What is a cutaway guitar? It is an acoustic guitar with a cut out in the lower section to allow the players to reach the higher frets. This design is the big advantage it has over the non-cutaways or what we call as the standard acoustic guitars.Does it have a disadvantage? Acoustic guitars rely in […]
Lessons
Learning How to Play Guitar Scales
Learning how to play guitar scales is one of the steps to become a lead guitar player. Most guitar players have that desire to play lead guitar. Who would not? A lead guitar solo or a guitar instrumental is always a show stealer. Please check our jam with my wife who plays bass and my teenage […]
Stop Guitar Hum
To stop guitar hum is not that complicated as most people think. As it is an annoying issue on an electric guitar, it is an advantage if you can fix it yourself. Old guitar pickups are mostly single coils. When it was discovered that single coil pickups produce a hum even on a low gain […]
How to Buy Guitar for Beginners?
This post is about how to buy a guitar for beginners. Guitars are unique from other musical instruments. It is not like a keyboard when all are identical for a certain model. If you compare guitars of the same brand and model, sometimes you will notice differences. Some may be more resonant than others. It could […]
Best Way To Learn To Play the Guitar
I am a self-taught guitarist. I still remember when I have to ask my friends to teach me, and it was frustrating because they are players but not teachers. So what is the best way to learn to play the guitar? Guitar tutors are very expensive. Learning online is the best option because you can do […]
Best Way to Learn to Play the Bass.
Most bass guitar players are self-taught. Most of them started with playing guitars and switch to bass. If it is hard for guitar players to find good lessons, more so for bass guitar players. It is more like a specialized lesson. Well, they say playing bass is way too easy, well, try slap bass. So […]
