It seems recently eBay is being inundated with (brand name) guitars that are frauds. China it seems is the country of origin flooding eBay with too good to be true on named guitars such as Fender, Gibson,...
The Gibson J-45 is a wonderful guitar. It's been around since the 1930's and is a mainstay of the music industry. New they sell for $2000 plus. It's hard to find a used one less that $1200 or so. In the past...
So ... you found a nice old Yamaha in a beat up case at a thrift store and paid $37 for it, with the hopes of making a few bucks on eBay. You looked in the Musical Instruments : Guitars : Acoustic : Yamaha...
I bought one! PLEASE READ MY UPDATE BELOW dated July 15, 2007 Well let me tell you. If you are buying one of these then you must know it can't be real for the price your getting it for. I did. Well I wanted...
Who is scamming who? I have read and seen all the stuff on guitar scams ,but i feel that it starts out with us the buyer. Why do we think we are going to go buy a Gibson Les Paul for $100.00 and $300.00 to...
The Secrets to Finding Your Guitar Tone Much More ! Finding YOUR Tone You ask…”how do I find the perfect tone??!! There is no perfect tone. The "ultimate" tone (The Tone) does not exist. "Tone" is a...
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...
Pickups and Your Sound:Pickups are essentially magnets, and your strings are made of magnetic metals. Your pickup creates a magnetic field that is disturbed when the strings move. This disturbance is...
In the interest of sharing some hard to find information I include the following: The largest number of mid to high quality guitars is now coming from Korea. This includes both Acoustics and electrics. The...
This isn't a guide that I'm writing. Its more of a rant in response to a problem that I think is getting out of hand. Ever since my start on ebay (2001), I've been noticing a large increase in the prices of...