Well, it’s finally happened––Electric Guitar Review reached its first birthday today, and I have to admit I’m pretty proud of how this little blog has grown. 12 months and nearly 300 posts later, we’ve managed to take a look at some great guitars & gear, build relationships with a ton of maniacal guitar-bloggers, and even unintentionally piss a few people off (hey, that’s blogging for ya’.)
So it only seems appropriate to send out a big thank you to all of my readers, without whose support I never would have made it this far––and also to all the many amazing guitar/gear makers who’ve been kind enough to send me their equipment to review (you know who you are.)
Here’s hoping for another incredible year of guitar reviews, news, rants, and commentary… and for old time’s sake, here’s a quick link to the very first post I wrote for this blog––a treatise on what many consider the greatest guitar of them all, Gibson’s absolutely timeless Les Paul.
- The Legend Lives: Les Paul Turns 91
- Ordered A New Toy Today: The ‘67 SG Special Reissue w/P-90’s
- Limited Edition: Epiphone’s Les Paul Custom Silverburst
- Speed Linking: 5 Years Ago Today
- New Features: MP3 Audio Samples & ‘First Looks’
- Relic Deluxe: The Essential Online Guide To Relic’ing Your Guitar
- Tune In Tomorrow For… EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Misadventures Of A Neck Surgeon!
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #36 :: Explorer New Century In Satin Ebony
- High-Tech Hybrid: Kustom’s WAV 212 Combo
- 36 Years Ago Today… The Death Of Jimi Hendrix
- b5media Launches A Slew Of New Music Blogs… Go Ahead, Take Your Pick!
- Gibson Releases Custom Shop 50th Anniversary Les Paul Goldtop… Now With More Gold!
November 2nd, 2006 at 10:50 am
Congratulations on your first birthday.
I must say that this is a great blog and I hope you continue posting for many years.
Khriz
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:38 am
Cary, Happy First! I’ve really been enjoying your site—in fact, just about every day. I hope the manufacturers get hip and start sending you a lot of stuff for hands-on review. Most of the best stuff is never reviewed by the print mags while tomes are written about things that nobody would buy or can afford! Thanx, Dan
November 2nd, 2006 at 12:00 pm
Thanks guys, I appreciate your support : )
Dan, I’ve found that the big manufacturers mostly ignore us small guys––I guess they can be pretty sure they’ll get a good review from the “big” publications, so they don’t see the incentive to put themselves out on a limb by sending us real folks their equipment for review.
No biggie, I’ll keep reviewing and supporting the more interesting products by the boutique guitar/gear makers, and for the more mainstream stuff, well… let’s just say I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve.
Thanks again!
November 2nd, 2006 at 1:26 pm
Congrats on one year. My one year is coming up January 2007. Love your site.
DM
November 2nd, 2006 at 3:02 pm
‘Grats from te UK! Love this place, read it every day. Keep it up!!
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:22 am
Happy birthday to you, etc. Keep up the good work, entertaining us guitar porn freaks.