I was given my first acoustic guitar when I was seventeen a few days before my eighteenth birthday, with the intention of one day learning how to play it. This was a short-lived venture as now eight years later it is still living in its grey leather case possibly gathering dust in the back of […]
Some guitarists can perform all of the many different styles of guitar playing whilst others just concentrate on their favorites and leave it at that. The majority of styles can be played on either electric or acoustic instruments. However, heavy metal music would be played on an electric guitar and styles such as flamenco or […]
Taylor Guitars got its official start in 1974 with its founders, Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug. However, the story begins much earlier than that in the 60s when popular music spurred by the Beatles got a lot of people itching to play the guitar. The founders were young then, but they started their love of […]
You rarely, if ever, come across a guy or a girl who hasn’t heard of guitar, let alone see it or play it. Not a surprise, if you knew the history which has thrown up countless styles of this stringed instrument. It runs for over 5000 years, pictures and figurines are reclaimed from Iranian sites […]
The first question that comes to the mind of an amateur guitarist while changing guitar strings is how to know what is best for the guitars. First, the user needs to know when to change the strings. This can be decided by looking at the strings of the guitar. Well, a lot of things can […]
It feels really exciting thinking about buying a musical instrument, especially if it is a guitar. It is such a charming instrument that fills our life with rhythm. The excitement is much more in case of buying it for the first time. But the first time buyer has to be very conscious as compared to […]
The guitar has been around for a very long time and there are not many other instruments that can compare to the amazing sounds that you can create with a guitar. There are many wonderful techniques that can be used when playing any kind of guitar and the styles that have been created have made […]