In our family, the holidays are a time of coming together and taking family photos. As the years go by, we notice how everyone changes and how new cousins come along. We also notice how our photography skills don’t improve as much. I’m here to help you take your holiday pictures from ugly to nice! […]
Four Tips For Choosing The Right Luthier For Your Guitar Restorations: There are many different kinds of luthiers in the world and each one of them will have a different specialty. Some luthiers may specialize in repairing guitars, others may specialize in building and crafting new guitars. When you are looking for a guitar restoration […]
The moment you have decided to buy a guitar for yourself, there would be other things that you would need to consider and think about. I know that you are dying to get your first acoustic guitar, but there are certain things that you have to know first before hitting the music stores. These tips […]
Baritone guitar strumming technique is actually a lot different than the strumming technique of a standard guitar. This is because you are playing a lower set of notes and therefore your body needs to approach the strumming in a different way. In this article, I’m going to show you how to get awesome baritone guitar […]
Fretboards. Guitar, bass and the like. I’m sure that you have one, and maybe you have had a look at it now and then and perhaps even tried to clean it with a lint free cloth or rag. That’s good! At least you are thinking about it. The fretboard is one of the most important […]
The Jazz Bass is my favorite instrument. It has a great tone, and there are strings that I love playing on it. But if you want to get the best string size for your Jazz Bass, you need to know what you’re looking for. Here are some of the things to consider: 1) The string […]
CMaj7 Chord: A blog with information pertaining to the CMaj7 chord. The CMaj7 Chord This chord is built by stacking two major thirds on top of each other, the major third being a 3-semitone interval. It is similar to the major triad, except for the addition of the 7th degree from the scale. The 7th […]
Summer’s Gone But The Blues Are Still Here, Check Out These Excellent Opportunities To Plug In And Jam: a blog on finding a place to play the guitar over the summer. Ever since I was a kid, one of my dreams was to have that cool rock and roll life. You know, playing in front […]
I get a lot of questions about the acoustic properties of resonator guitars, so I thought I would spend some time explaining how they work. This is an attempt to explain the physics of resonator guitar acoustics in plain English (with a picture). I will try to simplify things as much as possible, and also […]
How To Choose A New Guitar When You’re A Beginner: a blog on how to start and what to look for in your first guitar purchase. In the fall of 1999 I went on a trip with my family to their cabin in North Idaho. My grandfather had passed away and my uncle has moved […]