Photo by Simon Weisser on Unsplash What holds most players back when attempting to play at higher speeds is their tendency to tense up. The main reason for this is that players who face this have not practiced relaxation at higher speeds.  The most crucial element to being able to play fast is the ability […]

Photo by Riley Bartel on Unsplash Often when improvising or generating ideas on the guitar, most of us tend to quickly move on from one idea to another, exhausting everything we have in our arsenal. Once we’re done, we get stuck not knowing what to do. There is musical potential in absolutely any idea you […]

Guitar Picks are an inexpensive and simple way to change your guitar tone. The material used to make the pick and its thickness will significantly affect your guitar tone. Material Picks were initially made from the shell of a turtle. It is no longer legal to make this type of pick. Today’s pick manufacturers tend […]

Let me start with some hard truth about guitar pedalboards: most guitarists build them completely backwards. They see some fancy setup online, buy a bunch of expensive pedals they think they need, wire everything together, and then wonder why their rig sounds muddy, noisy, or just plain bad. Then they blame the pedals instead of […]

By Christopher Henckel   Ever picked up a guitar that just felt… perfect? Like every note rang clearly, and your fingers danced across the fretboard effortlessly? That’s not magic — it’s a proper setup. And I’m about to show you how to achieve it with basic tools you probably already own. I’m Christopher, and after […]

As parents, you often wonder about the best time to introduce your children to musical instruments. While every child is unique, research and teaching experience consistently point to age 8 as an ideal time to start guitar lessons. Let’s explore why this age represents the sweet spot for beginning a musical journey. The Science Behind […]

We all know the feeling of that bended note hitting us right in the chest at the climax of a great guitarsolo. There is no greater feeling in the world. This technique is a make or break technique for any guitar solo. If its done right it can be fantastic, but done wrong it will […]