Acoustic Guitar Florentine vs Venetian Cutaway: What's the Difference? TL;DR: A Venetian cutaway is rounded, a Florentine cutaway is sharp. As a mneumonic, you can remember that the Florentine is like floss, which feels sharp on your gums. A Tale of Two Cutaways The cutaway of an acoustic guitar gives access to the upper frets. The luthier provides
Acoustic Guitar New Guitar Podcasts On the Rise Podcasts have been around for years, but right now they're in the midst of a renaissance. With popular podcasts like "Serial" and "This American Life", more people than ever are listening to the nouveau radio format. I even recommended some guitar-oriented podcasts earlier this
Resources Guitar Aerobics: An 80's Title, But 2016 Worthy We're two weeks into 2016. Right around the time that your willpower begins to wear out on those New Year's Resolutions. The gyms will slowly be emptying out over the next few weeks. The fast food restaurants will be slowly filling back up. What about you?
Resources 5 More Great Guitar Blogs Worth A Follow I wrote a popular post a while back called "10 Great Guitar Blogs Worth a Follow". Well, the time has come to update that list a bit with "5 more great guitar blogs worth a follow". In no particular order: 1. tonefiend.com The personal blog
Guitars & Gear Craigslist, eBay…Reverb? Where did you buy your last guitar? Chances are, the next guitar (or gear) that you buy could be through the recently funded Reverb.com. Buying a guitar, or guitar equipment, can still be oddly challenging. In an era of Uber and Airbnb, it seems like buying and selling musical
Fingerstyle Fingerstyle (AKA Fundamentals) with Don Ross I’ve been trying out the JamPlay video course, Fingerstyle With Don Ross, and I have to say, it’s really good. For a few reasons: * Don is a really likable guy. * He’s very clear in his teaching and easy to follow. * The exercises build in a sensible and
Fingerstyle What Guitars do the Fingerstyle Gods Play? I thought it would be fun to take a quick look at the guitars played by some of the best fingerstyle guitar players in the world today. There's no breakdown of specs. No pros and cons or anything. Just some pictures and links. I'm sure these
Acoustic Guitar Learn How To Play Guitar Online A guitar is like, well... a hobbit. As Gandalf once said, “Hobbits really are amazing creatures. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you..." Same with guitar. You can learn a
Apps & Tech The 7 Best Backing Track Apps for Guitar Backing tracks have come a long way from the old CD’s (or even cassettes). Remember those? There would be several versions of the same song on a CD - one with the lead melody, and then several versions in different keys without the lead melody. Those backing tracks (or
