I won't go into practice or warmup methods... but more so... preparing for comfort. Even though I am not a prepared person... like... I don't plan ahead much and I'm not an OCD type either, but preparing your bag and... Continue Reading →
2nd special SG in my collection, the first one was the ebony board one and this one.. was an accident. I tend to place bids and then forget about them, 99% of the times I usually lose the bid… but... Continue Reading →
Debatable! Of course… probably the most debatable subject on guitars, us musicians are weird people, we love one thing today and hate the same thing tomorrow and we start tweaking things until we go “oh man.. I loved how this... Continue Reading →
So… when you see AC/DC live… you see tons of guitar cabs, and you have to wonder… how are these people pushing all these cabs?? Well… That I don’t know… however… you can do this at home pretty easily, given... Continue Reading →
Spent last Sunday at the Birmingham Guitar Show here in the UK, it was a great day, the place was buzzing and there were loads of stands. ATB had their display of vintage guitars including two 1960 Les Pauls at... Continue Reading →
Last week was my 40th birthday, I spent a great week with my wife, my kids (I didn’t have kids when I started this blog) we did all sorts of things, but every year I buy something for myself… like... Continue Reading →
So I didn’t know this was a thing… but it turns out that Gibson turned 100 in 1994, as a result… all guitars built in 1994 have a different serial number pattern, they all start with 94. This is a... Continue Reading →
This next experience is related to a few gibson SGs and humbucker pickups. Do you know what's inside your guitar? It's safe to say that we all know more than before... you can find anything on the internet about your... Continue Reading →
Review of a classic... this pedal has been around for ages, more precisely it was released in the 70s and according to Wikipedia it instantly became a "Nashville Standard" I've only had this pedal for 6 months or so, so... Continue Reading →
The title of this post is not an understatement... Strings are very important just as important as tyres are for cars, surely you can drive with worn tyres, but you'll probably slip at some point! Every time I change my strings... Continue Reading →
We choose this "profession" because we like music... and we probably have a favourite band and a favourite musician, and this guy/girl will use certain type of gear, so when we start our guitar playing journey we always try to sound like... Continue Reading →
Touching on the "guitar practice" issues again, sometimes having an amp is not even possible, because someone in the household might have a problem with us shredding away... and sometimes like in my case... it cuts your inspiration. I'm a... Continue Reading →
It's a well known fact that musicians have a hard time getting a decent practice session where we live, doesn't matter if it's a house or a small flat you'll always be bothering someone if you try to drive the tubes on your amp.... Continue Reading →
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