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January Hot Links: Dinosaur Rock & Guitar Museum

This month we present two user-expanded resources to help the pursuit of toneā€¦ and G.A.S.

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Dinosaur Rock Guitar

Dinosaur Rock Guitar is ā€œThe Home of Heavy Guitar,ā€ a website devoted to profiling legendary guitarists and keeping the knowledge of how to play alive. In the words of the siteā€™s host, Dinosaur David B, ā€œWe hope to keep alive the idea of the true Guitar Hero. To separate the masters of the instrument from the three-chord-wonders using the instrument as little more than a stage prop.ā€

The best introduction to the site is ā€œGuitar Alchemy,ā€ the aforementioned profiles. Ranging from the ā€œBig Four Dinosā€ (Hendrix, Page, Clapton, and Beck) to modern neoclassical shredders (Yngwie, Akira Takasaki, etc), and everything in between, DRG presents a no-holds barred analysis of nearly 60 guitarists. Unlike Wikipedia, where anyone can come in and change things, the DRG profiles are all written by a core group of authors. The authors of the site make no bones that what theyā€™re expressing are their own opinions, and present a loyal fanā€™s view on things. That said, if an artist needs to be called out on something, it happensā€” usually with blunt directness and a sharp wit.

Another fantastic feature of the site is the forum, where readers discuss everything from warm-up routines to the ubiquitous ā€œWhatā€™s in your pedalboard?ā€ thread, to discussing the profiled Dinos and others that should be. Due to the generally mature nature of the readers and the self-selecting nature of the site, the boards seem to run with a minimum of interference, though there is a team of moderators hanging around.

Two other aspects deserve to be addressed: the first is a longawaited site redesign; cleaning up the profile pages and the overall layout of the site. The second is the Knowledge Base, an organized and ever-growing compendium of information presented in a more ā€œacademicā€ style than the forum tends to be. Longtime PG readers rejoice: there is indeed a section of the Knowledge Base relating to tone!

Visit a place where old, heavy creatures run amok at dinosaurrockguitar.com

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Guitar Museum
Guitar Museum is a showcase of for-sale and formerly-for-sale axes. While using it to find a new toy may be somewhat limited, it serves as an excellent resource in price shopping. If you suspect that youā€™ve found a stellar deal on eBay or Premier Guitarā€™s own Gear Search (yes, shameless plug, we know), this is a great place to check it out and see what others have paid in the past.

Punching in a search will return any guitars currently on the market at the top of the results; past sales are listed below. The search results probably represent a better option for finding a specific piece of gear, as the list only shows guitars, but the search yields guitars, amps, and effects pedals.

The site seems to be growing at a rapid paceā€”guitars are being posted every hour. At just over 13,100 guitars and 31,750 total items at the time of this writing, Guitar Museum is a constantly expanding resource for gearhounds. (For our lower-ranged brethren, bass-guitar-museum.com is a smaller, similar resource worth checking out.)

This is a great resource if youā€™re looking to buy a used instrument, and it will only continue to improve as more content is added. If you have details on some pieces you want to share, donā€™t hesitate. You donā€™t have to be selling an instrument to contribute, and it will help your fellow readers immensely.

Browse away at guitar-museum.com