Month: June 2023

I bought a $1000-$1500 guitar recently and found: A nut that wasn’t properly set on the nut slot A small orifice on the body’s binding Small drops of glue in the finish But I’m curious to know, what issues did you find in your latest $1000-$1500 purchase? What is tolerable 🎸

I was learning this solo the other day and I couldn’t resist trying this one in Knopflers signature style. Turned the tapping part into hammer-ons and pull-offs and did a bit of freestyle at the end there. Let me know what you think of it! https://youtu.be/vZ_4YM6cU2c submitted by /u/LaszloBuring [link] 🎸

There are lots of stories of great guitarists practicing for hours and hours. I did too when I was young, but I wasn’t structured and didn’t learn the fundamentals like I should have. Now I’m 33 with a wife and a full time job and I get a lot of 🎸

Hey guitar people. I’m a hobbyist with many years of chord strumming experience. Recently I started taking lessons again and have been learning quite a bit about scales and modes and how to apply them. It’s been really fun to work on all this, but I’ve run into some hurdles. 🎸

I found this video where a guy played “Dragon Roost Island” . It looked like he was scratching the strings with his nails instead of strumming them. I tried to replicate this, but I’m not sure how. When I try to scratch upwards, my fingers seem to get stuck between 🎸

Last night I saw a recording mixer I’d been looking at was on sale at my local Center. I’ve had this square neck resonator lying around that’s only been played once in the last few months, and it had long earned its money back before that, so I thought I’d 🎸