Guitar reviews help you get insider information on guitars you have never seen or touched before. Now that most of us buy our gear online, it is certainly tough deciding if this new guitar (or even an old name) is all it is touted to be. Furthermore, we want to know whether it will meet our personal requirements.
A guitar editorial review will take you on an exploration of the guitar of interest. Apart from actually auditioning the guitar yourself (If you are a great player), reading an editorial review is the next best thing.
Here's how it usually goes...
An online store sends one of its guitars to a well-respected guitarist and requests that they try it out and tell the good, the bad and the ugly about it.
This professional takes his or her time to audition the guitar sent after which he or she bares his/her mind. Such reviews are to be trusted because the guitarist in question puts his or her reputation on the line when doing an editorial review.
If they say a poor product is great then they are hurting their reputation. It will also hurt them if they demean a great guitar. What they do is to compare it with another guitar as reference. So, you'll usually get the truth here (They usually are not given the guitars they use for the review for keeps. The drill is they use it for some time and then return it or pay some bucks to keep it).
If an editorial review does not give you all the perspectives you want to get on the guitar, then you can also try user's reviews. These reviews are from actual users of the particular guitar in question. They usually share their joys and pains using this guitar with you.
So, if you've taken time out to read these guitar reviews, you certainly are very unlikely to buy a guitar that won't deliver all it claims in the sales description. If it doesn't at least you'll know before buying.
