This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Mark Angel

So, I’m an electric guitar player really, but when I moved to leading the music in my local church, acoustic guitar seemed to be most appropriate. Over the years I’ve owned several acoustic guitars, and I eventually settled on a nice Ovation bowl back Celebrity Deluxe in cherry red. I had the guitar professionally setup and it played beautifully. The trouble is, when you hit the prime age of 40 you start to expand in places that were previously not so flabby, and I eventually found that my Ovation’s bowl-back was incompatible with my bowl-front. Hmmm.

Continue reading “Godin A6 Ultra Hybrid Guitar Review” »

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”!

Continue reading “Yamaha SG1500 Review” »

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.

Continue reading “Gibson SG Standard Review” »

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!

Continue reading “Duesenberg Starplayer TV Review” »

Have you ever experienced walking into a guitar shop with the intention to purchase a particular item but actually walking out with something different? I’ve experienced this a few times over the years, the most recent being about 4 months ago when I intended to purchase a distortion unit but found myself walking out of the shop clasping an MXR Carbon Copy instead.

Continue reading “MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay Review” »

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.

Continue reading “Taylor 214 Acoustic Guitar Review” »

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.

Continue reading “Avalon L340 Acoustic Guitar Review” »

After my old Ibanez delay pedal died I was on a lookout for a decent delay unit and the H2O was always near the top of the shopping list. I’ve owned Visual Sound products previously and I’ve always been impressed with the build and sound quality. I’ve never been a fan of “chorus” effects though but the ability to mix delay and chorus when desired was quite attractive.

Continue reading “Visual Sound H2O V2 Review” »

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!

Continue reading “1979 Fender Antigua Stratocaster Review” »

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.

Continue reading “Gibson Les Paul DC Faded Review” »

This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Mark de Manbey

I purchased this pedal because I was looking for an interesting boost/overdrive to put in front of my Orange GRO100, which is a single channel, non Master Volume LOUD 100 watt head.  I was also interested in the Devi Ever branding – the pedals look cool and are pretty reasonable.

Continue reading “Devi Ever Punch Love Boost Pedal Review” »

This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Ben Clarke

After struggling with an inadequate tuner where I always had to unplug my guitar lead from the amp and plug into the tuner separately, I decided to purchase a tuner pedal that could be connected to directly from my guitar and into an amplifier or DI box, enabling me to tune my guitar between songs with ease.

Continue reading “Digitech Hardwire HT-2 Tuner Review” »

This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Steven Page

I became a fan of Marshall Amps just like many people; my idols played through them and the older Marshall amps sounded good. However, I’d been turned off by Marshall over the past few years after having bad experiences with some of the newer amp models. It seems purchasing certain older models is proving increasingly difficult and expensive. Ultimately I went elsewhere and used many other brands, some good and some bad.

Continue reading “Marshall JVM410H 100W Head Review” »

After selling an amp to finance a new car I promptly searched eBay for a cheap all valve replacement that featured a 12” speaker. Eventually, I was the lucky winner of an original early 1970′s Traynor YGM-3 Guitar Mate for just shy of £200. Bargain!

Continue reading “1970′s Traynor YGM-3 Guitar Mate Review” »