Play the Guitar or Ride a Horse, What does it take?

December 30th, 2008 ·

[/caption] Ask any one who plays the guitar at a championship level if it was all fun and games getting there. Most of us have made an attempt at some point to become the best at something. The choices are endless concerning what you may desire to be “The Man” at. To [...]

Solutions for Stopping Guitar String Fret-Out and Buzz

December 29th, 2008 ·

[/caption] Lets review what goes on when your guitar strings fret-out. Fretting-out is when you are pressing the guitar strings in the process of playing a note or chord with your fretting hand, and one of the strings actually touches a higher fret during playing the guitar, thus causing a string a [...]

Guitar Players Center’s “Scrapper” Solutions

December 25th, 2008 ·

[/caption] To put it mildly, when I read the post from my friend Ovidiu of Guitar Flame it hit a really sour note with me. A “scrapper” is someone (thief, pilferer, plagiarist) who goes to quality sites related to the same subject you are blogging about and stealing [...]

More: Build a Guitar That Hits All The Right Notes

December 23rd, 2008 ·

Guitar Players Center is now grooving to the many responses we got concerning the details of building a guitar. I think we got about 8-10 really helpful ideas and suggestions to help solve my pickup problem in particular. As grateful as I am for the suggestions, it just made things more confusing and fun. Now [...]

“Hey Sweety, I’m building a guitar, I’ll keep it on a…

December 22nd, 2008 ·

low budget.” Ha, Ha. Boy the joke is on that guy. Have you tried to build a guitar from scratch? I don’t mean a kit that requires assembly. What I mean is to: choose the body wood, then what type of neck wood and all the choices and options in guitar necks (22 or 24 [...]

Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky Don’t Vibe Like Hendrix..

December 18th, 2008 ·

[/caption] Click on ticket or on any picture to enlarge. For those of you who thought I had no culture, you are sadly mistaken. During my trip to Maryland in early December of 2008 I had the privilege of going to the world famous ‘John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ [...]

What Is Better, a 22 Fret or 24 Fret Guitar?

December 15th, 2008 ·

[/caption] The following question has come up a number of times, and was recently asked after the post on Choose the Guitar Neck Scale Length That Fits. “Which guitar is better to buy: a 22 fret or a 24 fret? Does it really make a difference?” What I [...]

Lets Review Our Scales and Chords

December 9th, 2008 ·

While I’m out of town and have less opportunity to write about guitars, guitar players, guitar gear and guitar stuff in general, I thought it may be a good time to brush up on your scales and chords. No pun intended, but I practice what I preach. Being out of town is not an excuse to [...]

Choose the Guitar Neck Scale Length That Fits..

December 1st, 2008 ·

The neck of a guitar can come in several overall lengths. The part of the neck we are concerned with is the scale length. What is the point of discussing scale length? The laws of physics (which I know little) suggest that the longer the strings the deeper or lower the note, or fatter [...]