Electric Guitar Trends

Here are the top 10 selling electric guitar pickups for Week 26, 2009

EMG EMG-ZW Zakk Wylde 81/85 Humbucker Set (+1)
EMG EMG-81 Humbucker (-1)
Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Set (+0)
Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker Set (+0)
Fender Hot Noiseless 3 Pickup Set (+0)
EMG-85 Humbucker (+0)
Seymour Duncan SH-1 ‘59 Model Electric Guitar Pickup (+1)
Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Humbucker [...]

Here are the most popular electric guitars, for Week 26, 2009
Budget guitars are electric guitars in the $300 - $500 range.
Mid-Range means $750-$1,000 electric guitars. High-End means $1,500 - $2,000.

Budget Electric Guitars

The Epiphone Limited Edition Riviera Custom P93 retained its number one spot this week.
New this week is the Epiphone Limited Edition Les [...]

I was reading The Fender Stratocaster Book (A. R. Duchossoir) the other day and it contains a table of historical prices for Stratocasters.
I thought it would be interesting to see what a 1989 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar should cost in today’s dollars.
In July, 1989 a Fender American Standard Stratocaster electric guitar cost $689.99. Adjusted [...]

Here are the top 10 selling electric guitar pickups, for Week 25, 2009

EMG EMG-81 Humbucker (+1)
EMG EMG-ZW Zakk Wylde 81/85 Humbucker Set (+2)
Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Set (+2)
Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker Set (-1)
Fender Hot Noiseless 3 Pickup Set (+1)
EMG-85 Humbucker (+2)
Gibson ‘57 Classic Humbucker (-1)
Seymour Duncan SH-1 ‘59 Model Electric Guitar Pickup (+1)
Seymour [...]

Here are the most popular electric guitars, for Week 25, 2009
Budget guitars are electric guitars in the $300 - $500 range. Mid-Range means $750-$1,000 electric guitars.  High-End means $1,500 - $2,000.
Budget Electric Guitars
Not much change here this week. The Strat HSS climbed 2 spots
to number 4 on the list.

Epiphone Limited Edition Riviera Custom P93
Epiphone Les [...]

Custom electric guitar manufacturers first started appearing in the 1970’s. Some players were unhappy with the quality of mainstream electric guitar brands at that time. A number of small companies started making better quality versions of famous models.
Today, some custom electric guitar makers still produce high end versions of Fender or Gibson electric guitars.  More [...]

Here are the top 10 selling electric guitar pickups, for Week 24, 2009:
   

LR Baggs M1A Active Soundhole Magnetic Pickup  new this week
EMG EMG-81 Humbucker  -1 from last week 
Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker Set  +0 from last week 
EMG EMG-ZW Zakk Wylde 81/85 Humbucker Set  +0 from last week
Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Set  +0 from last week
Fender [...]

Here are the most popular electric guitars, for Week 24, 2009
 
Budget guitars are electric guitars in the $300 - $500 range. Mid-Range means $750-$1,000 electric guitars. High-End means $1,500 - $2,000.
Budget Electric Guitars
Epiphone continues to dominate this price segment.

Epiphone Limited Edition Riviera Custom P93
Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plain Top
Fender Standard Stratocaster
Epiphone Limited Edition [...]

The fret board on your electric guitar might appear to be flat, but it isn’t.

Like a violin, your guitar’s fret board has a side-to-side curve to it.  If you could extend that curve into a complete circle, you could measure the radius of that circle.
In general, playing chords near the nut of the guitar is easier if the [...]

 
Here are the top 10 selling electric guitar pickups for Week 23, 2009

EMG EMG-81 Humbucker  +2 from last week
EMG EMG-ZW Zakk Wylde 81/85 Humbucker Set  -1 from last week
Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker Set  +1 from last week
EMG-ZW Zakk Wylde 81/85 Humbucker Set   -2 from last week
Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Set  +0 from last [...]