About Us
Guitaristnextdoor.com is an independent online publisher that helps people to choose the best guitar gear possible.
We focus on reviewing different guitars, guitar amplifiers, and gear. All these reviews are unbiased, honest, and manufacturers don’t pay us directly to make reviews. We also produce how-to guides and answer specific questions with some of our articles.
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On our Youtube channel, you can watch in-depth guitar and gear reviews.
How Do We Create Content?
We create content based on our own experiences and extensive research. We strive for the best, most informative, and most helpful guitar content on the internet. We can proudly state that we have tried and tested most of the guitars and gears we review. Not all have been in our deep testing, but still, we have laid our hands on the majority of the products we talk about.
We also let music and guitar experts review and fact-check our content. We work with guitar & music industry expert Altin Gjoni to make sure that we offer the best possible content for our readers.
Our Gear Reviews
We either buy, rent, drive to the music stores to test, interview someone who has used, and/or conduct extensive online research for the products we talk about.
We review guitars based on:
- Sound
- Playability
- Quality
- Value for money
We review guitar amplifiers based on:
- Sound
- Features
- Usability
- Quality
- Value for Money
We also use various factors for all accessories we review, such as gig bags, guitar cases, guitar stands, etc.
After we have evaluated different aspects of a piece of gear we reveal the pros and cons, who is it for, and who is it not for. We also provide star ratings from 1-5 for each piece of gear to give it an overall verdict.
Here are some music stores we drive to test the gear:
- Barr’s Fiddle Shop – Galax, Virginia, USA
- Conncert Music – Bluefield, West Virginia, USA
- Bridge Kaldro Music – Christiansburg, Virginia, USA
- Front Row Music – Abingdon, Virginia, USA
- Guitar Center – Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- F-Musiikki – Oulu, Finland
- Musiikki-Kullas – Oulu, Finland
- Pihlajamaan Musiikki – Pori, Finland
What our amazing readers have to say about our reviews:
“I fell in love with my Fender Mustang 25 (which you recommended) and adore its sound quality, volume, and versatility! Thanks again!”
“Thanks for the super deep dive and the comparisons to other guitars.“
“I just received the guitar and wow it feels so great! The tuning stability is good(used the bar several times). This is probably my best guitar. Highly recommended“
“Just to say great review – well written with useful info, and not simply copy/paste like most.“
Our Guitar-Geek Team:
Backing up Guitaristnextdoor.com is a combined 100+ years of guitar experience.
Founder, Editor, & Gear Testings
Electrician, married, has a dog, and playing guitar since 2009. Mainly focused on electric guitars, although plays acoustics too. Has played dozens and dozens of different guitars through different amps and pedals over the years. That’s why he started this blog in January 2020 and started sharing his experience. Has written for many big guitar websites, such as Songsterr, Musicnotes, GuitarGuitar, and Ultimate Guitar.
Expertise: guitar learning techniques, electric guitars, guitar amplifiers
Electrical and automation installer professional degree. A business owner since 2019.
Writing & Gear Testing
Darren has been playing guitar for over 25 years and teaching guitar since High-School. He fronted the metal band Suddenly Silence in the early 2000’s, and also achieved recognition as an award-winning bluegrass guitarist.
A native of southwestern Virginia, and has shared the stage with many big-name acts from various genres. When he is not playing one of his many guitars, he can be found riding his Harley through the mountains of Virginia.
Expertise: teaching guitars, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, guitar amplifiers, guide pedals, flatpicking, bluegrass, metal, rock, and blues
Darren has written content for big guitar websites such as Stringjoy and guitarguitar.
Bands Darren has been part of (click to check out):
Good College Try (editors (Teemu’s) favorite)
Bluefield University Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Human Services, GeneralBachelor of Science (B.S.)
- Activities and societies: -Alpha Chi National College Honors Society
- Published writings in “The Bluestone Review”
- Member of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
- Maintained 3.9 GPA
Santiago Motto
Writing & Photos
Aka. Sandel. Telecasters and all-mahogany Martins lover.
Besides that, Sandel is a professional writer, guitar player, confessed guitar nerd, and all-things-guitar consumer. He has been playing for 25 years which makes him a nineties kid with serious low-tuning youngster years, and a pop palate for melodies, ballads, and world music.
Whenever Santiago is not pouring all that experience and love for the instrument into articles, you can find him playing live shows supporting his music and poetry books as “Sandel”. If he’s not doing either of those, you can also find him gigging with his band, “San Juan”, writing, reading, or enjoying the Sun.
Expertise: guitar industry, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, Fender guitars, songwriting.
Bachelor of Psychology, Psychology
Tyler Connaghan
Writing
Tyler Connaghan is a guitarist, singer, producer, composer & engineer based in Los Angeles, California. Tyler has been playing the guitar since 2007. In between writing for guitar publications, he produces music for film and television. His favorite axe is his custom Pelham Blue Fender Stratocaster.
Expertise: music industry, producing, acoustic & electric guitars, songwriting
Bachelor of Science in Music Industry Studies, Music Industry
Writer & Graphics
Playing guitar since 2004. Primarily an acoustic guitarist who plays and writes traditional American folk music, with a background in melodic metal and a solid foundation as a bassist. Has also taught guitar playing for years.
Expertise: teaching guitar, acoustic guitars, gig bags, guitar stands, folk, metal, rock
Music Performance (General) degree from Greenbrier East High School
Writer & Graphics
Pranshu started playing guitar in 2014 after playing piano for 10 years.
He’s all about acoustic & classical guitars and jamming around with unusual tunings. He mixes modern percussive fingerstyle technique and Flamenco music into his own playing. He also runs his own guitar blog Harmonyvine.com.
Expertise: guitar learning techniques, electric guitars, guitar amplifiers, fingerpicking, percussive fingerstyle
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur – Bachelor of Science – BS, Geology/Earth Science, General 2017 – 2021.
Writer
David has been playing guitar since 1998, David’s main focus back then was hard rock and metal.
With years, his music tastes evolved and he eventually started appreciating all musical styles. Although officially an agricultural engineer, David began writing for Ultimate Guitar in 2017 where he’s currently working as a senior editor.
Expertise: electric guitars, guitar amplifiers, music theory, the guitar industry, metal, rock
Bachelor’s Degree in Fruit production and viticulture
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