“You can sweep pick on this thing”: Tosin Abasi issues update on Abasi Concepts nylon-string
Abasi says Fishman is designing the pickup for what promises to be a groundbreaking acoustic electric. In other Abasi ...
Best guitar strings for every musician: A comprehensive guide
A comprehensive guide - Whether you’re a beginner or a blues guitarist, strap your guitar with the best strings to enhance ...
Brian May’s Gibson 12-string has a subtle tribute to Freddie Mercury that you might have missed
Since Mercury's passing, May has performed Love of My Life solo (with the help of old footage of the vocalist) with a ...
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Billy Strings Practiced Playing Guitar With His Eyes Closed Growing Up: “Maybe If I Take This Sense Away, This One Will Expand”
Towards the beginning of the hour-long conversation, Billy Strings explained how his parents had an incredible influence on ...
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5 tips for smoother playing on string instruments
Slap a note on the E string, then pluck its octave on the D or G string. This develops hand coordination and precision, ...
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"You owe your guitar the chance to be its best": How to clean and polish your guitar frets a better way
We take a look at two different products that can help you get your frets gleaming and your guitar back to its best for ...
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Optical Guitar Pickup Works With Nylon Strings
Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don’t ...
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Queen’s Brian May launches new 12-string acoustic guitar with Gibson: “I wish my dad was here to see this”
Queen‘s Brian May has teamed up with Gibson to launch a brand-new limited edition 12-string acoustic guitar. The Brian May SJ-200 12-String acoustic guitar from Gibson Custom was made in close ...