— Daily Journal Entry 041 — I would say yes, that it most definitely, certainly is; however……….. I understand why some put it in another category, and that’s because it works as a search engine as well. Better so than the other social platforms, meaning you can find answers to just about anything you want…
After all, that’s ultimately what’s going to create your sound. Well… OK, that, and the wood of the guitar, its overall shape… but the strings are just as important… NEVER TAKE YOUR GUITAR STRINGS “LIGHTLY”… There are many things to take into account when deciding what guitar strings to buy and how to take care…
Life moves far more quickly as we get older. Events pass us by like “there’s no tomorrowlog”… Events we wish we could just stay inside of for eternity sometimes, and other times we wish the day would end. And then there are other times that we don’t realize until later that we should’ve appreciated that…
— Daily Journal Entry 040 — Yes, Most Definitely!… Of course, some out there have learned how to do good setups and prefer to do their own setups for their own guitars; however, there are also those of us (me included) who would rather let someone else who’s been doing guitar setups for a while…
A wealth of knowledge at your fingertips… A person could literally earn a bachelor’s, if not a master’s or doctorate, with the knowledge inside these books. There’s just one obstacle standing in that person’s way… You actually have to read and apply the knowledge… To be clear, I’m referring to The International Library of Music,…
— Daily Journal 039 — Traveling by air with an acoustic guitar, or anything sensitive in nature to you, is NOT the most relaxed way to travel, for sure. The whole time, you are worried that something could happen to damage said item. Nobody Wants To Worry This certainly goes for an acoustic guitar of…
— Daily Journal Entry 038 — Sometimes you only need a couple of parameters. In this case, an “On / Off” switch and “Speed” dial. I’m talking about the MXR Phase 90 guitar pedal (view on Flickr). Just plug the guitar in, then out to the amplifier, stomp to turn it on, and adjust the…
— Daily Journal Entry 037 — And in my opinion, takes a bit more effort than your typical “talking head” video. Let’s take a really basic beginner guitar tutorial, for example. In order to make a fairly decent engaging video, one needs to film himself playing the guitar in a full, waist-up (or full body…
— Daily Journal Entry 036 — Now-a-days there are many to choose from, but I do have mine from 1992, which is pretty thorough. It’s called, “The Guitar Picture Chord Encyclopedia Compiled by: John Pearse.” A lot of work went into this book for him to ensure a picture was taken for every chord that…
— Daily Journal Entry 035 — OK, I knew this would happen eventually. I set out on a reasonable and respectable goal to write at least 250+ words per day for the next 365 days, and I’ve already missed a couple of days… twice, so four days in total. I’ve asked myself: should I just…