While it’s easy to find a guide to buying a guitar, many of us still struggle to take the leap. As guitarists, one thing many of us tend to do is get overly attached to our guitars, and often our first guitar.
The problem is, most of the time, the first guitar you own is NOT the most ideal one for you.
Love him or loathe him (personally I love him), Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones knows a thing or two about guitar playing.
After all, he’s older than a conker tree and has over 3000 guitars (which is 2992 more than me!). Here are some tips from “Keef”, (courtesy of an interview with Alan di Perna) that are very apt…
Since signing to Wild Sound Recordings in 2013, Harry Harris has been building a reputation as one of the UK’s most original and formidable singer/songwriters.
A ruthless guitar player with a voice that moves from the explosive to the intimate, he writes songs that grab you by the scruff of the neck and refuse to let go, with influences ranging from the great American songwriter Warren Zevon to bar-rock band The Hold Steady to Scottish folk singer Karine Polwart.