With a few simple tools, you can experience the joy of music and get on the road to becoming a better player. These are some unconventional ways to learn to play the guitar.
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Five Guitar Strumming Tips for Beginners
This article pinpoints some essential guitar strumming tips for beginners in order to help with quick improvements as well ways to avoid some common pitfalls and reduce the risk of injury.
How to Practice Without Picking Up Your Guitar
If you are learning a new chord, scale, or musical passage, you don’t always have to have the guitar on your lap to make that happen.
Cool Tool Spotlight: Cloudlifter Zi
The Cloudlifter Zi has continuously variable input impedance and continuously variable high-pass filtering that works in tandem to create massive tone…
NAMM 2017 Product Review: Collings Guitars
NAMM 2017 Product Review: Collings Guitars
NAMM 2017: Custom Guitar Art by Sarah Gallenberger
This year’s trip to NAMM 2017 revealed more than just the latest in new cool gear. We found Sarah Gallenberger who custom paints guitars (and other instruments) with unique and compelling designs.
Zen and the Art of Acoustic Guitar Amplification, part 2
When assembling your amplified setup, there are a lot of options. The best thing you can do is assess your needs and see which products best fit them. A lot of companies offer fully integrated systems, from pickups to preamps.
Zen and the Art of Acoustic Guitar Amplification, part 1
Need to amplify your acoustic guitar? There are so many models currently available the choice can be overwhelming. This guide will inform you on how to choose the pickups and other gear to amplify your guitar that serves your sound, best.
Why Can’t My Guitar Play in Tune?
Methods exist today for making a guitar play perfectly in tune. Well, with equal temperament nothing is perfect in the whole orchestra. Let’s just say that out of tune notes can be mitigated until they are no longer noticeable. Highly respected session and touring musician Buzz Feiten (he played Woodstock) …
Carlos Santana Holds Benefit for Mexican Medical Facilities
PRS Signature artist Carlos Santana is holding a unique fundraising event at to benefit healthcare facilities serving two areas in Mexico key to his roots.