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Changing Strings The Right Way
Knowing myself and a few other guitar players, for some people it’s like having a ritual take place when it comes to changing strings. Especially when the guitar is brand spanking new and you have to change your first pair of strings. Out comes the cloth and the tools, as well as the ointments to shine and clean your guitar. Now, something to consider is that it can be... -
How To Choose The Right Musical Instrument For You
One should ask yourself whether your chosen musical instrument and its nature are rightly suited for you. Many musicians and artists overlook this and go through stages, spending years learning different instruments and searching before deciding which one is best suited for them. Music genres have expanded a great deal over the last century. The electrified and amplified nature of modern instruments brings a whole new aspect to the... -
Digital Guitar Tone – Part 2
In the previous article, ‘Digital Guitar Tone – Part 1‘ we spoke about how ‘going digital’ has made our lives as guitarists more convenient in many ways. We also spoke about the downside, and how some would argue that the quality of sound still isn’t on par with the traditional ‘analogue’ gear used by all the top dogs. If this were 2-5 years ago, I would have to agree. However,... -
Digital Guitar Tone – Part 1
The music industry is one of the main industries that are taking full advantage of the latest advances in technology with digital guitar tone. There have been massive amounts of debates about digital amps and if they can compete with the top analogue amps out there. Even though these opinions on tone can differ, this article aims to point out the undeniable advantages that digital amplification has over analogue... -
Improve Guitar Tone – 5 Smart Tips
Jeff Owens from Fender offers some cost-effective tips on how you can improve guitar tone, no matter what guitar you play. Check out his five tips below: HAVE A WELL-ORGANIZED PEDAL BOARD Effects pedals are a terrific way to develop your own tonal identity. One basic thing to remember while turning your pedal board into your sonic playground is that certain types of effects sound best when placed... -
Top 8 Guitar Amps & Songs That Made Them Famous
This is our list of the top 8 guitar amps and the songs that made them famous: Marshall Super Lead #1959 Song: Running With The Devil Artist: Eddie Van Halen With the release of Van Halen I in 1978, they changed the world of rock forever. Edward Van Halen hit the scene with a new guitar sound that was so fast and furious, no one had ever heard anything... -
Expensive Guitar – Is It Worth It?
In all my years as a guitarist, I’ve always aspired to own and play an expensive guitar. I’ve always owned (and many novice guitar players do own) cheap guitars but is there a difference between a cheap guitar vs an expensive guitar? Can you tell the difference? Is your expensive guitar worth it? Well, we found a really cool video demonstrating the difference between a cheap $150 entry level... -
Setting Up Your Own Electric Guitar
Many of you new guitarists out there who can only afford basic entry-level electric guitars, get really disheartened when you pick up your friends’ guitars that are 3 times the price of yours and realise that theirs feel much nicer to play on. Although it’s true that you get what you pay for and there’s a good reason for the price difference, it doesn’t mean that you can’t make... -
Crunch Guitar Sounds
Everyone loves the sound of an electric guitar that screams! From the earliest rock ‘n’ roll recordings, where amplifier speakers were torn on the way to the recording – resulting in a clipping, distorted sound (Rocket 88) – to the early recordings with effects pedals that ‘distorted’ the guitar sound (Keith Richards on “Satisfaction”), overdriven guitar tones are now part and parcel of the pantheon of recorded rock guitar.... -
Guitar Love: Ovation Celebrity Series
Ovation Celebrity Series guitars are a good batch to look at if you’re looking into getting a nice entry/mid-level acoustic guitar. I hope to offer some pointers on the series in this blog that can help anyone curious about these instruments. A lot of information on the models and the specs of each can be found on the official ovation page: click here. One of the key features of...
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