Sometimes we get a song that pours out of us effortlessly. Other times, we need to rework and rewrite our songs to make them the very strongest they can be. Every song is an opportunity to change our lives. We cannot know which song will hold the key that unlocks the door to our dreams. Put one hundred percent into every song, and then one hundred percent more. Write every song as if it is the one that will change your life. One of them just might.
Trends are cyclical and, broadly speaking, recent music and fashion tastes have been borrowing cues from 20 years previous. Case in point: black satin guitars are back, perhaps they’ve never went away. One of the most striking silhouettes has to be the LTD EX spikier-than-thou version of the Explorer. Equipped with a solitary EMG 81, a single volume control and black metal hardware, tune-o-matic bridge and locking tuners. It features a set-thru construction with a mahogany body, a three-piece maple neck and a Macassar ebony fingerboard.
Sandberg Guitars has announced the Greenline Series, an eco-conscious initiative that utilizes “woods of character.” Aside from making use of perfectly good wood, they’re collaborating with United Kids Foundations Forest to plant a tree for every Greenline bass that is built. The tress will be planted in the Harz Mountains in central Germany, located near the Sandberg factory.
In order to be used to its full potential, a ukulele must be outfitted with the proper strings. It can be difficult to know what ukulele strings are the best to purchase for your specific purposes. Different types of strings can change the tone and visual characteristics of your ukulele. Keep reading to find out more about the best ukulele strings and how to select strings that will truly give you both the best sound and look for your ukulele.
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With each album, Samantha Fish finds new places to take her songwriting and electric guitar playing. That same adventurous spirit also informs how she constructs her solos. Here are her tips for getting started…
With a catalog so iconic and influential it’s fair to say that studying and learning some of the band’s nuts and bolts harmonic style will benefit your overall musicianship. More importantly, much of what you’ll learn here was so influential that it’s been absorbed into the canon of rock music – so it applies to almost any style of music.
Sitting near the top of Laney’s range, the Lionheart series blends vintage British styling with boutique-inspired electronics, including a unique parallel single-ended output stage. The series has recently enjoyed a subtle makeover to further enhance its performance, and here we’re looking at the new-improved L20T-112 1x12 combo.
Her moment is happening right now. The fantastic fingerpicker, dynamo singer and profound songwriter defies all sorts of stereotypes, and after playing straightforward folk and rock for a number of years, she has successfully combined them into a singular original style on her Rounder Records debut, Wary + Strange
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