“I Screwed Up So Bad and Teaching Myself to Play Guitar Turned Into A Frustrating Soul-Destroying DIY Disaster” – Dont Make This Crucial Mistake!
I was a cocky know-it-all, but I ended up looking so stupid… I'll let you in on a very personal story… Do you remember that old TV show ‘Home Improvement’… I'm sure you do – it's the one where Tim Allen was the unfortunate presenter of “Tool Time”. Tim was a fantastically accident prone handyman, more often than not with hilarious consequences. His constant calls for “More Power!” usually resulted in disaster and his partner Al shamelessly...
Read More...How Can a Fictional 70′s Band, Elton John and a Ballerina Set You on the Road to Guitar Mastery?
There's something to be said for nostalgia...It gets me every time... I've just finished watching that 90's rock movie ‘Almost Famous'. It's freaking weird how a song about the 70's can make a 90's kid like me nostalgic - but hey, I'm not complaining. I bet you remember that scene at the end where they all sit on the bus and Elton John's Tiny Dancer starts playing in the background. At first, it's just playing like a regular soundtrack, but then something cool happens...
Read More...How To Get a Pick Out of a Guitar?
I'm sure it has happened to you at some stage. In fact, it's almost inevitable and it's bloody annoying. You're strumming away happily and next thing - whoops - where's my pick? Oh no - it's inside the guitar... The two most common reactions to this are holding the guitar upside down above your head and shaking furiously while sprouting profanities or carefully moving your guitar while trying to guide the pick ever so slowly towards the sound hole. This happened...
Read More...How Long Since You Changed Your Guitar Strings?
It always amazes me how new guitarists neglect the importance of changing guitar strings. So many players will play indefinitely until eventually one of their strings break while they are tuning it, or, they are strumming a bit hard when the high E suddenly pings out from the fret board (barely missing your eye and giving you the fright of your life) With rusty, discolored or loose strings the best instrument in the world will not sound good. What's Wrong With Old...
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