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Tips For Left Handed Guitarists

Left handed guitarists are not very common. I have always said that every left handed guitarist I know, is a great player! I do not know why, but every left handed g…

Amp – Line 6 DT50

For so long when when choosing a tube amp you’ve had to settle on one “brand of sound”, whether it be Marshall, Mesa Boogie, Orange, Fender or anything in between or…

Practicing Vs. Playing

Today we are going to have a look at practicing versus playing. You may be wondering what this means exactly. To simply define it; playing is when you are out on sta…

PRS Hollowbody – 25th Anniversary

Paul Reed Smith has been making guitars since his High School days. His vast, largely experimental history is what lies behind the essence of PRS guitars. Since form…

Writing Songs

A very common question for every beginner guitarist: How do I find musical ideas? How do I write music?Not an easy question to answer I would say! One of the challen…

Watts and Ohms

We have had several questions about guitar amps – what “watts” and “ohms” means, and that sort of thing. David Stewart’s Guide To Specs had a really good article tha…

Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen was born in the Netherlands in 1957, his brother Alex was born two years earlier in 1955. They, along with their family emigrated to The United State…

How To Tune A 12 String Guitar?

For those out there using a 12 string guitar and having problems getting it in tune… I am having problems tuning my 12-string guitar. How do I do it? Answer. Even th…

Keeping track of your progress

In this post we look at an old but very relevant article by Ben Edwards from the early Jamorama days in which he discusses why it’s important to keep track of your p…

Getting a Metal Sound

This is a very common question, specially among young students; How do I get a metal sound? Many people start playing guitar, because they hear a super heavy hardcor…

Playing the blues – its as easy as 1, 4, 5

Playin’ tha blues – it aint no big thing and it aint nobodies business if i do! To play the blues you only have to count to five. Well holy schmoley Batman! That’s o…

Fred Frith

“…the obnoxious stink of a too loud electric guitar… now that’s my idea of a good time.” Frank Zappa If you really want to make ridiculous, obnoxious, weird and stra…