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  • Expensive Guitar

    Expensive Guitar – Is It Worth It?

    By Tyrone Mayer
    In Sep 12, 2016
    On Acoustic Guitar, Gear, Guitar Buying Advice
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    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...
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  • Open Major Chords – A, E & D | Guitar Lesson

    By Craig Goudge
    In Apr 7, 2016
    On Chords, Guitar Lessons, Guitars, Online Guitar Lessons, Open Chords, Practice Tips
    2 Comments
    These basic open major chords give us a strong foundation to start off with. There are hundreds of songs that use these same three open major chords, so by getting them under your belt, you will be able to start playing your favourite tunes in no time. The reason why they are called ‘open chords’, is because they make use of the ‘open strings’, which are the strings you see in the...
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  • Why This Is The Year To Start Playing Guitar?

    By Paul Whitehead
    In Nov 6, 2014
    On Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Lessons, Memoirs Of A RocknRolla, Music and Stress, Music Therapy, Rock n Roll 101
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    Why is this the year to start playing guitar? Well let’s examine some brief history before we tackle we answer that question. On Woodstock farm on August 18, 1969 Jimi Hendrix played what is today considered one of the most prolific guitar performances. A few years later great blues guitarist Duane Allman and The Allman Brothers played one of many magical nights at the Fillmore East. Fast-forward to December...
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  • Guitar Love: Ovation Celebrity Series

    By Anthony Bierman
    In Sep 1, 2014
    On Acoustic Guitar, Gear, Guitar Buying Advice, Guitars, Rock n Roll 101
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    The 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. Ovation Celebrity Series: Some Features...
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  • Advantages Of Playing Acoustic Guitar

    By Gareth Bertolani
    In Sep 3, 2012
    On Acoustic Guitar, Gear, Gig Guidance, Guitar Buying Advice, Guitar Lessons
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    I think the acoustic guitar has a bit of a bad rep and hopefully, this will fix that as well as get some more people interested in the acoustic guitar again. One of the reasons for this is probably because often the acoustic is your first guitar that you learn on, and just a stepping-stone to the electric guitar and all its amplified glory. Another reason might be that...
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  • Acoustic vs Electric

    Acoustic vs Electric Guitar

    By Richard Globisch
    In Apr 9, 2010
    On Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Gear, Guitar Buying Advice, Guitars
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    A common question for beginners to ask is: ”Is there a difference between playing acoustic guitar and electric guitar?” Acoustic vs Electric is a very real battle on the world of guitar. No matter whether you’re talking about learning the instrument as an object of study, or just playing it, the answer is “Yes”. Concerning learning to play the guitar, either an electric or an acoustic will suffice. There...
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