Everything you need to know about guitars in the UK — acoustic, electric, and bass — from beginner starter packs to professional instruments.
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Inside Guitars
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Guitar Tuners
Reliable tuning hardware for acoustic, electric and bass guitars, with options for upgrades, replacements and classic re...
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Electric Guitar
A versatile amplified instrument for rhythm, lead and genre-spanning performance, from clean tones to high-gain sounds.
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Acoustic Guitar
An acoustic guitar is a versatile steel-string instrument for strumming, fingerstyle, songwriting and live performance.
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Guitar Guitar
Guitar guitar is a broad category for instruments and accessories suited to players at every level and style.
Fender
Fender guitars and related instruments trusted for classic design, tone and versatility.
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Fender Stratocaster
The fender stratocaster is a versatile electric guitar known for bright tones, comfort and wide genre appeal.
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Stratocaster
Iconic double-cut electric guitars with versatile tones, comfortable contours and wide appeal across many genres.
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ESP
High-performance electric guitars with fast playability, strong output and a bold look suited to rock and metal.
Telecaster
The Telecaster delivers bright tone, simple controls and reliable versatility for stage, studio and rehearsal.
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Les Paul
Iconic solid-body electrics known for sustain, thick tone and a classic rock and blues feel.
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Gibson Sg
The Gibson SG is a lightweight, high-output electric guitar with fast playability and bold stage appeal.
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Fender Telecaster
The fender telecaster delivers bright, punchy electric guitar tone with dependable playability for stage and studio use.
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Common Electro Harmonix Mistakes to Avoid
Most Electro-Harmonix disasters are avoidable. Here are the mistakes guitarists make most often, from the shop to the stage, and the fixes that prevent them.
Common Takamine Guitar Mistakes to Avoid
The avoidable habits that undermine this brand's genuinely brilliant reputation, from untested strings to a neglected bridge plate.
Warwick Bass: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Neck-through or bolt-on, German-made or RockBass, Thumb or Corvette? Here's the buyer's route through Warwick's genuinely wide range.
The Complete Guide to Cleaning Frets On Guitar
Cleaning frets on guitar maintains playability and prevents corrosion. This practical guide covers proper techniques, materials, and frequency for keeping frets in pristine condition.
The Complete Guide to Sterling Music Man
Sterling Music Man guitars bring legendary Music Man design and quality to affordable price points, perfect for players seeking reliability without premium costs.
Reverb Pedal for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A beginner's guide to understanding and using reverb pedals, from choosing the right reverb type to mastering the essential controls.
The Best Les Paul Juniors for the Money
The design delivers most of its value through a pushed amp, which means the Epiphone and used Gibson market often beats the new Gibson on value. Here's where to look.
Everything You Need to Know About Daisy Chain Hdmi Cables
A daisy chain cable powers multiple effects pedals from one supply. Understand how they work, when to use them, and how to build a reliable pedalboard setup.
Half Size Guitar for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Getting started on the right-sized instrument with good habits in place from the beginning makes everything that follows considerably easier — this guide lays out the practical first steps.
The Best Taylor Swift Guitars for the Money
Taylor Swift guitars cover every price tier from compact travel acoustics to premium stage instruments — here's which ones are genuinely worth the money and which are best admired from a distance.
Guitars Market: A Complete Buyer's Guide
No hype, just the checklist a shop regular would actually use — specs worth caring about, new vs used, and what a guitar really costs once you add it all up.
Everything You Need to Know About Epiphone Thunderbird Iv Electric Bass
The Epiphone Thunderbird IV Bass brings vintage Thunderbird design at an affordable price. This guide covers its construction, tone and suitability for different playing styles.
Bass Charvel: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Choosing the right bass Charvel requires understanding specifications and build quality that affect playability and value.
Ibanez Bass: A Complete Buyer's Guide
SR, BTB, EHB, Talman or Gio? Here's the buyer's route through the Ibanez bass range — series, strings, scale length, electronics and what to check before you pay.
Source Audio Pedals: A Complete Guide
Source Audio pedals offer studio-quality effects with expressive control capabilities. Discover how Nemesis, Collider, and Reflex expression pedal transform your sound.
The Best Epiphone Es 335s for the Money
There's more than one sensible budget here, not just one correct answer — here's where each tier actually earns its price.
A Guide to Acoustic and Electric
Same six strings, same tuning, completely different instruments. Here's what actually separates acoustic and electric guitars, and why it matters.
Expression Pedal Explained: Features, Types and Tips
An expression pedal controls other pedals with your foot — wah, reverb mix, pitch, volume, modulation. Here is everything you need to understand them.
Common Fender Mustang Mistakes to Avoid
Offset Guitar for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Common Charvel Guitars Mistakes to Avoid
The same handful of avoidable mistakes trip up Charvel buyers again and again — here's the honest, mate-in-a-shop rundown.
Common Electric Ukuleles Mistakes to Avoid
Most frustration with a new instrument isn't a fault — it's a mismatch between expectation and what you actually bought. Here's what to watch for.
Common Noise Gate Pedal Mistakes to Avoid
Most noise gate problems come from a small set of mistakes: threshold set too high, wrong chain position, or expecting the pedal to do something it cannot. Here is what catches players out and how to...
Yamaha Fg830 for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Sore fingertips, a bit of tuning drift and one very good-sounding guitar — here's a friendly, honest guide to starting out on the Yamaha FG830.
What Guitars Cover
Guitars sit at the heart of modern music, from folk and classical through to jazz, country, rock, and metal. This category encompasses the full playing family — acoustic, electric, and bass — along with the accessories, amplification, and guidance that help players at every stage of their journey make the right choice for their sound and style.
Acoustic and Classical
Acoustic guitars are the natural starting point for many UK players. Dreadnought, orchestra, and jumbo body shapes produce distinct tonal characters, making some better suited to strumming and others to fingerpicking. Classical models use nylon strings, which are gentler on the fingertips and widely recommended for beginners. Electro-acoustic designs bridge the gap between stage and studio, feeding a clean signal to a PA without sacrificing the organic feel of an unamplified instrument.
Electric
The electric guitar is the defining instrument of popular music. Solid-body designs from names such as Fender and Gibson dominate the market, while semi-hollow and hollow-body models bring a warmer resonance suited to jazz and blues. Scale length, pickup configuration, and hardware all shape how an instrument sounds and plays, and the right choice depends as much on style as budget. PRS, Ibanez, and Epiphone round out a strong mid-range offering popular with UK players at every level.
Bass
Bass guitars underpin every band's sound, locking in with the rhythm section and providing the low-frequency foundation that holds a mix together. Four-string models are the standard entry point, with five- and six-string variants offering extended range for more adventurous players. Brands such as Sire, Yamaha, and Warwick cover the spectrum from beginner-friendly instruments to touring-professional workhorses.
Buying Considerations for UK Players
Choosing a guitar means weighing playability, tonewoods, hardware quality, and the music you want to make. Beginners should prioritise a comfortable action and stable tuning; intermediate players often benefit from upgrading pickups or hardware; professionals typically focus on build consistency and stage reliability. Budget, available space, and access to a local technician for setup and repairs are all practical factors worth considering when buying in the UK market.
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- Gibson Acoustic Guitar
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- Gibson Es 335
- Gibson Explorer
- Gibson Firebird
- Gibson Garage London
- Gibson Guitars
- Gibson Hummingbird
- Gibson J45
- Gibson Les Paul
- Gibson Les Paul Standard
- Gibson Sg
- Gretsch
- Gretsch Electric Guitar
- Gretsch Electromatic
- Gretsch Guitars
- Gretsch White Falcon
- Guild Acoustic Guitar
- Guild Electric Guitar
- Guitar Amplifiers
- Guitar Body
- Guitar Bridge
- Guitar Classic Yamaha
- Guitar Frets
- Guitar Guitar
- Guitar Hardware
- Guitar Knobs
- Guitar Neck
- Guitar Nut
- Guitar Pickups
- Guitar Strings
- Guitar Tuners
- Guitar Wiring Kit
- Guitars (General)
- Guitars — Charvel
- Guitars — Fender
- Guitars — Gibson
- Guitars — Guild
- Guitars — Ibanez
- Guitars — Jackson
- Guitars — Martin
- Guitars — Music Man
- Guitars — Other Brands
- Guitars — Sigma
- Guitars — Squier
- Guitars — Takamine
- Guitars — Taylor
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- Schecter Electric Guitar
- Schecter Guitars
- Seagull Acoustic Guitar
- Seagull Electric Guitar
- Semi Hollow Guitar
- Short Scale Guitar
- Sigma Acoustic Guitar
- Signature Guitar
- Silent Guitar
- Single Coil Pickups
- Single Cut Guitar
- Sire
- Sire Electric Guitar
- Squier
- Squier Electric Guitar
- Squier Stratocaster
- Squier Telecaster
- Stratocaster
- Student Guitar
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