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It's best to not be too contained in scale theory, it's very limiting. Think of the major scale as a guide to 'what sounds good' not 'what only sounds good.' In fact many musicians even deliberately c …

A bent guitar neck will cause you intonation problems (problems that will make the guitar sound off-pitch as you play higher up the neck). … However, if any of the previously mentioned situations have occurred to your guitar than keeping the guitar intune may be an issue for you. …

Just like guitar practise, you practise and you get better. The same with playing others, the more you do it the less nerves you get and the more you're able to focus on what you're playing. … Enjoy playing guitar - too many musicians focus on the end goal of becoming a really good musician. But the truth is that mindset will always lead someone to being unsatisfied with music. …

Schemtics are tricky, there's 3 things you can do: This link contains many blue prints of a Gibson Les Paul. There are no measurements on each axis. However, on each PDF there is a scale. Use the sc …

I'd suggest you do the same, there's nothing beneficial about saving up for a guitar that works for your guitar hero and then it not being practical for you and where you are at as a musician - trust me … He'll probably be stuck in mainstream guitar preference and that's something you must not be poisoned by before you buy your first electric guitar! …

The site recommended that I check both How do you care for you guitar? and Best method to clean guitar? before asking this question. But I couldn't find any information about this topic at all. … Question: How do you effectively clean guitar pick-ups? …

The most common type is when the upper frets of the guitar, usually around 17-20, will wear down because of playing and once the frets are worn down then the strings will begin to rattle more and the guitar … There are materials that frets could be made of that would wear down more slowly or not at all, but those materials are harder, which means the frets would be much more difficult to put on the guitar in …

It's called string noise and is actually an undesirable sound for both guitar and bass players. …

Many of us have seen it, so many people these days seem to be making the switch from valve amplifiers to virtual amplifiers (profiling amplifiers such as Kemper or Axe FX) and it makes me wonder what …

The guitar saddle can be on a bad angle or height for the specific string. The most common type of guitar for this is a Stratocaster since the there is a mini saddle for each individual string. …

I have a conference coming up and I am contemplating whether to run my guitar rig in stereo or not. Both my amplifiers will have microphones on them. …

I've never truly understood why so many guitarists put tape on their amplifiers. I have seen many YouTube videos where, before recording and placing a microphone towards their amp, they will put tape …