After almost 4 years with my Fender Player Stratocaster, GAS has once-again crept in for something completely different. Should I buy a Yamaha Revstar? In my 30+ years of player the guitar, Yamaha has always been a brand that has proved solid and reliable. Having owned many a Pacifica, my FG850 acoustic has been a […]
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By Shawn Leonhardt for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer The guitar was one of the most popular instruments of the 20th century and while its genre dominance waned there are still so many people who love it. It can be found across the world and in most musical styles as lead, rhythm, accompaniment, and
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It’s been a pretty turbulent 2023 and early 2024 for me, so I think it’s high time to slow things down. My first post of the year is usually a blog-focussed motivator for myself; Pointers on how the blog could improve and lessons learned, which hopefully other bloggers can get something from. But this year
Is the future of live guitar bright in 2024? Read Post »
The Beatles: Now and Then is billed as their final song, released on 2 November 2023 as a double A-side with Love Me Do (1962), their first single. Why do we need yet another Beatles song? This isn’t the first posthumous Beatles release, of course, we’ve had Free as a Bird and Real Love among
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By Gary Heimbauer for Guitar Tricks and 30 Day Singer If you’ve recently embarked on the journey of learning to play guitar as an adult, you might be facing unique challenges and wondering how to approach this wonderful instrument. Whether you’re in your 40s, 50s, 60s, or beyond, it’s never too late to enjoy the
Learning Guitar In Adulthood: Tips and Strategies Read Post »
The Blogging Musician hasn’t always been about Blogging about Music. In the beginning, I focussed more on the music itself. Back when I started blogging around 8 years ago, one of my main motivators was to have a home for my original music, that could easily be shared with the wider public. Since then, the
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Having owned the BOSS BR-8, BR-600, BR-800, and the original Micro BR, is the BOSS Micro BR-80 worth buying? The Death of Digital Recorders? Digital recorders like the BOSS BR series and the Tascam Portastudios are a thing of the past, right? Everyone’s moved over to DAWs and computer-based recording, haven’t they? Well, I have,
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My Life Has Been Saved. has always been one of my favourite post-Freddie Queen songs, but I’ve recently learned something about it that has resurrected both Freddie and the song. Queen: Made in Heaven is not really a Queen Album. My Life Has Been Saved. is one of the stand-out tracks on Queen’s 1995 Made
Queen: My Life Has Been Saved. Freddie’s resurrection? Read Post »
The legendary BOSS BR Series of multi-track recorders hasn’t had an update for over 10 years now. Could the BOSS BR-1000 be on the horizon? Before the BOSS BR-1000: History of the BOSS BR Series Before we get into my wish list for the BOSS BR-1000, let’s check out the BOSS BR series history. In
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