Acoustic Guitar Deals :.admin | April 23, 2010
No it’s not a new form of plucking. It’s not a finger-style or pick plucking technique at all. Getting your guitar Plek’d is something completely different. I first heard about it during lunch the other day, when a colleague of mine was describing the problems he had with the playability of one of his most [...]
admin | March 29, 2010
Ok so I don’t play piano – at least – not that anyone should ever listen to. But I’ve been a singer and guitar player for a number of years. So i know something of what it takes. So for your first lesson, “Practice, Practice, Practice”. The key to mastering any instrument is to keep [...]
admin | March 21, 2010
If you’re into celtic, sounds (or the Yardbirds) or bluegrass or country there are some great tunings available for you. Most of these live in the Sus4 range of tunings. In the Sus4 category there are tunings with lots of open chording and easy finger movements and sliding. These tunings add tons of flavor and [...]
admin | March 5, 2010
Setting up a guitar is like magic to me. Hopefully after these lessons I’ll know more too.
Chris B’s Music Site has an excellent text rundown on how to perform a setup, what kind of materials are needed and how to Change Your Strings, Checking the Straightness of Your Neck, Adjusting the Truss Rod, Setting Up [...]
admin | February 11, 2010
Sit back, relax and see how Hamer guitar hand makes their custom guitars. This is probably one of the best guitar making video series I’ve seen so far. I’m impressed by the amount of information presented and the high quality of the videos.
In Part 1 you’ll see how the body is cut, the process of [...]
admin | February 9, 2010
I’m in a recording mode today and what better thought to think than, what kind of microphone should I get. Generally there are two types of microphones that are used in home recording studios. Condenser and Dynamic microphones. You may be a wonderer or worrier like me and really want to get the best microphone [...]
admin | February 1, 2010
Although I think Beyonce has an amazing voice and her song “If I Were a Boy” (although not always right about us) was an incredible vocal performance. I have to acknowledge the amazing genius that gave us all a reason to rock. Les Paul’s contribution to music is almost unequaled. His love for complex [...]
admin | January 26, 2010
I’ve been on a couple of gigs, where it was too late to get a drum set to the site. But one time our drummer showed up with a box. A box? What did he intend on doing with that? That’s when I was introduced to the Cajon and the ultra portable drummer. I had [...]
admin | January 22, 2010
Drums have a unique way of pushing sound from the stage to the audience. Your other instruments sound richer, and more vibrant as they are carried by the percussive sound waves of the different, well tuned, drums in your set. Tones will match, rhythms will be clearer and the sound sharper. Making sure that they [...]
admin | January 21, 2010
There are 5 basic types of cymbals, the crash, the ride, hi-hats, the splash and the china cymbal (also called a china boy, Chinese, trash.) Then there are effects cymbals, orchestral cymbals, marching band cymbals and gongs. There are also specialty ones, like cymbals with large holes in them for that extra trashy sound like [...]
