Inspired by the recent release of the new Yamaha SG guitars, I thought I’d write a review of my old Yamaha SG1500. The Yamaha SG range: known as the “Les Paul Killer”!

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I remember when I first started to play the guitar, walking into a guitar store in Poole and seeing a Gibson SG (not sure what model) hanging on the wall. It was love at first sight. It just looked so good. It is a simple yet mean looking instrument. I loved the fact it literally looked like a lump of wood with strings on it.

Around 2 years ago I finally discovered the joys of Black Sabbath (yeah, I know a bit late) and very quickly got really into Tony Iommi’s riffs. They sounded so huge! And so, my love affair with the SG was ignited.

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I wasn’t even really aware of Duesenberg guitars when I acquired the Starplayer TV. I’d seen a few write ups in magazines for other models but other than that my knowledge and experience of them was limited. How I came to own the guitar was a similar situation to how I came to own the MXR Carbon Copy – I walked into a guitar shop for a completely different reason and walked out with a stunning Duesenberg Starplayer TV in my hand!

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This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Ben Clarke

After owning a few budget acoustic guitars I decided to purchase a quality guitar that would last me for a good few years. I was after an acoustic that I could play at church on a Sunday and still get funky when jamming with friends.

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This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Simon Jenns

Having (unusually it seems) learnt to play the guitar on an electric I soon after had the desire to find a decent acoustic. After slowly improving on some cheap sub-standard guitars I found quite possibly my lifelong guitar! Having browsed eBay for a long time I came across the Avalon when I was living in London – a very generous and wealthy entrepreneur sold me the guitar for a fraction of its worth.

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I’ve always loved the sound of a Fender Stratocaster. Years before I even started to learn to play the guitar, most of the artists and bands I listened to just so happened to play a Strat (not that I realised at the time). In fact one of my earliest memories is opening a present on my 5^th or 6^th birthday to receive my first album, Cliff Richard’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Juvenile”. Seeing Cliff posing with a Strat-style guitar on the front cover made me think he was the coolest person in the world! Maybe I shouldn’t admit that but who cares, we all have a “first album” story and my guess is yours is as equally cringe worthy!

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This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Steve Coates

In the 7/8 years that I’ve been playing the guitar I have been through my fair share of guitars. With all the guitars I’ve owned I’ve been trying to find the guitar that would match the sound in my head.

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This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Steven Page

I’d been a fan of the Jim Root telecaster since I first saw it some years ago. I loved how it was a modern take on a classic model but I never really saw one in shops and when I did, I never thought to play one.

One day I was driving to every local guitar shop I could think of to see if I could part exchange one of my guitars. I had my heart set on an Ibanez Artist but there was too much UM and ARR from the guys in the shop so I went elsewhere.

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