Category: Tips and Online finds

Build your Strat of your dreams!

Hours of fun on this website! http://www.fender.com/en-GB/community/guitarbuilder/ You can customize your virtual guitar to your specs, changing color, woods, finish, hardware and a lot more. When you visit the page, this is the starting point: By selecting the different options and colours, in minutes I came up with a couple of great variations! And another one!#… Continue reading Build your Strat of your dreams!

30 Days to build a habit

This is something I have known for years, but I have just started implementing with great results. It works wonders if you are having a hard time making a start on things and you are, like myself, a procrastinator. After all we are creatures of habit and all we have to do is allow the time… Continue reading 30 Days to build a habit

Posture, Warm ups, Stretching and Health for the Working Guitarist.

As a working guitarist, sooner or later you will be confronted by tension in your upper body and shoulders. I always try to teach to all my students how to avoid tension and explain how warming up before a session/gig and sitting/standing correctly can make a huge difference in how you will feel at the end of… Continue reading Posture, Warm ups, Stretching and Health for the Working Guitarist.

Check List for the forgetful Guitarist

I usually play 150+ gigs a year in different styles, in different settings, sometimes playing ‘dep’ gigs, where you might not know what you’ll be doing until the last minute, it is easy to forget stuff at home (I have done so twice last week…). I have created this check-list to make sure this does… Continue reading Check List for the forgetful Guitarist

Most useful guitar chords to learn

I get often asked, especially by beginners, which are the most useful guitar chords to learn when approaching the instrument for the first time. I always thought the open chords where a good guess, as they appear on most famous ‘sing along’ pop tunes…but I never really knew exactly which ones. That’s  where the the guys from www.jumbojimbo.com come… Continue reading Most useful guitar chords to learn

Bebop Guitar: Practice the most famous Charlie Parker’s Tunes

I bumped on this fantastic video by an exceptionally skilled fellow guitar player who stringed together some of the most famous Charlie Parker’s heads to create a montage for (I guess) practice purpose. I though this was a great idea and you can find it right below. I will definitely use this video for my practice routine and to keep these… Continue reading Bebop Guitar: Practice the most famous Charlie Parker’s Tunes