There’s one thing that’s true about learning to play The Blues. You’re going to get cut and your entire hand is going to hurt. There’s one instant salve that will save you and restore your faith in music: Nines.
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If you play the guitar, you know the hunt for the perfect strap can be a lifelong longing. I’m happy to report the discovery of Planet Waves Locking straps for your guitar. You don’t have to replace anything on your guitar to use the strap. The Planet Waves locking system is safe for your guitar and once the strap is locked onto your guitar, nothing is going anywhere.
We are delighted to bring you — Boles Blues — the 12th, and newest, blog in the Boles Blogs Network!
One of the greatest joys of living an online life is the ability to celebrate, and defend, the goodness you find in the world against the crassness crashing around us, and today, we are leaping — nay, racing — to the defense of the new smash musical group, “Hey Monday” and their delightful lead singer, Cassadee Pope.
When you think of the history of The Blues in America, you are struck by two, stark, gender realities: Women sing The Blues and Men play The Blues on guitar.
Several years ago, a Broadway musician told me in no uncertain terms, “the guitar is an imperfect instrument.”
If you play electric guitar, you are always searching for “that sound” that will bring joy and everlasting effervescence into your life. One of the ways to get “that sound” is to play around with various amps and speakers until you find the right fit for delighting your ear while providing the necessary goodness for your soul. The Egnater Rebel-20 Half Stack was brought to my attention as a joy-worthy amp, and this is my story of chasing that divinity.
Every week, I get an email from GuitarInstructor.com detailing the new video lessons and guitar TABs they have for sale. Last week, I was especially intrigued to see a video lesson from country singing star John Denver on how to build left hand fretboard strength.
The Holy Grail for any guitar consumer, collector and player is to find a “Guitar Guy” who fits their need, fulfills their wants, and who pays attention to covering all the details while extending a fair price and an open hand for service. After an intensive five-month search, I have finally found my Guitar Guy — his name is Troy Benns — and he works wonders for Wildwood Guitars in Louisville, Colorado. You can see below my new, incredible, Fender Vintage Hot Rod ’57 Stratocaster that arrived yesterday from Wildwood.
When you think about the late 1960’s in America — especially the ovaric Woodstock moment — we are left with a desperate longing of what should have been instead of what never was.
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