Round up, folks, round up, for today we will be tackling a question that many of your aspiring guitarists will no doubt have asked yourselves at some point, usually whilst simultaneously scratching one’s head in puzzlement. To begin with, it is all too easy to feel like fingerpicking is completely out of our reach, prompting […]
Double Drop D Tuning
Today, we will be grappling with a topic that becomes more and more relevant the more this tuning becomes canonised in popular music theory. Today, we tackle the double drop D tuning head on! What are Dropped Tunings? First of all, to call a tuning ‘dropped’ is to enter it into one of the several […]
6 Easy Ways to Learn the Fretboard Notes Bass
So, you have decided to hang up your guns with the guitar for a moment and give the bass a good old go, like you have been meaning to for oh so long now? What’s that you say? You’ve never even picked up a bass before, and are wondering how you might learn the fretboard […]
How to Paint a Guitar
It is often said that one of the greatest limitations on purchasing a relatively low budget electric guitar is the fact that there are more often than not fewer options for customisation, and in no aspect is this more evident in one of the most obvious aesthetic elements of a guitar: the paint job. Very […]
Guitar String Spacing
There are many aspects of learning an instrument that might traditionally be deemed rather nerdy or in depth, but which, if approached with an enthusiastic mind and heart can come to benefit the person involved to previously unknown extents. One such field is that of guitar string spacing, the pertinent and diligent study of which […]
How to Play Guitar with Small Hands
If you were gifted by birth with small hands or short fingers, then it is obviously vital that you learn how to play guitar with small hands, filtering all of your learning through this very important lens. When doing so, filtering this learning through this need, then it becomes wholly clear just how much is […]
How to Play Silent Night on Guitar for Beginners
There are scarcely more ubiquitous festive tunes out there, especially songs that straddle the line between the older meaning of Christmas as belonging to religion and the newer, more commercial meanings instilled by capitalism throughout the past couple of centuries. Many hymns and carols stay in the church and do their business there and never […]
How to Play Guitar with Long Nails
From a very early stage in one’s guitar development, any aspiring guitarist is likely to have been taught not to have long nails when learning, or otherwise admonished for having long nails, never really stopping to teach those who are so inclined how to play guitar with long nails. I certainly never received any guidance […]
How to Clean Rosewood Fretboard: 4 Tips and Tricks
When we are out busy shredding it out in the field in our various ways, we could be forgiven for not thinking enough of guitar hygiene. Unless you are so inclined, cleaning is not often what we consider fun, especially when it gets in the way of something we most enjoy. Who among us hasn’t […]
How to Clean and Take Care of Your Guitar Fretboard?
The fretboard on your guitar is an essential piece of it. The strings vibrate against it to produce the sounds you hope to play to create music. You have to press your fingers against the fretboard depending on the chords and notes you need to perform, leading to the buildup of grime and dirt. Fretboards […]
How Do I Check a Fender Amp Serial Number?
We all know the thrill of finding an older amp for a great deal at a yard sale or flea market. Even better if it’s a Fender amp. But then a problem arises — how do you tell exactly how old the amp is? In this article, we’ll take a look at how to date […]
How Much Do Guitar Strings Cost?
If you’re fairly new to playing guitar, you may not have had a chance to purchase guitar strings and put them on a guitar. The process might seem daunting if you’ve never had to do it. But rest assured — selecting a new set of strings isn’t quite as overwhelming as it might seem. Is […]
Five Creative Ways To Use A Capo
Guitarists tend to love or hate capos. To some it is an essential accessory that they wouldn’t get through a gig without, to others it is a lazy excuse for not learning to play anything above the third fret. In this article we are going to explore a few ways that you might use a […]
Can You Use Acoustic Guitar Strings on an Electric Guitar?
You may have heard of certain players using electric guitar strings on an acoustic guitar. The result is usually a twangy, snappy sound that some guitarists like and some do not. But what about the reverse? Can you put acoustic strings on an electric guitar? Is there a difference between acoustic and electric guitar strings? […]
The Best Way to Learn Guitar for Aspiring Guitarist
Learning the guitar is a noble venture. But if you’re like many aspiring guitarists, you might have already realized that there’s a bit of a learning curve — even when it comes to figuring out the best way to learn guitar on your own. The truth is that you’ll start to figure out what works […]
How Do Acoustic Guitars Work?
Have you ever wondered about how acoustic guitars work? I always did. Not every wants to know what makes an acoustic guitar tick ? some just want a guitar that sounds great and is nice to play ? for those that are curious though, read on. Scope of this Post I?m not going to delve […]
Guitar Tips for Small Hands
If you have small hands it can be tricky to play guitar the way you want to on a ?standard sized? guitar. Now what constitutes a standard sized guitar is up for debate but the important thing is that there are some useful guitar tips for small hands players that will help you to play […]
How to Make an Acoustic Guitar Louder
Unlike electric guitars that use amplifiers in order to generate more noise, acoustic guitars rely?on the sound waves that resonate within the guitar through the sound hole. This makes acoustic guitars a lot less efficient when it comes to generating volume. So, if you are asking yourself how to make an acoustic guitar louder, here […]
How to Tune a Guitar: Illustrated Step by Step Guide
The goal of this page is to teach you how to tune a guitar. I will use pictures to illustrate to make it easier to follow. It?s not too difficult a process so you should be tuning your guitar with ease in no time. I will demonstrate both how to tune with a tuner and […]
The Parts of the Acoustic Guitar Diagram
Check out the parts of a guitar diagram (larger version below) to learn the different parts of the acoustic guitar. Below the diagram, there is further explanation for each of the parts. The Diagram Parts of the Acoustic Guitar Explained O.k. now let’s look a little bit more in-depth into the individual parts of […]