From the bench
Buying guides
The questions we get asked on the phone, written down. No specification sheets rewritten as prose — just what actually separates one of these instruments from the next, from a shop that keeps them side by side.
Updated September 2026
Choosing your ZUTA GBG120 tube complement
How KT88, KT77, KT66, 6550, 6L6, 6CA7 and EL34 each change the amp — and which one suits how you play.
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What is the Gothenburg sound?
Where melodic death metal came from, how it differs from the Stockholm buzzsaw, and what the tone actually asks of an amplifier.
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Dreadnought, Orchestra Model or Grand Auditorium?
The one choice you cannot change later, and the one most people make last. What the shape codes mean and how the three actually differ.
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Choosing a Furch series
Green through Red Deluxe, the Vintage series, Master's Choice — and how to read a model code like "Gc SR" at a glance.
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