If you’re just learning to play guitar, the terms people use can really confuse you at first, especially when some people are unclear in how they use them. Take two common, related parts, the guitar saddle vs. the bridge: What’s the difference? The bridge of a guitar is the point where the strings cross before …
Guitar Bridge Vs. Saddle (What’s The Difference?) Read More »
Acoustic guitar and standard tuning were made for one another. From intricate picking patterns to soothing chord strumming, let’s look at some excellent songs to play on your acoustic guitar. This list provides fifteen acoustic-focused songs in standard tuning that you can practice to continue improving your guitar-playing ability. I have provided links for the …
15 Acoustic Guitar Songs In Standard Tuning (With Tabs) Read More »
If you’re building a guitar from a kit — always an easy and fun way to learn how a guitar is made — your last major step before final assembly will be painting or finishing. But what finish should you choose? Will painting a guitar affect its sound? Painting a guitar can have some affect …
Will Painting A Guitar Affect The Sound? (Acoustic & Electric) Read More »
When you pick up different guitar models, you might notice that some of the bridges are positioned differently. On a guitar like a Fender Stratocaster or Telecaster, for example, the bridge is installed straight across the body, but others have a bridge and/or a saddle that is slanted in one direction. So why are some …
Why Are Some Guitar Bridges Slanted? (Explained) Read More »
If you’ve ever had a guitar that wouldn’t play in tune, or the action was far too high or too low, you might have been told to check the neck relief using a feeler gauge. Neck relief, which is the amount of bow in a guitar neck, is essential to playability. But how do you …
How Do You Measure Neck Relief Without A Feeler Gauge? (3 Methods) Read More »
It’s an iconic image: musicians taking a break from playing in the studio with multiple guitars propped up against different surfaces. That might make you wonder: Is it bad to lean your guitar against the wall? You should never lean your guitar against the wall. Doing so makes it much more likely for the instrument …
Is It Bad To Lean Your Guitar Against The Wall? (Explaining The Risks) Read More »
Getting a new guitar is always exciting, but sometimes you might have a strange experience where things don’t sound like you expected them to. It raises a pretty big question: Are stock guitar pickups good? Most modern stock guitar pickups, even on inexpensive guitars, are quite good, but that doesn’t mean they’re the right fit …
Anyone interested in learning about alternate tunings should seriously consider starting with the blues, which has a history of songs playing on the guitar using open tunings. Open D tuning, for example, is so common that it has its own name among blues players: Vestapol tuning. Open tunings, in contrast to the Standard tuning of …
5 Blues Songs In Open D Tuning You Need To Learn — With Tabs! Read More »
Playing guitar can be quite hard on the fingers, especially for a beginner, and there are a number of things you can do to help mitigate that pain. One of the most essential is to learn how to tape your fingers for guitar playing. To tape your fingers for guitar playing you carefully wrap your …
If you play guitar long enough, it’s almost inevitable: You’ll cut or otherwise hurt a finger not long before you need to play. That leads many players to wonder how to play guitar with a cut finger. One solution is using a bandage, but some players find bandages cause dexterity problems and suggest using cyanoacrylate …
