GIFTS FOR GUITAR PLAYERS THAT THEY WANT!
Gifts for a guitar player or gifts for musicians generally are not easy to buy. Sure, you can buy the guitar player in your life (or for yourself if you're a guitarist) some token gift you think they might like...but getting something a guitar player or musician actually wants, will actually use, will appreciate you for, that is a quality item that doesn't cost too much, is not an easy thing.
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GIFTS FOR GUITAR PLAYERS
We have organized our pick for best gifts for a guitar player into several categories, ranging from items every guitarist needs on a regular basic as essential equipment to novelty items that are just fun and then some gifts that are over the top.
COVID MASKS FOR GUITAR PLAYERS
Some of our own designs for these Covid times. Hey, if you gotta wear a mask, these are pretty cool and shows the world what you dig…electric guitars!
GUITAR PICKS
Guitar player can never have too many guitar picks so buying picks is a no brainer. Variety packs are best if you don’t know exactly what gauge pick the guitar player uses. Can’t go wrong with Fender guitar picks. No frills, quality and different gauges are sure to strum the heartstrings.
These guitar picks are more artistic in design and I think they are nailing it. Great assortment of artsy guitar picks will make you the cool friend to your guitar player friend or family member.
Dunlop graphites are the high end sports car of guitar picks and some players love this heavy carbon pick. Maybe they’ve never tried them and you are the one who makes it happen. That’s cool.
Here’s a fun gift for guitar players who want to make their own picks. This is the ultimate in a guitar player’s self-expression and they might even stumble on to a winner that makes them more than anything. It’s possible…lol
GUITAR STRINGS
Guitar strings are essential and appreciated, especially when you have multiple guitars and play often. Ernie Ball guitar strings for electric guitar are the go to standard strings many guitar players use. While you can experiment with different types and gauges, Ernie Ball is a great string and a good place to start for any guitar player.
The gauge of the high E string is the primary measuring rod for guitar strings. These Super Slinkys are the standard .09 Gauge, used by many guitarists. Not too light as an 8 Gauge and not as tight or stiff as .10s or .11 Gauge guitar strings. Everyone is different, as I played .09s forever, then tried a top bridge wrap with .11s, now I’m using .08s (as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top uses as well as .07s…he says “why you wanna work so hard?”)
Super Slinky Ernie Ball guitar strings are for guitar players who want a much lighter and looser feel. I play these at the moment, as I have been experimenting.
These .10s are good guitar strings for guitar players who play slide guitar. They also work well for guitar player who just want a tighter action or feel and have good hand strength.
GUITAR STRAPS
I use a variety of guitar straps ranging from thin black leather, to my fiery Sun and other artistic and cool straps, like my Who strap. Here’s a Van Gogh “Starry Night Guitar Straps that is pretty cool. Some guitar straps are for show, some are for comfort so we’ll list a variety we think are cool and suitable to all purposes.
GUITARS ON THE WALL AND THE FLOOR
These gifts for guitar players including guitar stands for home and stage and guitar items to hang on a wall, like guitars on a wall and framed prints and other cool guitar posters and art. We love guitar songs and classic rock so we’ll recommend a few things for the rock guitar fan in particular.
I prefer tall guitar stands with neck support. As the owner of a Gibson Les Paul that suffered a headstock break, I will never use those low to the ground guitar stands for a Les Paul. The only exception is the awesome mini-guitar stand by Fender that fits in my Fender Stratocaster case and I only use for my Strats and Telecasters..
GUITAR ACCESSORIES & NOVELTIES
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Every guitar player needs a quality guitar stand whether for home use or stage use. This is my favorite guitar stand after years of using a variety of different guitar stands. Click the image or title to learn why it's my favorite and the guitar stand I personally own and use. A great gift and a must have for any guitarist.
This is the first recommendation on our guide. As far as gifts for guitar players go, we think this is one of the coolest and affordable must haves for any electric guitarist. A guitar cable with a built in digital recorder for under $100? Are you kidding? Click the image or title above to check out our detailed review of this bad boy piece of guitar gear.
Every guitarist loves a good guitar book and this is certainly one of them. The author had unprecedented access to the Fender files and people who were there when these revolutionary guitars and amps were created. For anyone, like me, who is truly into all things Fender guitar, this book is a treasure trove of information from the original sources and some great photos too.
