Author name: Andrew Patterson

Is there anything more intimidating to a beginner guitar player than even considering learning every note on the fretboard? Let’s face it: if you are not a musical prodigy, or if you never took music lessons as a kid, the odds are that even viewing the musical notes that make up the fretboard is going

It may be the smallest piece of equipment you use with a guitar but the humble guitar pick can have a huge say on your technique and style of guitar playing. Although their importance is often overlooked by guitarists, this small piece of plastic has an impact on playability as well as tone.  Finding the

Tattoos are a completely customizable form of body modification. While they are mostly carried out for aesthetic purposes, they are also commonly used as a tool by individuals all around the world to express personal interests, such as guitars and music, or a particular set of beliefs (religious, political, spiritual – the list goes on!)

I was playing guitar for at least a year and a half before anybody told me about the significance of the nut and how it can affect playability. There I was thinking I’d just about got this instrument figured out, then boom! There was a whole component I hadn’t even acknowledged, despite it playing an

Although the bass guitar doesn’t have as big of a rep as the guitar (or even the drums), the bass is arguably the most important instrument in a band. Not only does it serve as the glue that binds the rest of the instruments together, having a killer bass line can make all the difference

It sounds crazy to say. A guitar song banned in a guitar store! While this isn’t necessarily true, there is a reason why this is said and there are some reasons why you should choose not to play it in a guitar store! What’s Stairway To Heaven? In the famous words of Jack Black –

When it comes to learning to play guitar, it can be difficult to know where to start. One of the first things you want to learn, however, is ‘open chords.’ Once you learn these chords (as well as a basic strumming pattern) you will be halfway to being able to play thousands of songs. These