Getting The Most Out Of This Site
In spite of our name, Electric Guitar Review isn’t just about great reviews – we actually provide a wide variety of different article types, from quick equipment overviews and commentary, to historic info about classic instruments, musicians, guitar makers, and more. In a nutshell: if we think you want to hear about it, we’re going to write about it!
We’ve gone to great lengths to label our articles in such a way that you will always know at a glance what you’re reading, be it a hands-on review, writer’s commentary, or just a recent guitar-related news blurb.
To make navigation of the site as easy as possible, we’ve provided the following list of the various categories you’ll find here at EGR.
Hands-On Reviews:
Electric Guitar Review is dedicated to bringing you pure, unbiased, hands-on reviews of the latest guitars and guitar gear – no holds barred. We aren’t a bunch of music industry shills, and we aren’t in the pockets of any of the guitar makers, so we can bring you honest reviews with real information you can actually use.
Heck, we’ll beg, borrow and steal to get our hands on the instruments you want to read about (Ok, maybe not steal.) We’re continually finding new and innovative ways to get access to the guitars and gear you’re interested in – from our vast network of guitar-playing, beer-swilling friends, to guitar retailers, and even the venerable guitar makers themselves.
We’ll help you get the most out of your hard-earned cash.
(Industry Folks: see our “Got Gear?” page if you’ve got a guitar or guitar gear you’d like to send us for review.)
Commentary:
We also provide quick, strictly hands-off overviews and commentary about intriguing new electric guitars, amplifiers, effects pedals and more. These overviews may be based on a writer’s own personal experience, press-releases, manufacturer specs, or other freely available information, and they allow us to point you towards what we deem to be promising new instruments and equipment.
With a little luck, a number of these products will ultimately get real, honest-to-goodness hands-on reviews here on EGR.
Rare Finds:
We also pride ourselves on uncovering great guitar-related blogs and websites (old & new,) so if you’ve got a site you think we might be interested in – feel free to drop us an e-mail.
“Rare Finds” can be anything from websites offering free online guitar lessons, to blogs dedicated to specific brands or models of guitar, and even vintage guitars or guitar history.
Price Drops!
In the process of our research we also often uncover great deals on guitars, so we periodically write about the ones we think you’ll be most interested in. These posts will usually include links to the retailers, but you can rest assured that they aren’t affiliate links, and we make no money by sending you to their sites. Price Drops! are simply a way to point our readers towards what we deem to be good guitar deals.
You should note that these aren’t reviews, and we don’t hype the instruments or try to “sell” them to you – we just provide basic information about the product, and let you know which retailers are selling them at particularly good prices.
Well, that’s about it – we hope you enjoy Electric Guitar Review… and don’t forget to tell a friend!
–Cary Miller, Editor