Electro-Acoustic Guitars

Stand in any UK guitar shop long enough and you’ll hear the same hushed argument happening at the counter: electro acoustic vs acoustic guitar, which one actually deserves your money? It sounds like a simple question. It isn’t. The electro acoustic vs acoustic guitar debate trips up total beginners and gigging veterans alike, mostly because … Read more

There’s a particular kind of panic that hits every gigging guitarist at least once: the sound engineer nods at you, the room goes quiet, and the first strum of your acoustic guitar for live performance comes out of the PA sounding like a wasp trapped in a biscuit tin. It’s happened to almost everyone who’s … Read more

Plug in, count yourself in, and suddenly a bedroom acoustic can fill a working men’s club, a wedding marquee, or a festival side-stage without a microphone stand in sight. That’s the entire promise of an electro acoustic guitar: the warmth of a wooden box married to a pickup and preamp that let you go straight … Read more