Category: Guitars
It is a great idea to take a few minutes to do a thorough inspection of your electric guitar. A multiple number of seemingly harmless things can cause your guitar to break or become unplayable ...
Caring for your guitar is key to its longevity in both appearance and sound. Though guitars are fairly low maintenance, every guitar player should practice maintain their guitar in order to keep it in the ...
Now that you have received your Guitar, here are a couple of things you need to check: If your guitar is said to come with accessories, check whether all of them are present. Slowly ...
If you want to impress your band members, friends or maybe for a guitar contest or guitar quiz. Here are 10 amazing and interesting guitar facts from around the globe, every guitarist should know. 1.After ...
Much like the perfect partner, ‘the perfect guitar pedal’ does not exist. And no matter how many forums or discussions you’ve been a part of, finding your perfect fit comes down to a matter of ...
It is quite possible that you might have played an awesome guitar and you want your close friends to try it once. Yes, we know that feeling. Moving ahead, you may have found a selection ...
Table of contents: 1. Choosing the wrong type of guitar 2. Choosing a professional electro-acoustic guitar instead a beginners guitar. 3. Most problems arise by selecting the wrong size guitar – Choosing a wrong sized ...
The Standard Stratocaster is a legendary instrument, sought by many guitarists since the day they learn to fret a note. The list of iconic musicians who have graced a Fender strat is endless, right from ...
Have you purchased your first guitar and confused about what guitar pedal effects to buy or planning to upgrade your guitar? Having a massive amount of choices can be baffling. Beginner or expert we have ...
There used to be times when my fingerpicking on an acoustic just used to sound outright FLAT. That’s because when I started fingerpicking, no one taught me how to do it properly. I was just ...
There are things in our everyday life that keep us tied up; work, relationships, bills you have to pay and so on. And then there are things that transcend above all this. Important things that ...
Your guitar is not just an instrument. It indeed is a precious piece of art, a keepsake of your passion for music. Because you love guitar playing so much, it becomes your sole responsibility to ...
We’ve put together an article to explain the difference between to amazing guitars, the Yamaha F310 Acoustic Guitar and the Fender SA105 Acoustic Guitar. Hope this helps you choose the right guitar with the features ...
We know how amazing it feels everytime you pick up your guitar to jam, but all that is spoiled when there is this annoying fret buzz. If you are experiencing the fret buzz, the very ...
Classical guitar may seem intimidating, but it can be a great entry point for beginners just starting to play as well as a way for experienced guitarists to widen their repertoire. The study of this ...
Mixing bass guitar is always a challenge. Too much bass can muddy the mix, eat up headroom, and drown out everything else. But too little bass can make a mix sound thin, not to mention ...
There are a ton of dirt pedals on the market these days. Many of them give you transparent overdrive and/or distortion, so that the basic tone of your amp shines through. However, some pedals are ...
s David Gilmour’s latest solo album hits the streets, we break down the Pink Floyd guitarist’s four- and five-fret string bending technique. You can expect to snap an occasional string playing these huge bends Notable ...
Lightning licks from the speed maestro Andy rounds off his lessons by sharing more of the secrets that have earned him a reputation as one of the world’s most formidable shredders. In his final lesson ...
With an eye to the past while still looking forward, Fender’s Bassbreaker series puts classic tones at your fingertips, with a few twists to offer up a wider palette of tones. They pay tribute to ...
It always starts with something small, a seemingly insignificant act that can have a huge effect on the rest of your life. Horror stories usually begin like this. Guitar tuners. We all use them. Clip-on. ...
If you’ve ever had to decide whether or not to bring your guitar along with you solely due to space, check this out. Here are some ideas for portable guitar rigs that don’t sacrifice quality ...
Guitarist’s own Neville Marten demos Roland’s avant-garde SynthAxe design in 1985 Many have tried to make the guitar synth cool. Most have failed. Let’s take a quick journey through the evolution of the instrument… The ...
If you are like most guitarists out there, you will have at some point found it frustrating getting the “perfect tone.” Try the following tips to help improve your guitar sound. Crank Up The Mids! ...
Introduction No survey of the Marshall stack’s five-decade reign would be complete without honouring the players who have made them howl like fallen angels. Here, we present 11 essential licks in the style of 11 ...
Want to be a great musician? Then, you have to practice — a lot! Having the proper tools and practice space will help with organization, workflow, accuracy, and time management in order to make the ...
Introduction Buying a vintage guitar can be a minefield of dodgy playability and overpriced mint-conditions, but there are still some bargains to be had out there – you just need to know what you’re doing. ...
For as far back as we are able to look into the prehistory of the human race, music has been a crucial part of the life of humans. Some scholars even speculate that human music may ...
Either you want to impress the girls in your college or you have a simple intention of introducing your child to music, having a good guitar is very, very essential. Now, how would you ever ...
What according to you is the, let’s say the cheapest way to enhance your guitar’s appearance as well as make its tone better? Cleaning, of course! And how can you possibly do that when you ...
In this lesson I will show you how I advise my students on choosing a variety of guitar picks – we will look at which ones are suitable for which type of song, guitar and ...
In my opinion, 90% of guitar players fail because their lack of discipline and believing in themselves. I got a solution – they should believe that it’s possible to learn difficult thing like sweep pick ...
The dominant chord is an important chord in improvisation and in music in general. You can experiment a lot with the dominant chord regarding to scales and chord shapes. In this lesson I’ll talk about ...
This lesson shows how the guitar tuning dictates shapes we get on the guitar, and shows how we arrive at the various octave shapes, which in turn break a 12-fret block of the guitar into ...
Hey guys, here’s a short lesson on single string pedal point shapes. It is all in C major but as usual, I urge you to apply this to every key and string. A pedal point ...
The eleven chord is a strange beast all to its own. It is one of the easiest chords to play, but also one of the hardest to wrap your head around. The essence of the ...
Key changes are almost a taboo subject in the music community. Some songwriters shun the use of them, while others like them so much they employ them constantly. So who’s right? The way I see ...
The basic chord progression in modal music is the famous ii-V-I progression. This turnaround is common in jazz music but also in other popular music styles that are based on modal theory. It determines the ...
I’m no guitar hero but I’m very into improvising and soloing with my guitar. I have some advices for soloing strategies. Actually they are basic but I think they work out really good. Here’s my ...
G–D–C–D, is the base for a large variety of songs people enjoy playing. You may encounter scenarios where you don’t know the song you are about to jam with someone but, after studying this section, ...
I truly believe that in order to become a better guitar player, one should listen and absorb as much inspiration from guitarists that one personally admires. These men are often kind enough to share with ...
I’ll be referring to this reference sheet and A minor throughout, but the same concepts can be applied to any scale. You’ll see 7 patterns and an A minor scale diagram. Those 7 patterns are ...
Chord progressions are nice, and a lot of good songs have been made using them, but to move on to more complex patterns (or make your own progressions) you really need to learn the personalities ...
There is already a perfectly good way to name your chords, it already makes perfect sense, and, it describes what notes you are supposed to play, where you might play them on the neck and, ...
Break out the reading glasses, bring the iPad to the bathroom, it’s story time! A short story, long, about the importance of clear oral communication when speaking the language of music. Music theory is boring. ...
Although these exercises can be set to different rhythms, I’m focusing on just triplets as the slap, index, middle pattern works nicely as you have three different strikes (motions) which creates a single beat. For ...
A great way to improve and expand your own guitar playing is to study the styles and techniques of others, and then apply what you like to your own playing. Chet Atkins is a great ...
Using scales, a lot of students ask me why they should learn scales, what use will it have to their playing and perhaps even, shall I practice scales more than songs and just focus on ...
This article is developed in line with my other post, “The Use of Scales.” Read this article before proceeding with practising scales for guitar, this is a more advanced method to incorporate what you have ...
This lesson isn’t going to deal with writing harmonies, so much as what to do with them once we have them. We’ll cover two simple concepts that will give awesome results for your writing. You ...
Funk is some of best fun you can have on the guitar. It’s a party; get on up! The simplicity to the style is a part of its beauty, but also becomes deceptive in how ...
Do I Need to Learn to Read Music? If you are a hobby guitarist, the outright answer is no. If you enjoy playing songs, can play along to backing tracks in time and can read ...
Mapping out the C scale. Let’s memorize those whole and half steps with scale degrees as well. C step D step E half step F step G step B half step C. Step = 2 ...
Using chromaticism with swing picking Hi Guys. I’m taking a break from interval-related theory, to show you some ideas for working with chromaticism and the technique of swing picking. This can really help open up ...
For a quick overview on how to play gypsy jazz, check out this excellent lesson by TheWall27! It covers all the basics. I will be focusing more directly on the harmonic and chords aspect. Django ...
Jimi Hendrix is arguably one of the most influential players ever to wield an axe. His mind, his touch, his technique, were a magical combination of talent, prowess, dexterity, and explosive creativity – it was ...
Setting goals on guitar We’ve all been there: you listen to Steve Vai‘s or Satriani‘s or some other guitar god’s latest album and you think it’s so cool that you go “This is it! I’m ...
Example for This Lesson Look at the pattern of coloured circles on this next diagram. The solid red circle, numbered zero, is placed at an arbitrary fret. The pattern shows it uses pitches that are ...
I used to really suck getting better at guitar. Actually, that’s a pretty blatant understatement. I was a terrible self-teacher and progress was agonizingly slow. Back in high school, I lived and breathed rock music, so naturally ...
In our last article we discussed on how to select the guitars that suit your needs without getting distracted and getting confused. The Research Now that you’ve played a bunch of guitars, and hopefully found ...
Buying a new piece of instrument is always a tough task at times, with so many lucrative options available. Musical instruments are always very alluring and 90% of the times one ends up getting distracted ...
Were you ever discouraged in math class when you were deducted points for not adequately showing all of your work? It seemed like a trivial thing. The answer to 1 + 1 is 2. The ...
It has become more and more popular over the years to create unplugged acoustic versions of electric songs. Sometimes these acoustic versions you hear sound great, and other times they can kind of miss the ...
When you start out playing blues guitar one of the most challenging things is to make the blues scale actually sound bluesy. It’s one of those scales that require an extra effort in order to ...
We will create a chord chart for each key in the major scale. This will show you each chord in a key and when to use sharps and when to use flats when you are ...
