Revo Guitar Straps is making headway. You'll see the guitar straps around the shoulders of folks like Zac Brown and Ziggy Marley. Revo's idea is simple: comfortable wooden guitar straps, handcrafted in Costa Rica. Wood? Yup, wood. They kind …
Guitar Sense GS-T1 Tuner Review
There are a lot of small, inexpensive tools that make guitar life much easier - a capo, a guitar string tool, a metronome. But an absolutely indispensable one of these tools is the guitar tuner. The New Clip-On Guitar Tuner I recently had the chance …
Top 10 Practice Tips for Guitarists
Guitarists of all levels talk of the same problems with making progress: Stuck in a rut, lack of improvement, slow progress, no time to practice, strains and injuries, lack of inspiration. It’s all too predictable. So, I’ve put together the Top 10 …
Cascading Harmonics
Cascading harmonics are a technique that combines alternatively plucking harmonics and open strings to create a harp-like effect. It’s a great technique that provides another shade of color to your playing palette. I was inspired to practice this …
Thumbpick vs Fingers vs Nails vs Pick’n’Claw
I’m in the midst of an internal debate. What picking technique to I invest practice time in? I’ve played with picks, of course, over the years. Especially for electric. I’ve use my fingers and not-so-long nails for acoustic. Especially for …
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Over 500 Alternate Tunings for Acoustic Guitar
This is, by far, one of the coolest online resources I've seen for acoustic guitar: www.gtdb.org. Don't even bother to read this post, just go check it out. Guitar Tuning Database According to their homepage, gtdb.org has been going since 2011. …
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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 …
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New Guitar Podcasts On the Rise
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 …
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. …
5 Easy Fixes to Improve Your Guitar
This is a guest post by Josh Summers. Josh has been playing guitar for over 25 years. He writes about what he has learned playing, fixing and buying guitars on his popular Guitar Adventures site. You can also follow him on Twitter and …
There’s (At Least) 5 Reasons You Should Go See Damien Rice
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]It was a dark and stormy night… seriously. Last Friday I attended Damien Rice’s show at the Greek Theater under an appropriately cloudy and sulky sky (uncommon here in LA). For those who don’t know, …
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7 Billy Joel Songs Made for Acoustic Guitar
Billy Joel is an iconic songwriter, piano player, and performer. His songs are timeless, and his shows are electric. And for guitar players, it can be frustrating that he wrote all this great music from the piano. Songs like The Piano Man, Scenes …
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The Secret to Tuning Your Acoustic Guitar Perfectly
The secret to tuning your guitar perfectly is simple: Adjust your tuning 'temperament'. But what is a temperament? Historically, musical notes have not always been the same distance apart. The ancient Greeks based their tuning system on …
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How to Learn a Song “Fingerstyle” on Acoustic Guitar
What does it mean to play a song "fingerstyle"? It generally means that you play the melody, bass, and chord tones all at the same time, and use a fingerpicking technique with your right hand. For examples, see here, here, and here. If you want …
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