When you’re ready buy, be prepared to do some wheeling and dealing. Find out what your guitar costs at a reputable online dealer. Since most guitar sellers work on a commission, he may be willing to cut out some of his commission to give you a better price. It doesn’t hurt to ask. Click here … Read more
Unless you’re going to be playing classical guitar, or bare-finger fingerstyle guitar, you’re going to be using guitar picks. Click here to find the best beginner guitar Click here to find the best guitar strings The Plectrum Guitar Pick You’ll use your guitar pick to strum guitar chords and pick out individual melody notes. Guitar … Read more
Eventually, your guitar strings will lose their vitality. You’ll need to change them. Here are some things to consider when buying new guitar strings. Click here to find the best beginner guitar Click here to find the best guitar capo Buying Nylon Strings for a Classical Guitar There are three factors associated with classical guitar … Read more
Click here to find the best beginner guitar Click here to find the best Electric Guitar Effects A capo is a clamp-like device used on the guitar’s neck to shorten the strings and thus raise the pitch. Capos typically have a rubber-covered bar that clamps over the fretboard in a variety of ways: Elastic band … Read more
Guitar effects (or FX) are devices that you plug between your guitar and amplifier to alter the sound. Guitar effects are usually implemented as pedals. There’s a vast selection of these little devices from a variety of manufacturers, and in all price ranges. You can buy individual guitar effects or get a suite of effects … Read more
In my previous post I talked about the source of improvisation, your inner jukebox. Your inner jukebox fuels your ability to improvise, it is your inspiration, it is the tool by which you express yourself as an individual. If you can tune into your inner jukebox, tap into the musical ideas that it generates, and … Read more
A guitar case is essential. Most manufacturers will include a case in the price of a new guitar. In general, the pricier the guitar, the better the case. If your guitar didn’t come with a case, or it came with an inadequate case, you’ll want to buy a best guitar case that will keep your … Read more
I believe that true guitar mastery can be directly judged by a player’s ability to improvise. You can learn all the technique you want, know all the theory, be able to play any song beautifully -no matter how technically difficult- with all its dynamic subtleties, and to me you’d be merely good. But to be … Read more
Many times I will have a certain musical idea in my head, for example, a phrase that just popped into my mind. Or perhaps it’s part of a solo that I heard on the radio earlier. I want to be able to play it on the guitar but I am having a hard time figuring … Read more
When I was a teenager I used to hang out with other kids in my school who also played an instrument. I remember one guy in particular, who was a guitar player, who I really looked up to. He had been taking lessons for a couple of years, and I had only just picked up … Read more