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Category: Other How To/Tips

How to Play Silent Night on Guitar for Beginners

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…

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Updated September 29th, 2023 . 

Published February 23, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Other How To/Tips, Other Lessons and Tips, Songs

6 Easy Ways to Learn the Fretboard Notes Bass

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…

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Updated September 29th, 2023 . 

Published May 3, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Guitar lessons, Other How To/Tips, Other Lessons and Tips

Do Your Fingers Hurt from Playing Guitar? 5 Tips and Tricks to Ease or Prevent Pain

Do Your Fingers Hurt from Playing a Guitar? 5 Tips and Tricks to Ease or Prevent the Pain

We may all be unique in our own way, in the face that we show the world, in the personality…

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Updated September 21st, 2023 . 

Published January 11, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Other How To/Tips

Can You Use Acoustic Guitar Strings on an Electric Guitar?

Can You Use Acoustic Guitar Strings on an Electric Guitar?_Six Strings Acoustics

You may have heard of certain players using electric guitar strings on an acoustic guitar. The result is usually a…

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Updated August 30th, 2023 . 

Published August 24, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips, Tuning Restringing & Maintenance

Naming Your Guitar: 6 Ideas for Guitar Names

Naming Your Guitar: 6 Ideas for Guitar Names
guitar names

Are you looking for a way to increase the throbbing and burgeoning connection you have with your instrument, old or…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published February 5, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Other How To/Tips

Checking a Guitar on a Plane: 7 Must-Know Tips for Flying With Your Guitar

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So, you are looking to take the plunge and go on a little tour away from home? Or, perhaps you…

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Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published July 11, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Other How To/Tips

How Do Acoustic Guitars Work?

acoustic guitar view from below the bridge

Have you ever wondered about how acoustic guitars work? I always did. Not every wants to know what makes an…

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Updated July 11th, 2023 . 

Published February 11, 2017By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips

How to Paint a Guitar

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…

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Updated July 10th, 2023 . 

Published February 23, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Care and Maintenance, Other How To/Tips

Diagram: Parts of an Acoustic Guitar

Parts of the acoustic guitar diagram jpeg

Check out the parts of a guitar diagram (larger version below) to learn the different parts of the acoustic guitar.…

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Updated July 10th, 2023 . 

Published July 3, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips, Other Lessons and Tips

How to Play Guitar with Small Hands

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…

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Updated July 7th, 2023 . 

Published February 23, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips, Other Lessons and Tips

Guitar Tips for Small Hands

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…

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Updated June 29th, 2023 . 

Published November 29, 2016By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Other, Other How To/Tips, Other Lessons and Tips

How to Play Guitar with Long Nails

how to play guitar with long nails

How long your nails have to be to play a guitar? How long your nails CAN be so that you can actually play? We created a Nails of Guitarists Guide:

Updated June 29th, 2023 . 

Published February 23, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips, Other Lessons and Tips

How to Make an Acoustic Guitar Louder

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…

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Updated June 28th, 2023 . 

Published February 3, 2016By Pete
Categorized as How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips

Guitar String Names EXPLAINED

Guitar String Names_Six String Acoustic
Learning guitar string names will make a major difference in your progress as a guitarist. So, let's jump into some guitar string names!

Learning guitar string names will make a major difference in your progress as a guitarist. So without further delay, let’s jump into some guitar string names!

Updated June 21st, 2023 . 

Published December 1, 2021By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Free Guitar Lesson Reviews, How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips, Other Lessons and Tips

How to Clean Fretboard of Your Guitar?

The fretboard on your guitar is an essential piece of it. The strings vibrate against it to produce the sounds…

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Published June 20, 2023By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as How To/Tips, Other How To/Tips

How Long It Will Take to Learn Fingerstyle Guitar Strumming

How Long It Will Take to Learn Fingerstyle Guitar Strumming

Round up, folks, round up, for today we will be tackling a question that many of your aspiring guitarists will…

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Updated August 3rd, 2022 . 

Published May 4, 2022By Nate Pallesen
Categorized as Other How To/Tips, Other Lessons and Tips

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