Electric Guitar Trends

 Budget Electric Guitars

 1.  Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plain To
 2.  Epiphone Limited Edition 1966 G-400
 3.  Epiphone Les Paul 1956 Goldtop
 4.  Fender Standard Telecaster Ash
 5.  Epiphone Dot
 6.  Epiphone G-400 SG
 7.  Ibanez AFS75TD Artcor
 8.  Ibanez RG5EX1
 9.  Ibanez ART400H
 10. Ibanez RG420EG
 Mid-Range Electric Guitars

 1.  Gibson Les Paul Studio
 2.  Fender VG Stratocaster
 3.  ESP LTD Deluxe EC-1000
 4.  Brian May Signature
 5.  Fender Deluxe [...]

Most guitars have rosewood fretboards. It’s been that way for several decades.  In the 1960’s even cheap guitars used Brazilian rosewood for the fretboards.  But those rainforests are protected now, and there is no secure supply of Brazilian rosewood anymore.  Enter - the Indian rosewood fretboards.
Indian rosewood typically does not have as much grain as Brazilian [...]

I am really confused about the growing number of fat, baseball bat style guitar necks coming from companies like Gibson and Yamaha. Gibson describes these as “50’s necks”.
When I was growing up, buying a used electric guitar meant something made in the 1960’s, not the 1950’s. I suppose Eric Clapton grew up with 1950’s guitars, [...]

I see more and more hollow body electric guitars these days.  Not just on the web, music videos and in magazines; but also in guitar stores.  I think every manufacturer of electric guitars makes at least one hollow body electric guitar. Some make more, even a lot more.
Don’t get me wrong, I know that it’s the solid body [...]

When I was growing up in the 1960’s, made in Japan meant shoddy goods.  Stuff that didn’t work well, and broke easily. It was 1972 before I played a Japanese made guitar that played well.  I mean, have you ever seen a 1960’s Japanese electric guitar?  There’s a bunch of them here: FatDawg Guitars

So, I admit to [...]

Welcome to my blog. I plan to blog about trends pertaining to electric guitars; electric guitar types; electric guitar necks, pickups, bodies, manufacturers and anything related.Feel free to add your $0.02 worth.  Everyone has an opinion, so what’s yours?