I've played guitar since 1959 and have seen many innovations and steps forward in the evolution, construction, design and electronics, since my childhood days, of what I believe is the world’s coolest instrument.
I'm grateful to be in a position of playing an instrument that touches my soul, while making … Read More
In this upgrade and build guide we're going to be providing some budget-friendly suggestions for improving the PRS 245 SE electric guitar, which is already very affordable. We'll be switching out the pickups, strings and the strap hardware which, in many of the cheaper SE models, tends to get loose … Read More
For a long time, I've been using GarageBand with my guitar.
This article contains nearly everything I know about using Garageband for playing and recording guitar. In this guide, I've included information regarding two different versions of Garageband:
In this build guide we're going to look at some decent and recommendable Stratocaster bridge upgrades for a few different Stratocaster guitars. These models span both Fender and Squier brands and, generally speaking, are compatible with each bridge mentioned.
Keep in mind, these bridges may not be considered upgrades for … Read More
Every difficult guitar chord can be broken down to its root note and built back up in a manner that gives you a variety of ways to play it. It can be as complex or as simple as you want. The E chord, particularly in its common open form, is … Read More
Every difficult guitar chord can be broken down and built back up in a way that gives you a ton of different ways to play the pattern. It can be as complex or as dead clean simple as you want it to be. When you come across the F sharp … Read More
In this guitar lesson we're going to look at the C sharp minor chord in four basic steps. We'll start with the root note and end with four different flavors of the full form C sharp minor chord, covering interval-by-interval steps along the way.
The first thing to considering, is … Read More
An inversion can refer to several different aspects of music and music theory. In this article, we're focusing on notation conventions for inversions in the context of triadic chords and their inversions. This means we'll be looking at ways to properly notate a chord's root position and its own two … Read More
I remember when I was about 11 or 12 really wanting to play the “Sweet Child O’ Mine” solo.
Guns N' Roses was my favorite group at the time and if there was one thing I wanted to do before I died, it was master that solo. The sweet bends, … Read More
For those who follow Guitar Chalk, you might have noticed we've written some content focusing on MIDI foot controllers, delay pedals and how they can improve our guitar rigs.
As we've been writing about and researching these topics, we thought, "Wouldn't it be handy to have a list of all … Read More
