Growing up in the Midwest, my family always felt like it was essential to support local businesses. It’s also traditional to start learning an instrument around the fourth or fifth grade where we lived. I vividly remember my music teacher administering a musical IQ test. We got to choose the […]

There are three guarantees I’ve found that happen in life. The government always knows how much money you’ve made, even if you get paid under the table. People will always gossip about you when you’re successful because they want to bring you down to their level. Someone will come up […]

Epiphone has created high-quality instruments at affordable prices for several years. Each idea they have seems to be a home run. Whether you’re working a stage or something at the local dive, Epiphone guitars work with every possible genre. The respect given to the brand under the Gibson banner is […]

Gibson’s Les Paul guitar is a solid-body design that the company first sold in 1952. It was designed by John Huis, who worked as a factory manager for the brand at the time. Les Paul provided input during the design phase and eventually endorsed the final product. On a standard […]

The tremolo on a Strat puts in tons of work each session. It’s only natural that this component will eventually wear out. You might also dislike the current tremolo bridge on your guitar and be looking for a high-quality replacement. Over the past few decades, there have been countless tremolo […]

When most people think about guitars, they’re thinking about a Strat. It’s one of the most recognizable shapes in the industry, even several decades after its first introduction. The Strat body is so popular that most guitar manufacturers offer a knockoff version of that design. If you’re interested in trying […]