“What’s the best guitar to start learning on?” Whether you’re eyeing up an acoustic for campfire sessions or dreaming of shredding on an electric, choosing your first guitar can make or break your musical journey. Let me share some of my ideas about picking the right axe to start your guitar adventure, with a focus […]
Hands-on review of the Artist Guitars Cherry58 (2026). See why this $349 semi-hollow is Australia’s best budget ES-335-style guitar for blues and classic rock.
I’ve been out of the scene a bit recently, COVID has been a major hit on my down time and ability to get to posting. I have been noticing though that Artist Guitars have been releasing some great stuff over the last little while. So here are the things that I am looking forward to:
I have been looking for the ideal Reverb for my playing and have gone through a few of late. The EHX Ocean’s 11 was a little too much reverb for my liking and the Matthews Astronomer was a little too specifically shimmery for me. I’m not a massive user of reverb and just wanted something
Joyo Ultimate Drive – you may have heard of the OCD, a classic overdrive pedal that may people have on their boards. However, it comes with a high price and some issues with customer service.. The Ultimate Drive is almost a perfect replica of the OCD with a tiny price point. You will can pick
The Japanese are known to have great quality guitars and have, until recently, been a supplier to the Australian market for Fender in particular. However, they tend to build only for their local market these days and it is relatively rare to find them here in Australia – except on a limited run here and
After reviewing the Artist ES 335 and loving the quality build, I thought that I should give another of theirs a try to make sure that it wasn’t a fluke. So I decided to pick a guitar that every beginner will probably want to at least consider and picked up the Artist AS20 Strat. Now
Another year has gone by and it is time for the yearly release of new Gibson models (again, no real idea of when they will be here in Australia). Just throwing it out there, but with guitars that are so iconic is it necessary for them to be renewing models every single year? So what
Last Updated: 26 February 2026 This week I talked to Allan and Heath from Artist Guitars about their products and how the company came about. Artist hits a great middle ground for beginner, intermediate and working guitarists, offering great prices for excellent quality (I will be releasing a review of one of their popular models
This week we are looking at a local Australian store – Guitar Brothers, based in Brisbane. I have come across this store both on ebay, and also on Facebook, which I highly recommend following as they update with recent acquisitions and sales. I got in contact with Craig Claxton from Guitar Brothers and he was