Jul 20, 2021 | Playing Tips
You are capable of playing much faster than you think, perhaps even astonishingly fast Most guitar players believe you cannot play fast scales and arpeggios because your reflexes are not fast enough, or because you can’t make your fingers move fast enough, or because...
Jul 20, 2021 | Playing Tips
Thumbs Up, Sideways, or Down? Fret buzz most often occurs on the bass strings, especially the low E string. When the action is set very low, for ease of play, fret buzzing is a potential problem, depending on one’s style of play. Thumbs Up Fret buzzing on the bass...
Jul 20, 2021 | Guitar knowledge base
All classical guitars are hands-made in the sense that human hands are involved in the construction and assembly process. The difference between a “factory guitar” and a “luthier-made” guitar is the amount of time involved in the “fine tuning” aspects of the...
Jul 20, 2021 | Guitar knowledge base, Playing Tips
Classical guitar fretboards are not normally perfectly straight. Ideally, they would have a very slight bend to them, called relief. This allows a bit more clearance for the strings, especially the bass strings. If you press one of the bass strings at both ends, at...
Jul 20, 2021 | Guitar knowledge base, Playing Tips
When tying your guitar strings to a 12-hole bridge it is very important to secure the string properly and tie knots on the end of the treble strings. If you don’t do it correctly, the string can pull through the holes suddenly and “snap” onto the...
