Month: April 2018

Nowadays every song is at your disposal on Spotify and Youtube, and you can also find how to play these songs on guitar tablature and guitar lesson websites. Having access to everything instantly makes you want to hear and learn things quicker, easier, faster, better and have more of it. The tricky part is we tend to forget to dig deeper into the songs. We move on to the next and the next and might not give it the time and attention it deserves. I’m also guilty of learning songs fast, effective and efficiently for teaching and gig purposes, but there are also times I just want to dive deeply into a song and absorb every single detail. It’s an immense joy to take the time to learn, practice, and…

Nowadays every song is at your disposal on Spotify and Youtube, and you can also find how to play these songs on guitar tablature and guitar lesson websites. Having access to everything instantly makes you want to hear and learn things quicker, easier, faster, better and have more of it. The tricky part is we tend to forget to dig deeper into the songs. We move on to the next and the next and might not give it the time and attention it deserves. I’m also guilty of learning songs fast, effective and efficiently for teaching and gig purposes, but there are also times I just want to dive deeply into a song and absorb every single detail. It’s an immense joy to take the time to learn, practice, and…

PHOTOS: Patent pending custom USM-PRO™ in natural swamp ash and carbon fiber. Element™ aircraft aluminum neck. I absolutely love the light/dark visual contrast. The organic wood is highly appealing. PHOTOS: Custom OEM DiMarzio pickups designed by Steve Blucher. Patented Intonation Cantilever™ bridges precision machined from stainless steel and bearing bronze. via Rick Toone https://ift.tt/2HkicPt

PHOTOS: Patent pending custom USM-PRO™ in natural swamp ash and carbon fiber. Element™ aircraft aluminum neck. I absolutely love the light/dark visual contrast. The organic wood is highly appealing. PHOTOS: Custom OEM DiMarzio pickups designed by Steve Blucher. Patented Intonation Cantilever™ bridges precision machined from stainless steel and bearing bronze. via Rick Toone https://ift.tt/2HkicPt

guitarz.blogspot.com: This is a guitar I'm building for the singer in the band I currently play bass in, Red & The Hogweeds. When Red had said he would like a hog-shaped guitar, I knocked up a design in PhotoShop. My first inclination was to ask a factory in China if they could build a one-off using my design, so I approached a factory that I'd seen recommended on the net. But on receiving their reply of, "No, we can't do that, but we have lots of other designs..." (but I want THIS design! I mean what kind of consolation is that?), I decided, sod it, I'll build it myself.I'm not a luthier by any means, although I have put together several Frankenstein guitars and I have built a six-string cigar…

I have a confession to make: I’m afraid of shiny, new, barely-been-played guitars. I have a tendency to add “character” marks to them quite easily because I’m such a caveman of a player. Over the years, I’ve tried owning “mint” guitars, but I always end up selling them in favor of well-worn axes. Really, I’ve always been drawn to true mongrels. It probably dates back to my youth, when I would buy cheap guitars and then piece them together into more interesting creations. When the phenomenon of buying a new guitar with a “worn” finish took hold during the last 20 years, I was a little amused. I like the idea of a distressed-looking guitar, but in my slightly skewed mind, I still see these as new instruments. However, there…