–> Special thanks to Don in Wisconsin for contributing this article! By no means do I consider myself an authority or any sort of notable historian on Les Paul, electric guitars, or anything of that ilk. Yet, I do happen to play guitar and live within a “stone’s throw” of where local lore documents Les…
I recently came across one of Jimmy Dillon’s guitar courses, and in the process stumbled across his “History of the Electric Guitar” diagram, that’s setup like a tree of life. It’s a remarkable piece of work that no doubt took him hours and hours to create, and I can’t post the full thing here because…
Guitar strap locks are one of the coolest little guitar gadget style inventions I’ve ever come across. Have you ever had a guitar strap slip off the hook, or have you seen this happen to someone else? Often times the guitar crashes painfully to the floor, and sometimes, never to get back up. A close…
One of the most common questions that beginners ask me is “How to use a guitar tuner?” So I thought I would make a quick lesson here on how to use a digital guitar tuner to tune your guitar. Tuning your guitar is incredibly important. If the guitar isn’t in tune, you’re not going to…
You don’t see too many people using guitar capo’s – in fact I know some guitar players jokingly call them ‘lady fingers’ – but the fact is you can get some really cool and unique sounds out of your guitar, completely different from what you normally hear, simply by knowing how to use a guitar…
