From a consumer point of view, “Buy Online and Pick Up in Store,” or BOPUS makes complete sense. It takes the advantages of online shopping (‘tire-kicking’) and inventory checking, and marries them to the advantages of traditional stores, namely the ability to get a product quick and to see and touch it and in the […]
Preparing for Christmas Caroling is fun. The house smells like a good bakery. The turkey in the oven competes for attention in the battle for culinary Season flavors. A bouquet of nutmeg and cinnamon wafts from the kitchen and the family nonchalantly lays around the house watching TV as visions of Charlie Brown’s Christmas, the […]
While reading a story this morning on how music therapy can help people cope with issues ranging from everyday challenges like stress to diseases like Alzheimer’s, I realized that September is the month for the annual global FPC Event (Playing for Change Day events). I have been an admiring supporter of the Playing for Change […]
As the only distinctive Breedlove dealer in the greater Jacksonville/Southeast Georgia area, we are proud when Breedlove guitars are singled out for their excellence in NAMM U’s Summer 2017 Show with a “Best in Show” Award. And that is what happened during the recent National Association of Music Merchants Summer show in Nashville Tennessee, when […]
Recently we added a selection of Washburn Acoustic Guitars to the store and online shop. With a history that roots in the civil war era, it is a complex task to trace the history of any particular instrument of this period. Not only did Washburn in those days often change designs to follow the rapidly […]
So now you have a guitar and the question is, besides a guitar what else do you need? The question on guitar essentials can ultimately only be answered by your own preferences and budget, but here some are suggestions to consider. An Electronic Guitar Tuner It used to be much more difficult to tune a […]
As a longtime guitar player, I always pick up guitars when visiting friends and family, at garage sales or pawnshops, to find that the poor thing is entirely out of tune (let alone the rusty strings). By that I mean out of standard tuning, not a dropped D-tuning or Keith Richard’s beloved open G. Every […]
The ukulele is not an ancient instrument yet after its initial ups and down as the guitar’s little sister, we are now experiencing an incredible recent ukulele revival. As a hybrid descendant of the historic guitar line, it started its ascent in popularity with sugar cane field workers from the Atlantic Portuguese island of Madeira […]
In this fifth installment on sustainable tone woods for string instruments we’re talking about Maple. Though far less common as a tonewood, Maple nonetheless prominently features on some of the most popular acoustic guitars ever made. One of the hardest and most dense tonewood varieties, maple is famed for its bright tone, great projection and […]
Mahogany is the most popular choice of tonewoods for guitar backs and sides, though it’s also occasionally used as a top material. Mahogany is a dense wood, with a dark finish, and close grain. Tonally, it has far warmer, darker tone than both Cedar and Spruce. As a material for back and sides, mahogany’s density […]