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7 Unknown Ways To Get The Best Guitar Tone

May 12, 2019 by Klaus Crow

How you can get the best guitar tone? Many amateur guitarists are always pondering about this question. After all, getting the best out of your rig is necessary. It will allow you to play different songs in any given genre. It would also amplify or highlight your skills as a guitarist.

Considering these facts, it is undeniable anymore that listening to a smooth and refined tone is a satisfying experience. Of course, it is not true that only high-end guitars can achieve this finesse. Even entry level guitars can provide such performance. As long as you know the prerequisites for it, getting a good tone should not be a problem.

If you are quite curious that procedures, you might want to read this entire article. In the next section, I will be showing you some unknown but foolproof ways to improve and harness the tone of your guitar. Let’s get started!

#1: Taking Advantage of the Volume Control
There is nothing that I really need to teach you about the volume knob a guitar. As straightforward as it is, this dial can change the overall volume level of your rig. However, you can also use this knob to unleash the best tone out of your instrument.
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6 Great Blues Guitar Tips From The Masters

By Klaus Crow 2 Comments

May 12, 2019 by Klaus Crow

Today I’d like to share with you 5 videos with great blues guitar tips from the masters themselves. Robben Ford, Matt Schofield, Paul Gilbert, Larry Carlton and Joe Bonamassa will all give you some valuable tools and insights to optimise your blues playing.

The videos are for intermediate and more advanced levels, but even if you’re a beginner you’ll take something out of it.

Enjoy the masters!

ROBBEN FORD – “Blues Phrasing”

MATT SCHOFIELD – Blues Phrasing

PAUL GILBERT – Pentatonic Chicka and Vibrato

MATT SCHOFIELD – Sophisticated Blues

LARRY CARLTON – Melodic Soloing

JOE BONAMASSA – Electric Blues Licks Guitar Lesson

If you want to learn to improvise all over the neck, learn great blues licks, how to make up your own, connect licks together, learn to solo and really master all the blues pentatonic / blues scale shapes inside out, check out
The 50 Cool Blues Licks Improvisation course

11 Ways To Skyrocket Your Guitar Playing!

By Klaus Crow 9 Comments

March 31, 2022 by Klaus Crow

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Somewhere down the road in your guitar learning journey there’s a chance your playing gets stuck in a rut. You might play the same things over and over and find it hard to get out of that vicious circle. You need a boost and get outside of that box. So how do you do that? How do you get passed that bridge and get to the next level?

Today we got 11 ways to get you out of that rut, juice up your skills and skyrocket your playing.

Let’s take off!

1 – Get the right tools for the job

First, make sure you’re playing the right guitar. Some musicians stick with a guitar just because…. But playing the right guitar is not to be underestimated. Your appreciation for a guitar is a personal thing. Your personality, your taste and style of playing needs to resonate with a guitar. That’s no bull. The way a guitar feels, sounds and fits is really important. The right guitar can motivate and boost your playing enormously.

We all have different preferences and specific needs for a particular guitar type (classical, acoustic or electric), body shape (Acoustic: Dreadnought, Grand Auditorium, Orchestra Model, Jumbo, etc. or Electric: Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, Superstrat, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, etc.), neck shape/width, string gauges, and so on. You need a guitar that feels right against your body, right in your arms, hands, fingers and one that fits your frame.

Adjusting the action of your guitar can also make a huge difference to your playing. “Action” is simply how close the strings are to the fretboard. A lower action can make your guitar a lot more comfortable and fun to play. Be careful, a very low action can cause fret buzz, so make sure it is done correctly.

If you’re playing electric guitar, your amp (with gain/distortion) is just as important as your guitar. Your sound and playability will fully depend on it. The sound of an amp is also very personal. The choice of your amp will depend of what style of music you’re playing, your preferences (distortion, effects, analog or digital) and whether it’s for practice, studio or stage use.

Top 20 Best Acoustic Guitar Songs of the 60’s

By Klaus Crow 5 Comments

May 16, 2021 by Klaus Crow

Today I’ve put together a list of the most popular acoustic guitar songs of the 60’s. The purpose of this list is to give you inspiration, fuel that spark to take your guitar out of the stand and play some of these golden classics.

Maybe you’ll find some marvellous songs you haven’t heard before. Well now is the perfect time to learn something new. There are songs here for beginners and intermediate players, so take your pick and strum along!

Tip: Don’t just quickly glance through the list and go on with your day, but really take a moment and pick out one song you want practice. Write down at least one favourite. Just to remind yourself and reward yourself to play guitar. You’ve earned it!

Notes: This list is in no particular order and of course it’s incomplete. So if you have a suggestion for a great 60’s acoustic guitar song please share them in the comments.

Each song title contains a YouTube link to the original song. The “Chords” link will take you to the chords & lyrics or tabs and the “More” link will show you more great songs, chords, Tabs of the same artist.

Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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