Nylon Strings on a Steel String Guitar
As an experiment, and after reading lots of things online about why it wouldn’t/shouldn’t work, I thought I’d have a go at stringing up an old steel string with a set of nylons, just to see if it would work. I got a set of ball ended nylon strings, and put them onto my old Yamaha APX acoustic.
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Coping With Gear Related Gig Emergencies Part 2B
Read Time 2 Minutes“I’m Gonna Fix You Good…” – Tools You Should Have At Home. In the last article we looked at tools you should take with you on a gig – this time we’ll take a look at things that you wouldn’t necessarily take to your regular Friday night gig at the local pub, […]
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Coping With Gear Related Gig Emergencies Part 2
Read Time 2 Minutes “Let’s Get Tooled Up!” – Tools You Should Have In Your Gig Bag. In the last article I gave you a list of spares you should probably have in your bag. In the next couple of articles we’re talking tools! Since I started playing in bands, I’ve been accumulating tools in […]
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Coping with Gear Related Gig Emergencies Part 1
Read Time 3 Minutes..Or “AAAAHHHH!! My Guitar’s Stopped Working!” Part One: Spares. We’ve all been there. You’re half way through a song, about to lift your foot to the monitor for your big solo, you tip your head back so the onstage fan blows your hair back like you’re in a wind tunnel, and all of […]
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Electric Guitar Set Up: Intonation
Read Time 2 MinutesIt doesn’t matter how much time you spend practicing or how much money you spend on your gear, if your guitar’s intonation is out there will always be something that doesn’t sound quite right. I’m often surprised when I go to a guitar store, or play other peoples instruments how many of them have bad intonation, especially […]
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