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  • Just a Couple of Things About Guitar Strings

    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…

  • Should I Have My Guitar Setup Professionally

    — 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…

  • Traveling By Air With An Acoustic Guitar

    — 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…

  • Attempting A Salvation Army Guitar Rescue

    You know, just because a guitar was purchased at a pawn shop, Goodwill Center, or in this case, the Salvation Army, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not capable of producing halfway decent music.  Especially, once you give it a little bit of love in the form of giving it a good cleaning, polishing, providing it with a…

  • Does iT Matter Which Country Your Guitar Was Manufactured In?

    Bottom line… Of course not!… The first guitar I ever really learned to play on was a Fender Squire, made in Japan. I loved it, but for some incredibly “less-than-intelligent” reason, I got rid of it.  I used it, and another guitar as a trade-in for (what I thought) was a better guitar. Photo Caption:…