NOTE: Due to continuous updating, this guide has now exceeded the 20,000 character limit so I have started a Part II guide which you will likely need to continue on to.Buying a Fender Stratocaster - A Guide...
bought a martin d28 from user id fortknoxpawn, for $800 got it it was a cheap $50 guitar with a fake decal and label, dealer refused to make it right!!! beware
Buying a Fender Stratocaster - A Guide for the Novice Guide, Part II UNDER CONSTRUCTION (due to the length of the original guide, I have had to divide it into Part I and Part II. If you haven't read Part I you...
So you're trying to figure out what the difference is between the various Fretlight Guitars made throught the last 16 years? No Problem, read on and don't forget to check out the Fretlight Back Lot, Optek's...
BEWARE!! There are more than the typical Chinese based guitar frauds around. It has become apparent that these instruments are also for sale through Canada and the US. A recent auction used a composite photo...
The pre WWII lap steel Richenbachers are valuable collectibles, and their pickups are considered by many lap steel players to be the best sounding ever made.Rickenbacher is credited with the first electiric...
Hello Everyone: This is a repost to a guide I had up here on ebay previously to this one, the original one was removed due to a dishonest seller from Canada complaining to ebay, I was ripped off by this...
Lately a lot of Fake Gibson merchandise has been popping up on ebay, The newest items is Guitar Cases and Pickups, The cases are getting harder to spot, but the first tell tale sign is the inside, look at the...
There has been a rash of fake Gibson A4 mandolins on eBay in the past few weeks. They are easy to spot because of the label saying A4 and listing the site of the factory as Bozeman, Montana. The A4, which was...
Over the years instrument manufactureres have used varying neck profiles for their instruments. For clarification "profile" refers to the shape and thickness of the back of the neck. Often the profiles are...