Howdy Kids (since most of you are younger than me, that means all of you in your teen’s, twenty’s, thirties, even…GULP…your forties!!! Yeah, I’m an old fart, but I can still out rock most people ½ my age…smiley face goes here…) I haven’t forgotten about you guys. Been packing stuff up to move my shop, [...]
Quest for Tone – The Holy Grail [Part II]
We left off starting to cover some of the ways to clean up your tone by cleaning up your playing. Let’s face it, theory & technique have more to do with how good or bad you sound when you play. Practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes improvement. Or at least it should. Unfortunately, all too [...]
Rhythm
If there’s one basic foundation of 99% of all music, it is rhythm/groove. Rhythm is the “what.” Notes are the “why.” There has to be something before someone can ask “why is that there?” It doesn’t matter if you only know the pentatonic scale, or are only capable of playing one note—you could play a [...]
How to Make People Listen
If you go to any YouTube video featuring a skilled guitarist of some degree, there are invariably a large number of comments from people arguing over who is better or worse. Let me let you in on a little secret—it doesn’t matter, idiots! There are many ways to compel an audience to listen to you–none [...]
Quest For Tone – The Holy Grail
All serious guitar players are on a quest. We call the object of our search “TONE”. But tone is an elusive and extremely objective/subjective commodity. I cannot tell you how many of my fellow guitar players, and/or my customers have come to me over the years and said “If I only had X,Y,Z pickups, or [...]
Amp Adjusting: A Walk-through with a Marshall MG100DFX
Grasping all of the features behind an amps settings can be difficult. Many musicians have an okay understanding of what knob adjustments such as EQ and Gain do, but knowledge of the exact function of such adjustments can hold a greater understanding of how to shape your tone, and how each amp is different. These [...]
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