Once a guitarist has learned all the guitar tricks a beginner guitar has, they get a hankering for upgrading their guitar from the beginner instrument that they’ve been learning on to another, to even learn guitar better! Intermediate level guitars are generally a few hundred dollars more expensive than beginner ones. The added expense can […]
Coming from a woman myself, watching talented women in rock and metal was a huge inspiration for me. I got into rock and metal at a young age and quickly learned that men dominated the rock music space. So watching women rock out with men helped me feel accepted in the rock world. But who are […]
If you’ve clicked on this article then without a doubt you’re a guitar enthusiast who wants to learn about this one, not-so-common type that initially may seem like it is just an acoustic guitar with a fancier name. As an experiment when writing this guide, I’ve reached out to a bunch of my guitarist friends […]
When you imagine an image of a generic metal guitarist, I think it’s easy to go straight to an image of some dude in front of a half stack at a small gig, or a wall of stacks at a bigger gig. There are two things about that imagined picture. Firstly, it’s not always dudes, […]
As Jimi Hendrix said, the blues is easy to play but hard to feel. A man jamming on his guitar might not be the most sophisticated thing, but it evokes at times more emotions than an entire band. If, like me, you're fascinated by the Delta blues, then you have been obsessed with the one […]
The acoustic guitar market is dominated by a handful of guitar brands, so your standard options will vary from Gibson and Fender to Yamaha or Ibanez. Hence it is inevitable that as a guitar player you will reach a point where you will have to compare Taylor vs Martin guitars. Both brands offer a broad […]
Today we will look at two of the most popular, influential, and recorded acoustic guitar types in the history of music, the Dreadnought Guitar and the Jumbo. If you have already been browsing acoustic guitars on the web or at your local music store, it is highly likely that one of these two has caught […]
I love preamp pedals. But, they get some bad press a large part of the time. And, undeservedly so. Here's the problem: many boosts, overdrives, and distortions call themselves preamp pedals, and they're simply boost, overdrive, or distortion pedals, not preamp pedals. So, what's the difference? To understand the difference, we must first understand how […]
The battle of the DAWs has been going on since the grandfather of DAWs, Cubase, got its first rival. Since then, big studios to bedroom musicians have been reviewing all new alternatives, to the point where companies have improved their software so much as to tick most boxes for producers. I recently decided to go […]
The world of guitars is incredibly exciting to explore, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t complicated. Purchasing your first guitar is hard enough as it is, but then you’ve got to consider tons of additional things such as add-ons and modifications. This only gets more confusing when you are working with a […]