on a budget! After some brief flirtations with other models, Ed Sheeran ended up with the very affordableMartin L... 24 June 2020
Lakewood Guitars | Weekly Highlight! The brand name automatically steers you to the United States, but Lakewood is less than a five-hour drive away from our home address here in the Netherlands. Lakewood guitars are made in Giessen near ... 19 June 2020