Fender Deluxe Reverb – Anytime there is a poll amongst guitarists for an all time ‘top five’ of guitar amplifiers, the Fender Deluxe Reverb invariably appears in the list. First introduced by Fender in 1963, the Deluxe Reverb was immediately successful with even the most discerning guitar players. The now much sought-after black face period of […]

Guitar Neck Shapes – We get a lot of enquiries about the shape, radius and length of guitar necks from customers who understandably want to know how a guitar will actually feel when they play it. There can be a significant difference in terms of playing comfort from a ‘U’ shape through to a hard […]

We are just about at the end of another year and we’d like to take the opportunity to wish all our customers and friends (past and present) a very Happy New Year for 2014. This past year has been a very busy and productive one for us here at Just Great Guitars with a lot […]

The Gibson ES-175 is arguably the most popular jazz guitar of all time and has featured on literally thousands of recordings over the years. With its clean cut looks, iconic design and superb playability and tone, you can immediately see why it has the status it does amongst guitarists. Introduced in 1949, the ES-175 was […]

Gibson L4CEN – The Gibson L-4 was first introduced in 1911 as an acoustic rhythm guitar with an oval sound hole (exposing the Spanish roots of the Electric Spanish (ES) range) and was most notably used by the legendary jazz guitarist Eddie Lang. Our story therefore begins with an acoustic jazz guitar of Gibson’s golden […]

Solid State Logic – Chris Jenkins told us a good story today about The Skids top 10 hit ‘Into the Valley’. Chris was working as a sound engineer at Townhouse studios when Stuart (Adamson) left the session to go back to Scotland in something of a hurry, and before the recording of the album had […]

The Gibson Trini Lopez – Aesthetics are one thing with vintage guitars, but as any serious guitar player will tell you, playability and great tone are most often the biggest issues for truly discerning guitarists. Bearing this in mind, we are now going  to be featuring many more video demonstrations on the JGG site, where […]

Vintage Fenders – Here at JGG we spend a lot of time with wonderful vintage guitars from the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s but our other passion is vintage Fender valve/tube amplifiers. We always stock a variety of these rich sounding combos and heads that are perfect for complimenting your guitar, regardless of the style you […]