“Are you the Mechanic or the Driver?” A friend of mine (James) dropped in for a visit whilst travelling recently. He’s a fellow guitarist and follower of the ‘Mark TheGuitarGuy’ channel and also the Jamorama.com site. But it was the first time he’s actually been to my home in Christchurch New Zealand. I showed him […]
Gear
Galasso Skate Guitar
Galasso has made some great guitars, ranging from classical guitars for Lito Nebbia (an Argentinean blues guitar player and singer); electric and mind blowing guitars and bass for a great Argentinean band called PEZ, and even a gigantic double guitar for the guitar virtuoso David Fiuczynski and more lately, the famous Skate guitar.
Best mid-range acoustic guitars
Recently I helped a customer who came to Jamorama asking what would be the best guitar for him; a beginner looking for a decent sounding guitar with a good craft quality. While looking for some good information, I found on a great post on musicradar.com reviewing the top 18 “best mid-range acoustic guitars”, ranging in price from $700 – $1,600
Eric Clapton “Brownie”
The “Layla” guitar – not the type of brownie you have in mind boy. I am not a big fan of “tribute” guitars, Fender can say whatever about it but I’d rather go for a normal Strat and get the sunburst color I want… however, the Eric Clapton “Brownie” is super cute and let’s face […]
Fender Passport Mini
Sound that travels! The Fender Passport series has been around for a number of years now. It goes from portable audio systems to wireless microphones… every product is backed up by Fender, so you know you’re getting the good stuff. This time, Fender announced its new addition to the Passport family, something for the […]
Best Pick Holders
The pick holder is a great invention and you’ll find different types and versions created by many well known brands. But who makes the best pick holders?
Getting a basic guitar sound out of your amp
Many of you will have a descent (or not so) decent guitar amp, but I can guarantee that most of you are not happy with how your guitar sounds. This is basically because you are not paying enough attention to your amp set up. No matter what amp you have, you always have to get […]
Frets for the bigger hands
How many times you have struggled to get your chords sounding right? During all these years of providing guitar lessons and resources for the beginner guitarists, we have had hundreds of emails from guitarists saying that their fingers are too big for the guitar they are using. Unfortunately there aren’t many fixes for this issue. […]
Epiphone Wildkat Royale
A guitar to play anything but the heavy stuff! Epiphone does great things at affordable prices. The first impression when looking at a Wildkat Royale is smooth jazz, funky and groovy guitar I wanna jam with… Is it really like that? Yes sir! And of course, you can still play Rock and anything else you […]
Gibson EDS-1275 double neck
No better Rock classic than this one! Who hasn’t seen this guitar monster around? You probably remember it in the hands of Jimmy Page delivering the intricate studio arrangements on “Stairway to heaven”, or maybe you saw it on tour with Alex Lifeson from RUSH and perhaps Elton John’s guitarists, Davey Johnstone. From the Gibson […]