Electric Guitar Trends

 
Here are the Top Ten Selling Epiphone Electric Guitars, Week 40, 2009. Changes from Week 37 in brackets.

Epiphone Limited Edition Les Paul Studio Deluxe Electric Guitar Wine Red (+o)

Epiphone Les Paul 1956 Goldtop Electric Guitar Gold Top (+2)

Epiphone Limited Edition Les Paul Custom Silverburst (-1)

Epiphone Limited Edition Wilshire Electric Guitar Alpine White (-1)

Epiphone Limited Edition 1959 Les Paul Standard [...]

 
If you have ever played a vintage electric guitar, you know that electric guitar necks have evolved over the years.
1950’s
Fender electric guitars have narrow, #6230 “banjo frets”, a curvy 7 1/4″ radius, and a narrow 1 5/8″ nut width.

1950-1955: Neck shapes have a large and chunky “D” profile.
1956: Necks changed to a large and chunky [...]

 
Many guitar players spend time online shopping for guitar bargains. While Ebay is a popular place to browse electric guitars, dealing with sellers can be risky and pricing can be out of line with in store pricing.
Here are a few websites run by real bricks ‘n mortar guitar stores. They offer decent street prices and [...]

 
In the past 2 years, there have been large swings in the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Canadian dollar. It creates a problem for guitar manufacturers trying to maintain sales on both sides of the border.
In addition, electric guitars do not always sell quickly. In Canada, this means last year’s electric guitar [...]

 
Here are the Top Ten Selling Epiphone Electric Guitars, Week 37, 2009. Change from Week 28 in brackets.

Epiphone Limited Edition Les Paul Studio Deluxe Electric Guitar Wine Red (+1)

Epiphone Limited Edition Les Paul Custom Silverburst (-1)

Epiphone Limited Edition Wilshire Electric Guitar Alpine White  (+4)

Epiphone Les Paul 1956 Goldtop Electric Guitar Gold Top (new this week)

Epiphone [...]