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Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s Review: Worth it in 2026?
Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s Review. Is this the best affordable Les Paul you can buy? Before we get into it, let’s look at the Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s specs. The Les Paul™ Standard 60s models from Epiphone’s new Inspired by Gibson™ Collection recreate the sound of 1960s era Les Pauls. Featuring a classic…
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The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: 1987
Welcome back to 1987, with this year’s long list of classic arcade games being impossible to detail in a single article. Here are some of my favourites. 1987 was a turning point for me and my fascination with the video game arcade. It had been a place of comfort for a good chunk of my…
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BOSS Katana 50 Guitar Amplifier Review
The BOSS Katana 50 Guitar Amplifier IS the best guitar-related purchase I’ve ever made. Why? Let me explain. Is the BOSS Katana 50 loud enough to gig with? The question that everyone’s asking. Simple answer… ABSOLUTELY!. That’s on the 50W mode, clean channel, gain just less than half, volume the same, and master maxed. In…
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Goa : A Lesson In Life – Second Edition. Out NOW!
A BIG day! Originally realised back in 2017. My debut book, Goa : A Lesson in Life receives a long-overdue edit, professional cover, long-lost images, and an extra chapter, bringing my story to a close and up to date. So, what’s it all about? Back in August 2006, I visited Goa, India. A trip that…
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Happy 2018 from The Blogging Musician!
Happy New Year everyone! I just wanted to start off the New Year with a quick refresh of what The Blogging Musician is, for any new readers out there…… “The Blogging Musician has grown from a personal hub into a valuable resource community for musicians and writers alike.” I also didn’t want to lose track of…
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How Ticket Touting Hurts The Music Industry
If you’re a music lover, you’ve probably experienced this scenario lots of times: you wake up early in the morning to see if tickets are on sale to see your favourite musician, but after searching for tickets, you find that they’re all sold out. The reason? Ticket touts. They have been around for decades, and…
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Prague : The Musical City. The Old Town Square & Astronomical Clock
Back at the Wenceslas Square / Na Příkopě crossroads was only one remaining direction, toward The Old Town Square. Four directions, all with contrasting characters. The in-your-face, still-raw modern history of Narodni, the regal splendour of Wenceslas Square, to the skin-deep chic of Na Příkopě. My remaining route was instantly odle worlde, homely even. I was…
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Goa : A Lesson in Life tops Amazon search.
It finally happened! My debut publication, Goa : A Lesson is Life now sits at the top of Amazon.co.uk for “Goa”, ahead of big names including Lonely Planet and Marco Polo. Thank you to everyone who took their time to purchase it and rate it, but most of all thank you for letting me share…
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Contributor Spotlight : Stef Ramin
Stef Ramin is the webmaster and eBook’s author on jazz-guitar-licks.com, online resource for beginner and advanced guitarists. Passionate about jazz and blues music, he is an expert musician, composer and guitar teacher with over 20 years experience. Let’s all welcome Stef to the community! Stef @ The Blogging Musician: How to develop scales on the guitar
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Recommended Guitar Apps
As a guitarist, I’m always on the prowl for what’s new in the guitar world. New guitars. New amps. New effects. New gizmos and gadgets. After the birth of powerful digital companies like Line 6, we now see more and more digital technology. Amps are showing up on the market one after another with built-in…
