Guitar Gear

This morning I got a notification on my WordPress dashboard that today is When I first started this blog, I started it with the express intention of using the blog as an online diary documenting my purchases of new gear; specifically, I wanted to use GuitarGear.org as a way to record my transition to valve amps and all the cool stuff that I was going to buy.

And buy I did… 🙂

Back in 2009, GuitarGear.org suddenly boomed. I was writing pretty religiously, adding at least 5 articles a week, and I was active on several gear forums. Then manufacturers started come to me to review their gear, and GearGear.org kind of took on a life of its own. And though to date, the blog has had about 1.25 Million unique visitors – which is peanuts compared to big, commercial sites that get more than that in hour – I’m honored that that many people over the course of its existence have found GuitarGear.org valuable enough to visit.

I never meant GuitarGear.org to be a “go-to” resource for gear, but that’s kind of what it has become; at least in some capacity. But because I’m just a single guy working on it, I’ve had to be rather selective about the gear that I’d review, and so I’ve kept my focus on either things that I would use myself, or the “little guys.” That probably accounts for why I’ve got a fairly focused set of visitors. I just don’t cover much of the mainstream. That would be a full time job!

In any case, I’d like to thank everyone who visits this blog for making GuitarGear.org what it is today!