Tag: Acoustic Guitar
Recording as a Songwriting Tool
Never be too hasty to give up on a song. Sometimes the process of recording can take it in new directions that elevate it to a whole new level. To quote my songwriting idol…. A song either comes quickly…. and we can say, yes, we have or song…. but if it doesn’t come quickly I…
Neck relief on Acoustic Guitars is crucial
Neck relief on an acoustic guitar is crucial for not just great tone, but for great playability too, much more so than on an electric guitar. Here’s all you need to know. I’ve already covered the mechanics of truss rod adjustment for electric guitar, and why extra neck relief can help you achieve a lower…
COVID Diary: We’re lost in Music
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How the guitar, songwriting, and music production helped me through the COVID pandemic. Looking back, March 2020 was a crazy month. Leaving the office to work from home, the lockdown, and an end to gigs for the foreseeable future. But it was also a really productive time for me, a time of renewal. I’d got…
Acoustic Guitar Action: Lowering the saddle.
Lowering the saddle of your acoustic guitar may be the most painless guitar mod you’ll ever make, and also the most effective! Once you’ve discounted the nut and neck-relief, the only component blocking your path to a slick-playing instrument is the Acoustic guitar saddle, and the fix is simple: Sand it down! Don’t Panic! Now,…
Guitar Capo: 3 Surprising uses
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The guitar capo is a very useful tool to match a song to your voice, but it can also be used in many other surprising ways to expand your tonal options, both on stage and in the studio. Continuing with the YouTube Channel content, let take you through 3 of the more unusual guitar capo…
New Years Day: Celebrating 100 YouTube Subs with a Song
Thanks to all for getting us over our first milestone, the 100 YouTube subscriber mark! Here’s a song: New Years Day. To celebrate, I’ve had a few requests to play a song, so I picked one from my back catalog entitled ‘New Years Day’. It’s a song I wrote around 15 years ago about putting…
Yamaha FG850 Unboxing Part 2
Part 2. Detailed unboxing and close-ups of the Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar. Please subscribe to the Blogging Musician on YouTube. Specs: Body Shape Traditional Western (Dreadnought).Scale Length 650mm (25 9/16″)Body Length 505mm (19 7/8″)Total Length 1038mm (40 7/8″)Body Width 412mm (16 1/4″)Body Depth 100-118mm (3 15/16″- 4 5/8″)Nut Width 43mm (1 11/16″)String Spacing 11.0mmTop Material…
Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Review
In-depth video review of the Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar. Please check out my Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Review, live from the Garden Shed! I’ve finally taken the plunge of adding a little more interaction to The Blogging Musician, in the form of our new YouTube Channel. After a few ‘practice runs’ in the shape of an…
Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar. Unboxing Part 1
Unboxing the Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar. (Part 1). New Guitar Day! Specs: Body Shape Traditional Western (Dreadnought). Scale Length 650mm (25 9/16″) Body Length 505mm (19 7/8″) Total Length 1038mm (40 7/8″) Body Width 412mm (16 1/4″) Body Depth 100-118mm (3 15/16″- 4 5/8″) Nut Width 43mm (1 11/16″) String Spacing 11.0mm Top Material Solid…