Spears Music Blog

There are many different brands of acoustic guitar strings on the market, with something out there for all budgets. Acoustic guitar strings are bronze strings and then steel for the top 2. Acoustic guitar strings brands vary from D’Addario, Ernie Ball, Martin and Elixir. These brands are some of the top selections and offer some great guitar strings. D’Addario do standard bronze strings and include a variety of different gauges which is the thickness of the string. The lighter the strings are such as a pack of 10’s means that... Read More

Once you start to get the ball rolling with your guitar playing, the hunger starts to kick in for more unique sounds. You may have learnt a few chords and licks, or mastered the classic clean verse to overdriven chorus song structure using your amps in-built distortion, but you want more than that! You want to test the boundaries. When it comes to guitar effects, the possibilities are endless and you have the ability to experiment with a variety of pedals. If you’re new to buying pedals it can be... Read More

Epiphone guitars are among some of the best you can get. They come in all different shapes and sizes in both acoustic and electric. The Les Paul shape, I would say are the most popular models and they come in various different models such as Les Paul Standard, Les Paul Pro and the Les Paul Custom Pro. The differences are mainly the difference in the pickups, the type of body, if it is solid or not and the hardware. The SG body style is also a very popular model and... Read More

Sigma guitars are great guitars; they are affordable and very well made. They are copies of Martin guitars for the most part however they also do very good copies of Taylors and Gibson acoustics as well. They have a wide variety of different models ranging from travel guitars, parlour guitars, cutaway semi-acoustics and dreadnought. The newest addition to the sigma range is the modern range series and they sound absolutely beautiful and feel great to play. They all have a cutaway body and feature a fish man flex plus pickup... Read More

Effects can add a whole host of dynamics to your playing and also allow you to get more out of your instrument, as well as being fun to use and experiment with! Continuing onwards from our previous post on the types of guitar effects available, today we’re going to have a look at three more commonly used effects. In this second blog post, we will again break down some very popular guitar effects briefly detailing what they do as well as where you might have heard them before! Wah Wah:... Read More

The Engager Boost, Pelt and Full Moon Distortion pedals are available now. The Engager Boost The Fender Engager Boost is the perfect companion for any pedalboard that lacks power or players who want a little more volume during solos. The Fender Engager delivers up to 20dB of boost anywhere in your signal chain, ideal for increasing the volume of quiet sounding pedals or adding extra gain to distortion and overdrive pedals. What makes the Engager Boost stand out from other boost pedals is the addition of a 3-band EQ with... Read More