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Capo: Why do you use one and is it cheating?   Capos are commonly used in acoustic styles of guitar playing, but can also be used on an electric guitar. A capo acts like the nut at the end of your fretboard and holds down the strings – so if you clamped a capo onto […]

5 reasons to add distortion to your guitar practice   It can seem that distortion just makes your guitar playing sound worse – especially for beginners.   Start by adding a moderate amount of distortion to your guitar sound (roughly half on the dial) and then work from there. You don’t need to have it […]

Does your first guitar really need to be an acoustic guitar?     Once you start looking for your first guitar you’ll notice that there’s lots of different types. There’s acoustic guitars, electric guitars and classical nylon string guitars. But then there’s also semi acoustic guitars, hollow body electric guitars and metal resonator guitars (I […]