updated Jan. 23rd, 2020 to include in-depth reviews and FAQ about beginner amps You got your first electric guitar, but now you need something to play it through. While there are options for playing an electric guitar without an amplifier, I strongly suggest picking up on of these feature packed beginner electric guitar practice amplifiers. […]

“Is it better to practice guitar standing up or sitting down” is a question that I often hear from beginners and intermediate players. The short answer is if you’re a beginner, practice sitting down. If you’re an intermediate to advanced player practice to whatever scenario you need to rehearse towards.  One of my favorite guitar […]

Quick Review The Pick-a-Palooza is an awesome gift for any guitar player in your life. Most guitar accessories are incredibly personal and hard to gift. I for one know how picky I am when it comes to string brands, straps, or effects, but this is a fun gift that can be useful to any player […]

If you’re wondering why your electric sounds like an acoustic, read this article here. An acoustic-electric guitar is an acoustic guitar with a pickup inside of it that allows the guitar to be amplified by an acoustic guitar amp, or a PA system. The important note here is that the purpose of the pickup or […]

I’m sitting here on my couch looking at recording gear and starting thinking, what is the best recording setup for a living room or small apartment? These days there are unlimited options for recording setups from interfaces and headphones, to microphones and cables. I did a ton of research when finalizing my simple recording setup […]

There are ways to plug an electric guitar into something other than an electric guitar amplifier. But should you do this?

This is a question I’d get quite often when teaching guitar lessons. Most of the time it was coming from beginners who had been gifted an old classical guitar and they were hoping that it would work for learning to play. Recommended Article: How to Buy the Best Beginner Guitar A classical guitar is perfectly […]

The guitar is a unique instrument that creates opportunities and challenges when making music. We all know the opportunities. These are the fun things that I focus on most of the time: tremolos, strings, pickups, effects pedals, and the never ending pile of gear available to express ourselves in different ways. One of the challenges […]

The guitar strap is one of the most customizable and recognizable guitar accessories. After you buy a guitar, you may not be able to change the color or finish, but a well paired strap can accentuate, or regulate the overall look and feel. Whether it’s a well crafted leather strap, or a plain black nylon […]

This is a very simple trick for tuning a guitar. This will help adjust tension across the strings evenly which will save time and offer more consistent tuning. While this technique has the most impact on electric guitars that have floating tremolo bridges, it is still a great way to tune any guitar and is […]