If you are searching for the best no-name electric guitars, Average Joe’s Gear Talk on YouTube put together a video that nails the topic. It’s hands-down the best breakdown I’ve seen, and I knew I had to share it with you. After you watch the video of 12 minutes of great stuff, please continue reading…
If you regularly hunt for buying both new and used acoustic or electric guitars, carrying a tiny string action gauge (often called a Fritz Ruler) in your wallet can save you from a costly buying mistake. Why Every Guitar or Bass Player Needs a Fritz Ruler When evaluating a used guitar, aesthetic wear is easy…
I have felt guilty about my bass guitars. So busy changing pickups on my IYV ILS300D (humbuckers to P90’s) that there was too little time to play bass guitar. Creating YouTube and blogging takes more time than I should spend on it. I need to practice guitar/bass more. Grabbed my Huntington Outlaw Bass and Jammed…
My second public guitar performance was a “D” Grade. I have played guitar twice publicly. Once at my 75th birthday party and once for our Chicago bungalow’s block party. I could explain why my 75th Birthday Party performance with a friend playing harmonica was a B grade. But maybe another day. Let’s focus on my…
I was a decent 10 year old tennis player in the 1960’s growing up in Skokie, IL USA. How a Ten Year Old Learned Tennis in Skokie, IL in the 1960’s At 9 or 10 years of age, I started playing tennis with my mother’s old tennis racket and some old tennis balls I found….
Let’s be rational: Of course our guitars Do NOT miss us. OK, let’s be Guitarists: Darn right, our guitars miss us when we don’t play them. Playing my Hohner HW400 Today I haven’t played my Hohner HW400 in weeks. Today in my guitar room, I looked at it, it looked at me. And I grabbed…
I recently picked up a vintage, St. Louis-made Crate CA60D acoustic amplifier for $50 on Facebook Marketplace. These amps are fantastic for acoustic guitar and singing, but if you are looking to buy one, there is one critical issue you need to test for first. Check out my full 3-minute diagnostic punchline and the ultimate…
In 2 1/2 years I have become an advanced beginner guitarist and a beginner bass player. Wonderful fun. And recently I wrote three songs of my very own. Every night before I sleep, I read for 15 minutes from Paul Zollo’s great book: Songwriters on Songwriting. Buy it, read it, it’s amazing. Before I blog…
This is a Taylor 114e Demo of my wife’s birthday gift to me. Happy 75th Birthday to Me! My wife purchased a used Taylor 114e for me in Santa Fe, NM. In my latest video, I’m demoing a beautiful Taylor 114e guitar that I found and purchased while visiting The Candyman Strings & Things in…
As an advanced beginner guitarist, one of the biggest hurdles isn’t just learning the chords—it’s recording them. If you’ve ever tried to record yourself singing while playing, you know the struggle: the guitar usually sounds like a roar, and the vocals sound like they’re in another room. I recently put the Blue Yeti Professional to…