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Why Are There So Many String Choices? Pt. 2
With last week's post out of the way, let me make a few recommendations. What follows is my suggestion for what set of strings will best match your instrument or...
Why Are There So Many String Choices? Pt. 2
With last week's post out of the way, let me make a few recommendations. What follows is my suggestion for what set of strings will best match your instrument or...
Why Are There So Many String Choices? Pt. 1
Here's a crash course in what a string does for your sound and some examples of the categorical differences between strings. Next week, I'll give a few recommendations and defend...
Why Are There So Many String Choices? Pt. 1
Here's a crash course in what a string does for your sound and some examples of the categorical differences between strings. Next week, I'll give a few recommendations and defend...
Regal Banjo 'Mother of Toilet Seat' Refret
A refret is a serious undertaking on any instrument. On some vintage instruments, however, there are factors at play that make an otherwise routine job far more complicated. This late...
Regal Banjo 'Mother of Toilet Seat' Refret
A refret is a serious undertaking on any instrument. On some vintage instruments, however, there are factors at play that make an otherwise routine job far more complicated. This late...
"Secret Weapon" Guitar Practice Tip
This may come across as a shameless ploy to sell more accessories, but it has honestly helped me immensely in finding time to play. Get a guitar stand or wall hanger and...
"Secret Weapon" Guitar Practice Tip
This may come across as a shameless ploy to sell more accessories, but it has honestly helped me immensely in finding time to play. Get a guitar stand or wall hanger and...
To Kara Goucher, and Parents of Little Musicians
I don't personally post to Facebook very often, but I'm on it occasionally. So is my wife, who follows distance runner (and mom to a 5-year-old) Kara Goucher. If you don't know...
To Kara Goucher, and Parents of Little Musicians
I don't personally post to Facebook very often, but I'm on it occasionally. So is my wife, who follows distance runner (and mom to a 5-year-old) Kara Goucher. If you don't know...
A Day in the Life
What's it like to run a guitar store...or at least, Five Star Guitars? Well, it's probably not what you think. What is typical about my typical day, is that there is...
A Day in the Life
What's it like to run a guitar store...or at least, Five Star Guitars? Well, it's probably not what you think. What is typical about my typical day, is that there is...