Turn Your Epiphone Les Paul into a Gibson Les Paul for $500
UPDATE, January 25, 2021 – If you did this two years ago, when this article was written, it...
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Author: Richard MacLemale
Buying a great bass for under $500
I have had a mantra, since starting this website 5 years ago, that I will only spend up to $500 on...
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PRS Silver Sky Review
When the Silver Sky hit the market, I called it a Strat Copy with a PRS headstock. Which it is. ...
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2019 Orlando International Guitar Convention
Each year, my wife and I book a nice hotel room (usually across the street from Disney Springs) in...
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New Gear is usually a bunch of crap we don’t need
I live in ‘Merica, aka the USA, a capitalist society that is based on us continually buying...
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NAMM 2019 – Top 10 Cool Things
Here at Budget Guitarist Dot Com, I have considered going to NAMM many times. The site is big...
Read MoreElectronic and EMD Music Explained for Old People
As of right now, January 2019, I am 53 years old. So in terms of society, I’m an older guy at work, and in terms of the music biz, I’m an ancient artifact. But unlike my dad’s generation, I can kick ass at...
Read MoreBass? Keyboard vs picking vs using your fingers
It used to be the case that most musicians only played one instrument, didn’t sing, and knew nothing about recording, marketing, advertising, computers… you get the idea. But times are changing. The world is full...
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