Blog archives for October, 2011

        Name: Maria Calfa-DePaul (her website) Gender: Female My City: Suffern, NY Forum Username: Sleepingangel   My Instruments/gear: Guitars: Ovation Celebrity from 1992, Taylor 314- KCE Fall Limited from 2000, Taylor T5 (which my husband got me after my first gig after having vocal cord surgery) my first Taylor which was a [...]

Our Live Guitar Lessons continue to grow and we are able to attract more and more notable names as guests each month to dispense their guitar knowledge to us and you. If you joined us on October 11, you were able to see and chat with me and Bryan White as we discussed songwriting and [...]

Electric guitar effects pedals can add an amazing array of colors to your sound.  Learn the three basic types of pedals you should consider — Distortions, Chorus, and Delays.  Learn the various types of pedals and how they work. We had an entire Live Lesson focused on Guitar Effects Basics last week with lots of great [...]

Any trip to the local music store can be very intimidating, as you look at the dozens of guitar pedals available.  Many of them with unhelpful, non-descriptive names like “Electric Mistress”, “Metal Zone” and “Green Rhino”.  (Who thinks up these crazy names?!)  It can be hard to pick out the pedal that is right for [...]

      NAME: John Everett Wells GENDER: Male MY CITY: Annapolis, Maryland FORUM USER NAME: JWELLS6407     MY INSTRUMENTS/GEAR: Acoustic guitars: (1.) Taylor 712ce, (2) Taylor GC8, (3) Yamaha FG-Junior Electric guitars: (1) Paul Reed Smith Singlecut McCarty, (2) Custom Telecaster, (3) Squier Stratocaster (upgraded) Acoustic amp: Roland Acoustic Chorus AC-60 Electric amp: Dr. [...]