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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Squier Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Fender's affordable brand explained properly: the five main series, the body shapes behind them, and where Squier fits in a player's journey.
The Best Gibson Guitars for the Money
Best for the money is a different question from best guitar. Here's how the real Gibson tiers stack up, and where an Epiphone genuinely wins.
Common Bass Guitar Short Scale Mistakes to Avoid
Six common short scale bass mistakes that have nothing to do with the instrument itself, and how to fix every one of them.
Common Cabinet Electric Mistakes to Avoid
Most guitar cabinet mistakes are avoidable once you know what to look for. Here's the short list of what goes wrong and how to prevent it.
Rickenbacker: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Rickenbacker doesn't follow the usual Fender-and-Gibson script, so here's exactly which specs matter and what to check, whether you're buying new or used.
Guitar Faith for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Five unfamiliar planet names and a wall of tonewoods. Here's the gentle, honest starting point for total beginners.
The Best Ibanez Guitars for the Money
The best Ibanez isn't the most expensive—it's the one that matches your playing and budget. This guide aligns price tiers to playing styles.
Common Truss Rod Mistakes to Avoid
Most adjustment problems are avoidable. Here are the errors that recur most often and the discipline needed to sidestep them.
Headless Bass Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Fender Mustang Amps for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Don't worry about the deep-editing, Bluetooth versions online — here's the genuinely simple entry point built for beginners.
Epiphone Explained: Features, Types and Tips
A Gibson subsidiary since 1957, this brand produces affordable versions of classic shapes alongside original designs — this guide explains the range, hardware and who each model suits.
Acoustic Guitar: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Buying an acoustic guitar involves decisions about body shape, construction and budget. Here are the key choices and specific model recommendations at each level.
Guitar Ibanez Jem: A Complete Guide
Nearly forty years on, the Ibanez JEM is still exactly what Steve Vai asked for — here's the honest rundown of why it looks and plays the way it does.
Fender Acoustic Guitar Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Fender acoustic guitars bring electric-guitar sensibility to the acoustic world. Discover what makes them different.
Yamaha Electric Bass Guitars: A Complete Guide
From the first Yamaha electric bass to Billy Sheehan's Attitude signature, here's what actually sets each Yamaha bass family apart.
Fender Plays: A Complete Guide
A thousand tutorials open in tabs and no idea where to start? Here's the honest, unhurried version of what Fender Play actually offers.
The Ultimate Guide to Pedalboard Ata Case
Pedalboard cases protect your gear investment whilst keeping it organised and portable. Compare rigid ATA cases and soft cases to find the right protection for your board.
The Best Aston Classicals for the Money
The best Aston Classical for the money is the one with the highest construction quality your budget allows. This guide breaks down where value lies at each tier, from student to all-solid instruments.
Superstrat for Beginners: A Complete Guide
The superstrat is more beginner-friendly than it looks — once you understand the Floyd Rose and the pickup layout, everything else follows naturally.
The Ultimate Guide to Prs Se Custom 24 Guitar
A custom guitar is a handcrafted instrument built to your exact specifications by a skilled luthier, offering unmatched playability and tonal character tailored precisely to you.
The Best Marshall Mg 30 Fx for the Money
The Marshall MG 30 FX makes a strong value case — two channels, a full built-in effects suite and an emulated line out in a reliable solid-state package from a name that stands for something.
Trace Elliot Bass Amp: A Complete Guide
Trace Elliot amplifiers stand as a cornerstone of professional bass amplification, combining muscular tone with technical sophistication and establishing a sound signature that has influenced bass amp...
Ibanez Jem: A Complete Buyer's Guide
JEM covers a lot of ground, from flagship models to budget variants. Here's how to actually buy the right one.
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 Hummingbird
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- Gibson Les Paul
- Gibson Les Paul Standard
- Gibson Sg
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- Gretsch Electric Guitar
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- Gretsch Guitars
- Gretsch White Falcon
- Guild Acoustic Guitar
- Guild Electric Guitar
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- Guitar Classic Yamaha
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- Guitar Guitar
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- Guitar Tuners
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- 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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