Rebecca Turner
Rebecca grew up in Birmingham, the city that gave the world heavy metal, and fell for loud guitars early listening to the bands her older brother left lying around. She's spent years untangling the gear behind the riffs — the amps, pedals and pickups that make a sound heavy. She writes about rock and metal guitar with the enthusiasm of a genuine fan.
Half Size Guitar: A Complete Buyer's Guide
The right instrument can get a young child playing cleanly within days. The wrong one ends up in a corner. This guide covers everything you need to evaluate before buying.
Everything You Need to Know About Hollow Body Semi Acoustic Guitar
Semi hollow guitar bodies deliver warm, articulate tone with excellent feedback control. Discover their construction, sound character, and why blues and jazz players love them.
The Ultimate Guide to Electric Ukuleles
Say 'electric ukulele' to two players and you might picture two completely different instruments. Here's what's actually going on.
Common Bass Combo Amp Mistakes to Avoid
Bass players make the same amp setup mistakes over and over. This guide identifies the most common — from buying too few watts to running a scooped EQ — and explains exactly how to correct each one.
The Best Chromatic Tuners for the Money
Most chromatic tuners will do the job — the question is which type fits how you play. Here's what's genuinely worth buying at every price point.
The Complete Guide to Keeley Electronics Compressor
Keeley Electronics compressor pedals represent boutique compression design at its finest, crafted with obsessive attention to musicality and sonic character that distinguishes professional-quality com...
How to Set Up and Use Guitar Strap
Fitting a guitar strap properly takes five minutes and makes playing standing up far more comfortable — here's exactly how to do it.
The Best Tanglewood Acoustics for the Money
There's no single winner in a catalogue this wide. Here's where the smart spending genuinely sits, from first guitar to long-term investment.
Guitar Nylon for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Kinder on the fingertips than steel, and a genuinely great place to start — here's a gentle guide to your first weeks with nylon strings.
Nylon String Guitar Strings Explained: Features, Types and Tips
A classical set is really two products in one packet — treble filaments and wound basses. Here's what each part does, and why tension matters more than the brand.
Tremolo Pedal: A Complete Buyer's Guide
The tremolo pedal market spans from affordable basics to complex multi-waveform units. Here's how to navigate it.
The Ultimate Guide to Yamaha Pacifica
Since 1990, the Yamaha Pacifica has quietly done the job of three or four different guitars. Here's the full story of why it works.
The Complete Guide to Bass Wah Pedal
A bass wah pedal is an expressive effects device that transforms low-frequency tone with dynamic control and character.
Lap Steel Guitar for Beginners: A Complete Guide
No frets, a metal bar, strings facing the sky — here's the calm, genuine first-steps plan for anyone nervous about starting lap steel guitar.
Guitars Market for Beginners: A Complete Guide
You don't need to understand the whole guitars market to start — just one properly set-up guitar and a reason to pick it up again tomorrow.
Pedal Board for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Two or three pedals is a proper rig, not a starter one. Here's the no-nonsense way to build your first pedal board and actually get it right.
Everything You Need to Know About Cabinet Electric
Speaker cabinets are where an electric guitar rig's final tone is shaped. Here's how they work and what the key decisions are.
Guitar Pro: A Complete Guide
It's been the standard way to write and play back tab for the best part of two decades. Here's exactly what it does and why it's stuck around.
Squier: A Complete Buyer's Guide
What actually separates a great Squier from a frustrating one, from series and pickups to the inspection checklist worth running before you buy.
Epiphone Bass Guitars: A Complete Guide
Epiphone bass guitars deliver Gibson design heritage and warm, articulate tone at accessible prices. From Thunderbird to SG models, discover which suits your playing style.
Common Looper Pedal Mistakes to Avoid
Even talented musicians sabotage themselves with a looper pedal. Learn the ten most common mistakes and how to fix them—from timing errors to layer management.
The Complete Guide to 70S Stratocaster
The 70s Stratocaster stands as a defining electric guitar of its era, used by rock, blues and fusion musicians to create celebrated recordings.
Gretsch Falcon Explained: Features, Types and Tips
One of the most theatrical guitars ever built, and a genuinely serious instrument underneath — here's what actually defines the range.
Humbucker Pickups for Beginners: A Complete Guide
The genuinely useful basics, no jargon overload: why your guitar might already have one, and what neck versus bridge actually means.
What Rebecca Turner covers
Acoustic Guitar
An acoustic guitar is a versatile steel-string instrument for strumming, fingerstyle, songwriting and live performance.
23 topics
Electric Guitar
A versatile amplified instrument for rhythm, lead and genre-spanning performance, from clean tones to high-gain sounds.
27 topics
Fender
Fender guitars and related instruments trusted for classic design, tone and versatility.
51 topics
Fender Stratocaster
The fender stratocaster is a versatile electric guitar known for bright tones, comfort and wide genre appeal.
8 topics
Guitar Tuners
Reliable tuning hardware for acoustic, electric and bass guitars, with options for upgrades, replacements and classic re...
1 topic
Les Paul
Iconic solid-body electrics known for sustain, thick tone and a classic rock and blues feel.
14 topics
Stratocaster
Iconic double-cut electric guitars with versatile tones, comfortable contours and wide appeal across many genres.
21 topics
Telecaster
The Telecaster delivers bright tone, simple controls and reliable versatility for stage, studio and rehearsal.
17 topics
