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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Guitar Guitar Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Guitar Guitar is one of the UK's largest specialist guitar retailers, with multiple stores and a wide online range covering new and secondhand instruments across all budgets.
The Best Samba Music Instruments for the Money
A bateria is a system of different roles, not a shelf of interchangeable products — here's an honest, tier-by-tier breakdown of where your money goes.
The Best Jackson Flying V Guitars for the Money
No sales pitch, just the honest tier-by-tier version of which Jackson V actually suits you and your budget.
Gibson Victory: A Complete Guide
Produced briefly in the early 1980s as Gibson's answer to Fender's Jazz Bass, the Victory is a distinctive instrument with an asymmetric design, active electronics option and a devoted following in th...
Loop Pedal for Beginners: A Complete Guide
That first clean, in-time loop is a genuinely lovely moment — here's a gentle, step-by-step way to get there without the overwhelm.
Octave Pedals: A Complete Guide
Common Gibson Les Paul Black Mistakes to Avoid
The same handful of avoidable traps, seen again and again — here is how to dodge every single one.
The Best Acoustic Guitars for the Money
The best-value acoustic guitar options differ significantly by price tier. Here are the strongest choices from entry level to professional.
The Best Nt 1 Kits for the Money
Not just 'which is cheapest' — which NT1 configuration actually gets you the most for what you're spending.
Common Patch Cables Mistakes to Avoid
None of these are complicated once you know what to look for. Here's what actually trips people up with patch cables, soundcheck after soundcheck.
Common Harley Benton Mistakes to Avoid
None of these are exotic mistakes. They're just easy to miss when a listing looks this good on paper.
Electronic Bow: A Complete Buyer's Guide
The honest buying guide to the electronic bow: what it needs from your guitar, what it won't do, and how your amp and effects change the result.
Common Rickenbacker Bass Mistakes to Avoid
It's genuinely different under the hood to a Fender-style bolt-on, and treating it the same way is where most of the trouble starts. Here's what to watch for.
Fender Precision Bass for Beginners: A Complete Guide
One pickup, two knobs, nothing to overthink. Here's the gentle, honest guide to starting out on a Fender Precision Bass.
Active Subwoofers for Beginners: A Complete Guide
You don't need to understand every spec before you plug one in. Here's the gentle, honest starting point for beginners.
Fender Mustang Amps: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Fender Mustang covers several genuinely different amps. Get the family right first and everything else follows.
Fender Blues Jr Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Three 12AX7s, two EL84s and a 12-inch Celestion — here's what makes the Fender Blues Jr tick, and how its controls actually shape the tone.
Common Vox Ac30 Mistakes to Avoid
The same handful of mistakes catch out new owners over and over. Here's every one of them, and the simple fix.
Epiphone J 200 Explained: Features, Types and Tips
The Epiphone J-200 name covers several genuinely different guitars — here's what's actually under that famous floral pickguard.
Classical Guitar: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Buying a classical guitar well means understanding what each price tier actually offers — and resisting the temptation to economise at the expense of playability. Here's the full picture.
Making a Bass Guitar: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Wood, hardware, electronics, tools — building a bass guitar is a stack of decisions, not one purchase. Here's the checklist before you buy anything.
Common Yamaha Amplifiers Mistakes to Avoid
Most amp regrets aren't about the amp – they're about the decision. Here are the six mistakes that come up again and again with Yamaha amplifiers.
Silent Concert Headphones: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Buying silent concert headphones for an event means buying a small wireless system, not just a box of headsets — here's what genuinely matters.
Everything You Need to Know About Powered Amps
From Class A to Class D, tube to solid-state — everything powered amps actually do, explained without the jargon overload.
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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- Sigma Acoustic Guitar
- Signature Guitar
- Silent Guitar
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- Squier Electric Guitar
- Squier Stratocaster
- Squier Telecaster
- Stratocaster
- Student Guitar
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