by daftparagon | Jul 28, 2014 | Building, Gear, Good Finds, Lessons, Music
Whenever guitar players go on a gear rant I usually pull out a line about how guitar players are dumb and bass players will play a bass made out of a2x4 plugged into a speaker from a 1986 Camaro Berlinetta. That’s a thing. About six months out of every year I go...
by daftparagon | Jun 29, 2014 | Lessons, Playing
I’ve seen Berklee offer some free programs online before, but this is the most comprehensive listing of courses I remember them offering. Thanks to /u/nostrongfeelings for sharing this. Here’s the complete program at Coursera. Ignore the “sign...
by daftparagon | May 31, 2014 | Lessons, Repairs
A couple years ago, I bought a super cheap Ibanez acoustic. I think it was on sale for $200, is actual wood all around and has a respectable Fishman preamp/pickup. Of course, when you spend this little for a guitar, you cannot expect perfection. It never played...
by G. Edward Jones | May 12, 2014 | Building, Good Finds, Lessons, Music
This week around the web we find out that Godzilla is way bigger than you thought… Deep Sea News takes time out from talking about sponges or whatever, to spend some time on the only deep sea creature that counts. Gojira is growing at an exponential rate and...
by G. Edward Jones | May 5, 2014 | Building, Good Finds, Lessons
Paint, it would seem, is a thing… This wee a bunch of videos about painting your guitar with minimal jibber jabber from me. I know that last part makes you happy.
by daftparagon | Apr 3, 2014 | Lessons, Playing
This is probably best for someone who has an understanding of scales and modes, but struggles to memorize how to play them or all the various shapes up and down the neck. This comes from circleof5surecanjive over at Reddit. He was awesome enough...
