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3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Making Guitars, Earplugs, and July 4th)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including making guitars, earplugs, and July 4th.

Here we go…

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Filed Under: Gear, Learning, Practice Tagged With: Guitar, learning guitar

10-Second Tip – Secure Your Guitar

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Welcome to a new weekly 10-second tip.

This week it is a simple but very important one.

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Filed Under: 10-Second Tips, Gear, Practice Tagged With: 10-Second Tips, guitar practice, quick tips

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Guitar Gear, Humming, and Oscar Wilde)

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Welcome to a new Monday email with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including thoughts on guitar gear, humming as an exercise, and more. Here we go…

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Filed Under: Equipment, Gear, Practice, Practice Techniques, Songs Tagged With: Gear, learning new songs, Practice Methods

Two Interesting Reader Comments and Questions (Repairing a Beat-Up Old Guitar & Learning to Strum Faster)

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Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately.

Hope you find these useful…

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Filed Under: Gear, Practice Techniques, Reader Question, Strumming Tagged With: Practice, Reader question, Strumming

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Chord Changes, “Careless Whistler”, and Your Guitar)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the importance of protecting your ears, how to improve chord changes on guitar, and more.

 

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Filed Under: Chords, Equipment, Gear Tagged With: Buying a guitar, chord changes

The 3 Simple Things I Look for in a Guitar

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I get asked a fair bit about what to look for when buying a new guitar.

For starters, I really don’t pay much attention to the technical details of a guitar, at least not until I have bought it.

I enjoy geek guitar stuff as much as anyone, but when in a guitar shop with a big range of guitars, knowing the neck radius, scale length, and other technical factors doesn’t help me.

I simply look for the following three things.

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Filed Under: Equipment, Gear Tagged With: Buying a guitar, Guitar shops

My Experience Of Buying A New Guitar (Plus Tips That Will Save You Money And Lots Of Time)

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For a while now I have thought about buying a new guitar. In this post, I’ll explain my process and share with you some tips that I used to save a massive amount of time and money while getting a great guitar for me.

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Filed Under: Equipment, Gear Tagged With: Buying a guitar, Electro-acoustic, Fender, Guitar shops, Repertoire

My six best guitar accessories for under $20

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As guitarists we all love a good accessory. Today, I’ll share with you my best guitar accessories which you can pick up for under $20 (£16) and those that will actually help you improve your guitar playing.

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Filed Under: Equipment, Gear Tagged With: Accessories, footstools, Picks, strap, Weird guitar stuff

The best guitar picks for beginners (and for most other guitarists out there)

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I cover pick choice and pick technique in detail in my course Rockstar 101 – Essential Guitar Skills For Beginners but today I’m going to give you some specific advice about choosing the best guitar pick.

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Filed Under: Gear, Tone Tagged With: Dunlop, Picks, Plectrums, Strumming

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